Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold

New York Times Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold: "Like others in the field, Dr. Cuny speaks almost lyrically about the intellectual challenge of applying the study of cognition and the tools of computation to medicine, ecology, law, chemistry — virtually any kind of human endeavor.

“The use of computers in modern life is totally ubiquitous,” said Barbara G. Ryder, a professor of computer science at Rutgers University. “So there are niches all over for people who understand what the technology can do and also for people who want to advance the technology."

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