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Gender balance in computer science and engineering in Italian universities

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Moreno Marzolla,

Raffaela MirandolaAuthors Info & Claims

ECSA '19: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Software Architecture - Volume 2

Pages 82 - 87

https://doi.org/10.1145/3344948.3344966

Published: 09 September 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Multiple studies have shown that gender balance in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths - and in particular in ICT - is still far to be achieved. Several initiatives have been recently taken to increase the women participation, but it is difficult, at present, to evaluate their impact and their potential of changing the situation. This paper contributes to the discussion by presenting a descriptive analysis of the gender balance in Computer Science and Computer Engineering in Italian Universities.

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Gender balance in computer science and engineering in Italian universities
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computational science and engineering education
  2. User characteristics
    1. Gender

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ECSA '19: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Software Architecture - Volume 2

September 2019

286 pages

ISBN:9781450371421

DOI:10.1145/3344948

Editors:
Laurence Duchien
University of Lille, France
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Catia Trubiani
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy
,
Riccardo Scandariato
Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Raffaela Mirandola
Polytecnico di Milano, Italy
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Elena Maria Navarro Martinez
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Danny Weyns
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Anne Koziolek
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
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Patrizia Scandurra
University of Bergamo, Italy
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Clément Quinton
University of Lille, France

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