Breaking Down Stereotypes About Computing

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Breaking Down Stereotypes About Computing by Julie Pagano

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Julie Pagano • Software engineer • Shopping Experience team • Focus on front-end web dev • BS CoE from UPitt 2007 • Coding since middle school

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Stereotype “an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic"

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Stereotypes About Computing & Programmers

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What are some stereotypes?

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Stereotypes

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Stereotypes

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Stereotypes

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Stereotypes

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Stereotypes

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stereotype: men are better at computers & programming

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stereotype: at

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men are better at computers & programming NOPE

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reality: women are just as good at computers & programming

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I’m not going to shrink it and pink it

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omg computers!

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Let’s start with the past

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Awesome Women in Computing History

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Ada Lovelace ! 1815–1852 • Analyst of Charles Babbage's analytical engine • First “computer programmer”

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Kathleen Booth ! • Wrote 1st assembly language

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Grace Hopper 1906–1992 • Computer scientist & US Navy rear admiral • One of 1st programmers of Harvard Mark I computer • Invented the ﬁrst compiler • Popularized “debugging” • “mother of COBOL”

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Frances Allen 1932–present • Pioneer in the ﬁeld of optimizing compilers • 1st female IBM Fellow in 1989 • 1st female recipient of the ACM's Turing Award (“Nobel prize of computing”) in 2006

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Barbara Liskov 1939–present • Developed the Liskov substitution principle • 2008 Turing Award winner • Institute professor at MIT

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Anita Borg 1949–2003 • Founded the Institute for Women and Technology (now the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology) • Founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

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Maria Klawe 1951–present • ACM president 2002-2004 • President of Harvey Mudd College (2006-present) • Harvey Mudd went from 10% to 40% female CS majors

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Maria Klawe

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Programming is all about math.

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Math is important, but there’s so much more.

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Problem Solving

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Creativity

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Communication

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People

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Awesome Things You Can Do With Computers

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Help People Tiffani Ashley Bell & Kristy Tillman • Creators of Detroit Water Project - matches people in Detroit to donors to help with water bills.

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Educate People Kimberly Bryant • Founder of Black Girls Code ! Sara Chipps & Vanessa Hurst • Founders of Girl Develop It

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Develop Games Christina Ann Cofﬁn • Founder of Light & Dark Arts indie game studio • Developer on games including Assassin’s Creed II and Battleﬁeld 3

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Build Robots Heather Knight • PhD Student at CMU’s Robotics Institute • Works on human robot interaction, sensor fusion, personal robots, theatrical robot performances and behavior system design.

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Improve Lives Brittany Wenger • 1st place winner of the Google Science Fair in 2012 for Global Neural Network Cloud Service for Breast Cancer - web-based application to accurately assess tissue samples for signs of breast cancer

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Enable Fashion Camille Fournier • CTO at Rent the Runway - an online service that provides designer dress and accessory rentals.

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Harness Data Hilary Mason • Founder of Fast Forward Labs • Previously Chief Scientist at Bitly

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journalism, politics, art, literature, sports, law, advertising, forensics, engineering, ﬁlm, animation, environment, communications, medicine, and more…

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programming is not just one thing.

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programming is a skill that opens doors to do many things.

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stereotypes about computing and programming are just that…

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stereotypes about computing and programming are just that… stereotypes

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Stereotype “an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic"

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Questions?

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Attribution • Calculator designed by SuperAtic LABS from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/calculator/ 36414/ • Brainstorm designed by Björn Andersson from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/brainstorm/ 15232/ • Chat designed by Stephanie Scott Means from the Noun Project - http://thenounproject.com/term/chat/57678/ • Crowd designed by Alex Kwa from the Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/term/crowd/33373/