ICSE 2024
Fri 12 - Sun 21 April 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
Wed 17 Apr 2024 14:30 - 14:45 at Glicínia Quartin - Human and Social 2 Chair(s): Ayushi Rastogi

Women in computing were among the first programmers in the early 20th century and were substantial contributors to the industry. Today, men dominate the software engineering industry. Research and data show that women are far less likely to pursue a career in this industry, and those that do are less likely than men to stay in it. Reasons for women and other underrepresented minorities to leave the industry are a lack of opportunities for growth and advancement, unfair treatment and workplace culture. This research explores how the potential to cultivate or uphold an industry unfavourable to women and non-binary individuals manifests in software engineering education at the university level. For this purpose, the study includes surveys and interviews. We use gender name perception as a survey instrument, and the results show small differences in perceptions of software engineering students based on their gender. Particularly, the survey respondents anchor the values of the male software engineer (Hans) to a variety of technical and non-technical skills, while the same description for a female software engineer (Hanna) is anchored mainly by her managerial skills. With interviews with women and non-binary students, we gain insight on the main barriers to their sense of ambient belonging. The collected data shows that some known barriers from the literature such as tokenism, and stereotype threat, do still exist. However, we find positive factors such as role models and encouragement that strengthen the sense of belonging among these students.

Wed 17 Apr

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14:00 - 15:30
14:00
15m
Talk
Causal Relationships and Programming Outcomes: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ExperimentACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
Research Track
Hammad Ahmad University of Michigan, Madeline Endres University of Michgain, Kaia Newman Carnegie Mellon University, Priscila Santiesteban University of Michigan, Emma Shedden University of Michigan, Westley Weimer University of Michigan
14:15
15m
Talk
Training App Developers in a Software Studio: The Business Nano Challenge Experience
Software Engineering Education and Training
Tania Mara Dors Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Ana Paula Schran de Almeida Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Lohine Mussi Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Fabio Vinicius Binder Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Sheila Reinehr Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Andreia Malucelli Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
14:30
15m
Talk
Breaking Barriers: Investigating the Sense of Belonging Among Women and Non-Binary Students in Software Engineering
Software Engineering Education and Training
Lina Boman University of Gothenburg, Jonatan Andersson University of Gothenburg, Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
14:45
15m
Talk
Micro-inequities and immigration backgrounds in the software industry
Software Engineering in Society
Valentin Markulj , Kousar Aslam VU Amsterdam, Emitzá Guzmán Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
15:00
15m
Talk
Alexa, is the skill always safe? Uncover Lenient Skill Vetting Process and Protect User Privacy at Run Time
Software Engineering in Society
Tu Le University of California, Irvine, Dongfang Zhao Indiana University Bloomington, Zihao Wang Indiana University Bloomington, XiaoFeng Wang Indiana University Bloomington, Yuan Tian
Media Attached
15:15
7m
Talk
CodeGRITS: A Research Toolkit for Developer Behavior and Eye Tracking in IDE
Demonstrations
Ningzhi Tang University of Notre Dame, Junwen An , Meng Chen , Aakash Bansal University of Notre Dame, Yu Huang Vanderbilt University, Collin McMillan University of Notre Dame, Toby Jia-Jun Li University of Notre Dame