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Cloud Control Workshop Keynote ICAC/SASO Keynote PLDI Chairs Remark June 2019 Acknowledgements

This talk highlights the importance of fostering a better computing culture to drive innovation. It explores myths surrounding gender diversity in computing and emphasizes the need to counter bias for a more inclusive research environment. The presenter shares personal experiences and strategies to promote diversity and equal opportunities for all.

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Cloud Control Workshop Keynote ICAC/SASO Keynote PLDI Chairs Remark June 2019 Acknowledgements

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  1. Cloud Control Workshop Keynote ICAC/SASO Keynote PLDI Chairs Remark June 2019 Acknowledgements This talk was modeled on Radhika Nagpal’s 2019 CRA-W Grad Cohort Talk. I am inspired by my colleagues and fellow CRA-W Board Members

  2. Better Computing Culture = More Innovation Kathryn S McKinley as a scientist

  3. FACTS Computing Culture • MYTHS

  4. Myth of the isolated genius

  5. Facts Partnerships and Teams

  6. Teams?

  7. Teams: 190 ad-hoc groups of 2-5 people Measure: solutions, interactions, IQ, gender, etc. Predictors of team performance Woolley & Malone Science 2010 Measure Team Performance on McGrath Circumplex Tasks Average social sensitivity of group Equality of conversational turn taking Number of women in group Not maximum individual IQ or average IQ

  8. ACM Paper Authors Blackburn & McKinley 2015

  9. Citations to Patents 1980-2010 Ashcraft & Breitzman 2012 Mixed gender patents have more citations

  10. Myth Women are not interested in computing

  11. 95% of Artists are Men in Modern Art sections of the Metropolitan Museum 85% of the nudes are women Art Analogy

  12. Women are not interested in computing, art, film, and fashion x

  13. Myth It’s a pipeline problem

  14. It’s a pipeline problem x 36% of 1986 Computing Undergraduates were Women, but Women do not make up 36% of Computing Leadership today

  15. My Research Culture

  16. Students fall down Help them

  17. Expect and learn from mistakes and failures • Personal agency • Listen • Ask questions, even if when I have some answers • Acknowledge and repeat what other people say • Scientists have no one “look” or personality Research Cultural Journey

  18. Go slow to counter bias • Hire diversely • Encourage students equally • Equal air time, listen • Learn to mentor Better Culture = More Innovation

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