The low participation rate of females in computing has been a problem for many years – and it’s getting worse. In general, fewer women enroll in STEM classes than men, but in computing the difference ...

The other day, my friend Ned’s cousin asked Ned what he thought was the best first language for new programmers. The cousin didn’t have much computing experience, but at 15 years old the future was ...

My favourite Financial Times journalists are Lucy Kellaway and Gillian Tett. And I can’t help wondering if it is coincidental that both are women… Maybe, but maybe not. Neither of their approaches are ...

The first programmers weren't men, and the first computers weren't machines. What they were, in both cases, were women. SEE ALSO: The female mentors making a difference in Silicon Valley Women's many ...

In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong? Credit...Joseph C. Towler, Jr. Supported by By Clive Thompson As a teenager in Maryland in the 1950s, Mary ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Business leaders are often challenged to find talented, experienced programming staff, especially if salaries must fit within certain ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL) at ...