This article explains the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm Word-Embedding Association Test (WEAT), which looks into bias in English language. The … More
Month: April 2017
Behind the Numbers: Attendance and Diversity in Electronic Music Conferences
by Anna Weisling March 1, 2017 One year ago I attended the fifth annual National Student Electronic Music Event (NSEME), … More
Women Film Composers Organize, Advocate for Change in an Unequal Industry – YourClassical.org
Women film composers have teamed up to address the gap between women and men composers. Organizations such as the Alliance … More
12 Incredible Women You’ve Never Heard of Who Changed Science Forever – BusinessInsider.com
An article that outlines some profiles from the book “Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World,” by … More
We Need More Women Composers – And It’s Not About Tokenism, It’s About Talent – TheGuardian.com
This article describes the existing problem of lack of women composers and the actions that the UK-based organization Sound and … More
Chicago’s Smartbar to Host Workshop Series Focusing on Women in Music – MixMag.net
During March 2017, a series of free workshops have taken place at Chicago’s smartbar as part of Daphne: A Women’s … More
‘Girls in STEM’ Culture is Failing both Girls and STEM – TheStar.com
It is often said that more girls are needed into STEM, yet the tough obstacles tend to be hidden. This … More
How the University of Connecticut Doubled the Number of Women Majoring in Engineering – IEEE
This article explains the example of the University of Connecticut on how to succeed in increasing the number of women … More
Georgia Tech Students Develop Stempower to Mentor Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Girls in STEM – Georgia Tech News Center
The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology at Georgia Tech has launched Stempower, a new outreach initiative. … More
Programmed Inequality – The MIT Press
Programmed Inequality is a book written by Marie Hicks on how women in computing were gradually pushed out of the … More