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Diversifying the images of computer science: undergraduate women take on the challenge!

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This paper tells the story of a student initiative, driven by a desire to diversify the images that surround the field of computer science and those who work in it.

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      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 37, Issue 1
      2005
      562 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/1047124
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      • cover image ACM Conferences
        SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
        February 2005
        610 pages
        ISBN:1581139977
        DOI:10.1145/1047344

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