My Passion is Computer Science

This talk has been presented as part of the "Celebrating Women in STEM" event on International Women's Day at the University of Huddersfield.

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1. MY PASSION IS COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Huddersfield 8th March 2016 Raluca Georgescu @rgeorgescu6
2. WOMEN IN COMPUTING Numbers
3. source: https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/resources/2015/09/women-in-the-stem-workforce
4. source: https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/resources/2016/02/higher-education-statistics-2015
5. INITIATIVES Introducing Young Girls to Computing
6. GIRLS WHO CODE
7. DIGIGIRLZ
8. STEMETTES
9. WISE ➤ Membership ➤ Consultancy ➤ Training ➤ WISE Awards ➤ WISE Projects ➤ Jobs ➤ Inspiration ➤ Resources ➤ Events ➤ News They offer:
10. GEEK GURL DIARIES
11. LITTLE MISS GEEK
12. ROLE MODELS Computing
13. ADA LOVELACE ➤ 1815-1852 ➤ English mathematician and writer ➤ first computer programmer ➤ worked with inventor Charles Babbage on the mechanical general-purpose computer
14. GRACE HOPPER ➤ 1906-1992 ➤ developed the first compiler for a programming language ➤ first programmer of the Harvard Mark I Calculator ➤ popularised machine- independent programming languages ➤ United States Navy Admiral
15. JEAN SAMMET ➤ first female president of the ACM ➤ developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962 ➤ member of the original COBOL group
16. KAREN SPÄRCK JONES ➤ 1935 - 2007 ➤ born in Huddersfield ➤ pioneered research in computational linguistics and information retrieval ➤ Cambridge University ➤ published theory of “inverse document frequency” ➤ theory underpins Internet searching techniques
17. FRANCES ALLEN ➤ first female winner of the Turing Award ➤ pioneer in the field of optimising compilers ➤ first female IBM fellow ➤ expert in FORTRAN
18. SHERYL SANDBERG ➤ COO at Facebook ➤ first woman on Facebook’s board ➤ former VP of Global Online Sales and Operations Google ➤ 2012 Time 100 Most Influential People ➤ founded Lean In Organisation
19. KATHRYN PARSONS ➤ founder of Decoded ➤ named one of the 50 most inspiring women in European technology ➤ advocate for learning how to code
20. DORCAS MUTHONI ➤ Kenyan computer scientist ➤ founder of AfChix, a mentorship initiative for women in computing across Africa ➤ encourages computing careers for young women and high school girls ➤ Internet Hall of Fame
21. GRACE HOPPER CONFERENCE October 2015
29. PLANET 50-50 BY 2030 Step It Up for Gender Equality
30. ➤ complete equality between men and women in all fields by 2030 ➤ UN Women initiative ➤ 91 countries stepped it up ➤ current rate: we won’t have "Planet 50-50” until 2095 ➤ right to vote, leadership, equal pay, discrimination, domestic violence
32. WOMEN IN COMPUTING HUDDERSFIELD started in January 2016
34. THANK YOU