Sentences with phrase «gaps in computer science»

WNY STEM is looking to bridge the gender gap in the computer science field.

The results, by University of Washington researchers, reveal a practical way for teachers to help narrow the gender gap in computer science by helping girls feel that they belong.

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Saujani, whose six - year - old organization is tackling the gender gap in tech by training young girls in computer science, encouraged the nation's business leaders to double down on the effort in a wide - ranging panel discussion on attracting and retaining diverse talent.

I thought about how the gender gap persists in tech despite declining in other STEM fields, how hard we've been working as an industry to reverse that trend, and how this was yet another discouraging signal to young women who aspire to study computer science.

Since its inception, the primary goal of the program has been to produce graduates who are prepared to bridge the gap between ecology and the quantitative methodologies typically taught in computer science, math, and statistics departments.

«Finding: All indicators — all historical data, and all projections — argue that [computer science] is the dominant factor in America's science and technology employment, and that the gap between the demand for [computer science] talent and the supply of that talent is and will remain large.

Lerner and fellow doctoral student Anna Kornfeld Simpson set out to fill the gaps in our understanding of tracking, working with computer science and engineering assistant professor Franziska Roesner and associate professor Tadayoshi Kohno of the UW Security and Privacy Laboratory.

By engaging local students with computer science, art and design, FXP Festival aims to both drive social mobility in the region and help close the technology skills gap.

Tina Plummer, an assistant superintendent at the Mehlville School District in St. Louis, has worked to improve the computer science gender gap.

Check out the October Resource of the Month, Code.org, a public nonprofit that aims to increase engagement in computer science education to bridge the gap between growing technology jobs and a lack of students to enter the workforce industry.

Develop Conference: «We now have at least a ten year gap in teaching Computer Science in the UK», says David Braben