Women are significantly underrepresented in U.S. graduate school programs focused on Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this paper, we seek to inform academia, industry, government, and nonprofits about:
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WiDS Academy
The WiDS Academy a proposed program in which partner colleges and universities would deliver program elements to their students with central support from WiDS. It would provide programming that intervenes early, reaches a broad population, and addresses barriers throughout a student’s undergraduate years.
The goal is to increase awareness, facilitate consideration, and promote preparedness for graduate study in DS/AI.
The goal is to increase awareness, facilitate consideration, and promote preparedness for graduate study in DS/AI.
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% of CS Master's Students
that are U.S. Women |
% of U.S. Data Scientists
with Graduate Degrees |
Proposed representation
% threshold (30 x 30) |