document: A gendered view of computer professionals : preliminary results of a survey The under-representation of women in the computing profession in many parts the western world has received our attention through numerous publications , the noticeable low representation of women at computer science conferences and in the lecture halls . Over the past two decades , the situation had become worse . This paper seeks to add to the dialogue by presenting preliminary findings from a research project conducted in four countries . The aim of this research was to gain an insight into the perceptions future computer professionals hold on the category of employment loosely defined under the term of `` a computer professional . '' One goal was to get insight into whether or not there is a difference between female and mate students regarding their view of computer professionals . Other goals were to determine if there was any difference between female and male students in different parts of the world , as well as who or what most influences the students to undertake their courses in computing
doc_bio_tags: O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B I O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B I O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
extractive_keyphrases: computing profession employment mate students
abstractive_keyphrases: women under-representation future computer professional perceptions female students computing courses