GE@ICSE2019: GE@ICSE2019: Gender Equality in Software Engineering |
Website | https://sites.google.com/view/ge-icse2019/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geicse2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | February 8, 2019 |
Submission deadline | February 8, 2019 |
Author Notification | March 1, 2019 |
Camera Ready Due | March 15, 2019 |
Workshop Date | May 27, 2019 |
ICT is pervasively influencing all human activities. In this context, more and more people of any age, gender and culture is exposed to such technologies and has to acquire some ability and skill in this context.
For reasons that are still being studied, the engagement of genders with ICT is not uniform. This gap is occurring at all levels and it is evident, for instance, in the small percentage of women covering top positions in professional and academic activities in the field.
At the same time, the community is realising that diversity, when it does not assume the negative aspects of discrimination, plays a key role to a successful and competitive context for software development and research. Such diversity is not only related to gender aspects but refers also to the combination of culture, religion and geographical distribution.
In this context, the purpose of this workshop, which will be held as part of ICSE 2019, is to discuss about the role, difficulties and opportunities concerning people of different gender in the field of software engineering, in research, education and industry.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions must have a maximum length of 4 pages and must follow the ACM SIGS proceedings format (please see ).
Papers should be submitted through the workshop submission system at EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geicse2019
List of Topics
Students, industry professionals, academics, and other leaders in software engineering are invited to submit position papers, collaborate and attend this workshop with the objective of assessing the current gender situation in various contexts and geographic areas, also in combination with any discriminatory factor, and of identifying and discussing possible difficulties and corresponding solutions.
Given the goals of the workshop, we are not interested in specific technical submissions, but we are looking for 4-page position papers including (but not limited to):
- Summaries, challenges, and studies regarding the role of different genders in software engineering education and research.
- Studies concerning the role of different genders in software engineering industry.
- Specific experiences that can be generalized and shared with the public.
Submissions from other scientific areas with contents that are transferable to software engineering are also welcome.
Committees
Organizing committee
- Ivica Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Karina Kohl Silveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Sara Sprenkle, Washington & Lee University - USA
Steering committee
- Erika Abraham, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Raffaela Mirandola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Program Committee
- To be announced
Invited Speakers
- To be announced...
Publication
All contributions will undergo a peer-review process carried out by the program committee. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM workshop proceedings.
Venue
Satellite event of the 41th International Conference on Software Engineering, May 25-31 2018, Montréal, Canada. Workshop date: Monday, May 27.
Contact
- Ivica Crnkovic, Chalmer University, Sweden
- Karina Kohl Silveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Sara Sprenkle, Washington & Lee University, USA