Breaking Down Stereotypes About Computing

A short talk I put together to break down some stereotypes about computing for a group of middle school aged girls.

Transcript

1. Breaking Down Stereotypes About Computing by Julie Pagano
2. Julie Pagano • Software engineer • Shopping Experience team • Focus on front-end web dev • BS CoE from UPitt 2007 • Coding since middle school
3. Stereotype “an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic"
4. Stereotypes About Computing & Programmers
5. What are some stereotypes?
6. Stereotypes
7. Stereotypes
8. Stereotypes
9. Stereotypes
10. Stereotypes
11. stereotype: men are better at computers & programming
12. stereotype: at
13. men are better at computers & programming NOPE
14. reality: women are just as good at computers & programming
15. I’m not going to shrink it and pink it
16. omg computers!
17. Let’s start with the past
18. Awesome Women in Computing History
19. Ada Lovelace ! 1815–1852 • Analyst of Charles Babbage's analytical engine • First “computer programmer”
20. Kathleen Booth ! • Wrote 1st assembly language
21. 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”
22. 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
23. Barbara Liskov 1939–present • Developed the Liskov substitution principle • 2008 Turing Award winner • Institute professor at MIT
24. 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
25. 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
26. Maria Klawe
27. Programming is all about math.
28. Math is important, but there’s so much more.
29. Problem Solving
30. Creativity
31. Communication
32. People
33. Awesome Things You Can Do With Computers
34. Help People Tiffani Ashley Bell & Kristy Tillman • Creators of Detroit Water Project - matches people in Detroit to donors to help with water bills.
35. Educate People Kimberly Bryant • Founder of Black Girls Code ! Sara Chipps & Vanessa Hurst • Founders of Girl Develop It
36. Develop Games Christina Ann Coffin • Founder of Light & Dark Arts indie game studio • Developer on games including Assassin’s Creed II and Battlefield 3
37. 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.
38. 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
39. Enable Fashion Camille Fournier • CTO at Rent the Runway - an online service that provides designer dress and accessory rentals.
40. Harness Data Hilary Mason • Founder of Fast Forward Labs • Previously Chief Scientist at Bitly
41. journalism, politics, art, literature, sports, law, advertising, forensics, engineering, film, animation, environment, communications, medicine, and more…
42. programming is not just one thing.
43. programming is a skill that opens doors to do many things.
44. stereotypes about computing and programming are just that…
45. stereotypes about computing and programming are just that… stereotypes
46. Stereotype “an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic"
47. Questions?
48. 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/