Women in Computing

I am fully aware that the number of women pursuing a degree in computer science is low. In fact, in every computer science class that I have taken here at BYU, I have only seen 1 to 3 females in class at a time. What is interesting though is that approximately 45% of Mathematics degrees are given to women (http://www.ams.org/ams/press/notices-survey2004.html). These women would rock in the field of computer science. Mathematicians and computer scientists can work together to create more efficient algorithms.

I would love to see more women taking computer science classes. I think they have just as much to offer to the world of computing as do the men. More needs to be done to entice women into computer science. However, I think that it's going to take a lot of work in doing so. Someone is going to have to convince women that computer science isn't just for geeky guys who built computers all throughout their teenage years.