Mining gender bias: A preliminary study on implicit biases and gender identity in the department of computer science at the technical university of munich

Ana Petrovska, Patricia Goldberg, Anne Brüggemann-Klein, Anne Nyokabi

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Abstract

The concept of implicit biases is widely seen in many different areas and is regarded as one of the main reasons for the gender disparity between students pursuing degrees in Computer Sciences. Since less than 20% of Computer Science students are female, the information about gender bias in this field is of extreme importance. This research aimed to investigate if and by how much the female students in our department are affected by likely gender bias in their academic life. The data collected in this research was used to evaluate the automatic association that students have towards a specific gender and the computer science field.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSoftware Architecture - 14th European Conference, ECSA 2020 Tracks and Workshops, Proceedings
EditorsHenry Muccini, Mirco Franzago, Paris Avgeriou, Barbora Buhnova, Javier Camara, Mauro Caporuscio, Anne Koziolek, Patrizia Scandurra, Catia Trubiani, Danny Weyns, Uwe Zdun
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages138-150
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030591540
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event14th European Conference on Software Architecture,ECSA 2020 - L'Aquila, Italy
Duration: 14 Sep 202018 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1269 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference14th European Conference on Software Architecture,ECSA 2020
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityL'Aquila
Period14/09/2018/09/20

Keywords

  • Computer science
  • Gender bias
  • University and academia

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