GE@ICSE: Fifth Workshop on Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering
The software engineering community is realizing that diversity plays a key role in the creation of a successful and competitive context for software development and research. Such diversity refers to the combination of many aspects such as gender, culture, religion, and geographical distribution. The purpose of this workshop, which is at its fifth edition, is to bring together software engineering researchers and external experts to discuss the interplay of software engineering with gender diversity and other diversity aspects. The overall goal of the workshop is to improve the state of gender equality and in general increase inclusion and diversity principles in the software engineering community.
Goals of the workshop
As anticipated goals and outcomes of the workshop, we plan to:
- Be able to obtain a deeper understanding of gender issues’ magnitude in software engineering, including the role of differences, as well as of difficulties and opportunities related to gender equality.
- Identify issues that need further empirical analysis and investigation.
- Increase the awareness of practitioners, researchers, and educators on the different degrees of the presence of women in %ICT software engineering as well as on the difficulties they face in taking leading positions.
- Focus on the identification of other issues related to diversity (e.g., religion, cultural traditions) that may have emerged in the community and that may call for attention.
- Build a community of people interested in the subject and willing to identify problems, define, and, possibly, actuate long-term solutions.
- Define a research roadmap of open issues to point out to other researchers which research needs exist.
Join us
- Choose one of the ways of contributing described in our Call for Papers, or
- join us as a regular participant on our workshop day, April 20, 2024.
Sat 20 AprDisplayed time zone: Lisbon change
09:00 - 10:30 | Welcome and KeynotesGE@ICSE at Amália Rodrigues Chair(s): Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University, Lafifa Jamal University of Dhaka, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu | ||
09:00 10mDay opening | Welcome and Introductions GE@ICSE Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University, Lafifa Jamal University of Dhaka, Andrea Janes Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, Vandana Singh School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Mikel Robredo University of Oulu | ||
09:10 35mKeynote | Keynote: From Assumptions to Action: Innovating Women's Path to Technology GE@ICSE | ||
09:45 35mKeynote | Keynote: Collaborative learning and social impact: Determinants of DEI in Software Engineering (Education) GE@ICSE | ||
10:30 - 11:00 | |||
10:30 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | Gender Equality and Women in ITGE@ICSE at Amália Rodrigues Chair(s): Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu | ||
11:00 20mFull-paper | Rebooting the System and Building New Futures: Supporting Women's Comeback in IT GE@ICSE Sonja Hyrynsalmi LUT University | ||
11:20 15mShort-paper | Women in ICT in Bosnia and Herzegovina GE@ICSE Erna Berbic International University of Sarajevo, Amal Mersni International University of Sarajevo, Ozge Buyukdagli International University of Sarajevo | ||
11:35 20mFull-paper | Unveiling women's expectations as ICT professionals: A survey study GE@ICSE Edna Dias Canedo University of Brasilia (UnB), Larissa Rocha Federal University of Bahia / State University of Feira de Santana, Heloise Acco Tives IFPR, Geovana Ramos Sousa Silva University of Brasília (UnB), Fabiana Freitas Mendes | ||
11:55 15mShort-paper | On the Intersectionality of Software Practitioners and Role Models GE@ICSE Mary Sánchez-Gordón Østfold University College, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | ||
12:10 15mPoster | Decoding the Gap: A Retrospective Analysis of Women's Experiences in Software Engineering GE@ICSE Lucia Happe Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kai Marquardt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Ricarda Trumpf KIT, Ingo Wagner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | ||
12:30 - 14:00 | |||
12:30 90mLunch | Lunch Catering | ||
15:30 - 16:00 | |||
15:30 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | Diversity and Inclusivity in Software EngineeringGE@ICSE at Amália Rodrigues Chair(s): Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University | ||
16:00 20mFull-paper | Diversity of SE Conferences GE@ICSE Vasilica Moldovan Department of Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Simona Motogna Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca | ||
16:20 20mFull-paper | A Historical Review of Web Accessibility Using WAVE GE@ICSE | ||
16:40 10mTalk | European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics (EUGAIN) and panel opening GE@ICSE Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University | ||
16:50 35mPanel | Best practices in increasing gender balance across careers GE@ICSE C: Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University, P: Letizia Jaccheri Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), P: Federica Sarro University College London, P: Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | ||
17:25 5mDay closing | Closing remarks GE@ICSE Barbora Buhnova Masaryk University, Lafifa Jamal University of Dhaka, Andrea Janes Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, Vandana Singh School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Mikel Robredo University of Oulu | ||
Accepted Papers
Call for Papers
GE@ICSE: Fifth Workshop on Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering invites students, academics, industry professionals, and other leaders and experts in software engineering to submit papers, collaborate, and attend this workshop to discuss the interplay of software engineering with gender diversity and other diversity aspects. The overall goal of the workshop is to improve the state of gender equality and in general increase inclusion and diversity principles in the software engineering community.
