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Professor recognized for promoting inclusive software design

Margaret Burnett, Distinguished Professor of computer science, was awarded the 2020 iGIANT Champion Award for her outstanding research contributions to inclusive software design. iGIANT® (impact of Gender/Sex on Innovation and Novel Technologies) is a nonprofit corporation that promotes best practices for gender/sex-specific design elements. “I am honored to be recognized for my work with iGIANT, […]

New grant: Gender-inclusive open source through gender-inclusive tools

“Open source software is changing the technology and workforce landscape. Our work will help open source software tools and technology support diverse cognitive styles that will help bring diversity in thought by enabling diversity in open source contributors.”  – Anita Sarma, associate professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Oregon State. Principal […]