Using targeted conferences to recruit women into computer science

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 70-77

  Alvarado, Christine ^a   Judson, Eugene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; SURVEYS;

KEY PARTS; TECHNICAL TALKS; WOMEN IN COMPUTING; WORK FORCE;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84897567231     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2500883     Document Type: Article

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