Critical histories of computing

Credit: flashbak.com

Sidner, Candace. “On Being a Woman at MIT: Or, How to Miss the Stumbling Blocks in Graduate Education.” Association for Women in Mathematics Newsletter 12, no. 1 (February 1982): 13–17.

Sidner, Candace. “On Being a Woman at MIT: Or, How to Miss the Stumbling Blocks in Graduate Education.” Association for Women in Mathematics Newsletter 12, no. 1 (February 1982): 13–17.

SharedPlans

NLP for conversations, not just Q & A pairs

Incorporated different knowledge and beliefs of users

Assumes user will go

"off-script"

Resonances in STS

Epistemological limitations

Tech worker movements

In conclusion

These women worked to make computer science departments more open and welcoming spaces.

Thank you!

Rachel Bergmann

@rachbgm

Social Media Collective, Microsoft Research

EASST / 4S 2020