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Vachovsky ME, Wu G, Chaturapruek S, et al. Towards more gender diversity in CS through an artificial intelligence summer program for high school girls. 2016;303-308doi: 10.1145/2839509.2844620.
Vachovsky, M. E., Wu, G., Chaturapruek, S., Russakovsky, O., Sommer, R., & Fei-Fei, L. (2016). Towards more gender diversity in CS through an artificial intelligence summer program for high school girls. 303-308. https://doi.org/10.1145/2839509.2844620
Vachovsky, M E, et al. "Towards more gender diversity in CS through an artificial intelligence summer program for high school girls." vol. (2016): 303-308. doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/2839509.2844620
Vachovsky ME, Wu G, Chaturapruek S, Russakovsky O, Sommer R, Fei-Fei L. Towards more gender diversity in CS through an artificial intelligence summer program for high school girls. 2016;303-308. doi: 10.1145/2839509.2844620. UIID-AD: 4314.
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2016;303-308. doi: 10.1145/2839509.2844620.

Towards more gender diversity in CS through an artificial intelligence summer program for high school girls.

M E Vachovsky, G Wu, S Chaturapruek, O Russakovsky, R Sommer, L Fei-Fei

UIID-AD: 4314 DOI: 10.1145/2839509.2844620

Abstract

The field of computer science suffers from a lack of diversity. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory's Out- reach Summer (SAILORS), a two-week non-residential free summer program, recruits high school girls to computer science, specifically to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The program was organized by graduate student and professor volunteers. The goals of the pilot program are to increase interest in AI, contextualize technically rigorous AI concepts through societal impact, and address barriers that could discourage 10th grade girls from pursuing computer science. In this paper we describe the curriculum designed to achieve these goals. Survey results show students had a statistically significant increase in technical knowledge, interest in pursuing careers in AI, and confidence in succeeding in AI and computer science. Additionally, survey results show that the majority of the students found new role models, faculty support, and a sense of community in AI and computer science. © 2016 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).

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