{"title":"The Social Closure of Undergraduate Computing: Lessons for the Contemporary Enrolment Boom","authors":"E. Patitsas","doi":"10.1109/GE.2019.00015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00015","url":null,"abstract":"Software engineering and other computing fields have the unfortunate distinction of being areas in which the percentage of women has decreased in recent decades. Each time that undergraduate computing has surged in student demand, the percentage of women has decreased and never recovered. With a new enrolment boom currently ongoing, we were motivated to take a sociohistorical approach to understand how undergraduate CS is gendered. We use Anne Witz's closure theory to explain the gendering of computing, focusing on the history of enrolment booms in computer science. In doing so, we found that the closure of computing is affected by policies (such as admissions policies) and discourses (such as \"computing is engineering\"). We also found that when computing becomes more closed, the field also becomes more gendered, which has important implications for managing the current enrolment boom.","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127188386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender Disparity in the Governance of Software Engineering Conferences","authors":"Muneera Bano, D. Zowghi","doi":"10.1109/GE.2019.00016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00016","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we discuss gender disparity in software engineering (SE) conferences. We have examined the roles of General Chair, Program Chair, and main track Program Committee members in six highly ranked conferences in SE for a period of ten years in order to understand the pattern of gender disparity in visible roles. We also present the opinions elicited from ten participants on this topic, who have served at some of these SE conferences in leadership roles. Our aim is to reflect on the current state and initiate the debate, on gender equality in SE conferences.","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116568128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GE 2019 Program Committee","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/ge.2019.00006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ge.2019.00006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121202730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GE 2019 Sponsors and Supporters","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/ge.2019.00007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ge.2019.00007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125048568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender Differences in Self and Peer Assessment in a Software Engineering Capstone Course","authors":"M. Bastarrica, J. Simmonds","doi":"10.1109/GE.2019.00014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00014","url":null,"abstract":"Context: Women are generally underrepresented in software development and probably their behavior is biased by the fact that they are usually a minority within teams. The Engineering School at the Universidad de Chile has put in practice a strong women recruitment program. This brought that, for the first time, women reached 20% of the students enrolled in the fifth year software engineering capstone course. Problem: More women are entering the work force but there is still certain prejudice about women performance in STEM in general, and in software development in particular, since it is perceived as a man’s activity. Method: In the context of the fifth year capstone course at the CS Department of the Universidad de Chile we conducted a field study in order to analyze the progression of self and peer assessment of men and women students along one semester. Results: We found that, even though peer assessment is similar for women and men, self assessment tends to be lower for women. Also, peer assessment does not vary much along the semester, neither for men nor for women. Conclusions: Women performance in software development teams is highly regarded by teammates. However, women do not seem to be willing to acknowledge their own performance. More research is needed in order to understands the causes of this behavior.","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116613468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Remote Work Can Foster a More Inclusive Environment for Transgender Developers","authors":"Denae Ford, Reed Milewicz, Alexander Serebrenik","doi":"10.1109/GE.2019.00011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00011","url":null,"abstract":"In this position paper, we claim that remote work offers a mechanism of control for identity disclosure and empowerment of software developers from marginalized communities. By talking to several transgender software developers we identified three themes that resonate across the trans experience and intersect with the advantages to working in software development remotely: identity disclosure, high-impact technical work and the autonomy to disengage and re-engage. Based on these themes we identify several open questions that the research community should address.","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127701101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Underrepresentation of Women in the Software Industry: Thoughts from Career-Changing Women","authors":"Sonja M. Hyrynsalmi","doi":"10.1109/GE.2019.00008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00008","url":null,"abstract":"Women are increasingly encouraged to change their career to the software industry, partly to increase versatility inside the industry and partly to overcome the labour shortage. Although women show great interest towards the different opportunities in the software industry and an increasing number of women are participating in the trainings and recruitment events - which usually are focused on recruiting more women to the software industry - there are still signs that gender bias is affecting the attitude climate in and about the industry. In this paper, the respondents' prejudices and attitudes towards the industry are analysed. The data is from an open internet survey collected in Finland during May-June 2018. The target group of the questionnaire was composed of women who are planning or have already made a career change to the software industry. The study shows that although the industry is attracting women, some of the respondents are suffering from low self-esteem and impostor syndrome when talking about their software engineering skills, as well as found the male-dominated industry sometimes challenging.","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121821609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women Want to Learn Tech: Lessons from the Czechitas Education Project","authors":"Barbora Buhnova, Dita Přikrylová","doi":"10.1109/GE.2019.00013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00013","url":null,"abstract":"While it is understood by women that tech fluency might act as a powerful career accelerator or even a new career direction towards software engineering, this awakening often comes after graduation from a different field, when it is difficult for the women to make the shift towards tech and computing. In this paper, we report on our experience with running a successful education non-profit called Czechitas, which shows that women in their 20s and 30s are (maybe surprisingly) highly interested in learning tech, they just need a helping hand and tailored assistance, encouragement and guidance.","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115341808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pavlina Wurzelová, Fabio Palomba, Alberto Bacchelli
{"title":"Characterizing Women (Not) Contributing to Open-Source","authors":"Pavlina Wurzelová, Fabio Palomba, Alberto Bacchelli","doi":"10.1109/GE.2019.00009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00009","url":null,"abstract":"Women are under-represented not only in software development, but even more so in the Open-Source Software (OSS) community. In this study we examine whether there are differences between women in OSS community and outside of it. Identifying these differences may help to attract other women to contribute to OSS. Furthermore, it might uncover potential biases in data about female developers that are gathered through the mining of software repositories research. Using the data from the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018, counting 100,000+ respondents (6.9% female), we compare the characteristics of women who report to contribute to OSS and those who report to not contribute. Surprisingly, we did not found the expected differences to be present, thus suggesting that open-source software data represents well the closed-source population of female developers. However, our results did not identify potential correlates of higher under-representation of women in OSS than in closed-source setting.","PeriodicalId":221039,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128653692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}