Topics
We invite contributions and perspectives on the following topics and beyond:
- Summaries, challenges, and studies regarding the role of different genders in software engineering education and research.
- Studies concerning the role of different genders in the software engineering industry.
- Other diversity aspects include religion, disability, and social and cultural differences.
- Specific experiences that can be generalized and shared with the public.
- Also, submissions from other scientific areas with contents that are transferable to software engineering are welcome.
All contributions will undergo a peer-review process carried out by the program committee. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM/IEEE workshop proceedings. The official publication date of the workshop proceedings is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM and IEEE Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of ICSE 2024.
Important dates
- Paper submission deadline: 7th December 2023
- Paper acceptance notification: 11th January 2024
- Camera-ready papers: 25th January 2024
- Workshop date: 20th April 2024
Submission categories
We invite submissions for GE@ICSE 2024 in the following categories:
- Full paper (up to 8 pages): full contribution connected to workshop topics.
- Short paper (up to 4 pages): initial contribution or position statement.
- Poster (up to 2 pages): poster abstract describing the intended poster.
Formatting
All submissions must conform to the ICSE 2024 formatting and submission instructions available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users must use the provided acmart.cls and ACM-Reference-Format.bst without modification, enable the conference format in the preamble of the document (i.e., \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}), and use the ACM reference format for the bibliography (i.e., \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}), together with \acmConference[ICSE 2024]{46th International Conference on Software Engineering}{April 2024}{Lisbon, Portugal} to identify the conference.
Submission link
The papers need to be submitted through the EasyChair workshop submission system at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geicse2024
| Thu 25 Jan 2024 Camera-ready |
| Thu 11 Jan 2024 Notification |
| Thu 7 Dec 2023 Paper Submission |
Barbora Buhnova † 2024Workshops Co-Chair
Masaryk University
Czechia
Lafifa JamalWorkshops Co-Chair
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh
Andrea JanesWorkshops Co-Chair
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Italy
Valentina LenarduzziWorkshops Co-Chair
University of Oulu
Finland
Vandana SinghWorkshops Co-Chair
School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Mikel RobredoProceedings Chair
University of Oulu
Finland
Joanne M. AtleeCommittee Member
University of Waterloo
Canada
Birgit BossCommittee Member
Robert Bosch GmbH
Germany
Tayana ConteCommittee Member
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Brazil
Sigrid EldhCommittee Member
Ericsson AB, Mälardalen University, Carleton Unviersity
Sweden
Antonella Ferrecchia
University College Dublin
Ireland
Letizia JaccheriCommittee Member
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Norway
Patricia LagoCommittee Member
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands
Grischa LiebelCommittee Member
Reykjavik University
Iceland
Flavio OquendoCommittee Member
IRISA (UMR CNRS) - Univ. Bretagne-Sud (UBS)
France
Rafael PrikladnickiCommittee Member
School of Technology at PUCRS University
Brazil
Ita RichardsonCommittee Member
Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick
Ireland
Kazi SakibCommittee Member
Sreedevi SampathCommittee Member
University of Maryland Baltimore County
United States
Federica SarroCommittee Member
University College London
United Kingdom
Patrizia ScandurraCommittee Member
University of Bergamo, Italy
Italy
Alexander SerebrenikCommittee Member
Eindhoven University of Technology
Netherlands
Elisabeta di NittoCommittee Member
Politecnico di Milano
Italy