DEI Fund Supports Coding Camps and STEM Workshops

The objective of IEEE groups is to support the company in fostering a diverse, egalitarian, and inclusive environment.

One such organization is the IEEE Computer Society, which, in conjunction with the IEEE Foundation, established a diversity and inclusion fund last year. Programs and events that aim to raise DEI awareness in computing, diversify the society's demographics, and bring together various viewpoints from the sector are supported by the fund.

"Representation in computer science and computer engineering is critical," said Nita Patel, president of the society, in a press statement announcing the establishment of the fund. "For this reason, the society continues to support programs that seek to broaden representation and advance efforts for diversity, equity, and inclusion."

The society requested suggestions for supporting initiatives that would educate, develop, and empower women and members of underrepresented groups in fields including robotics, computer programming, and artificial intelligence. There will be $5,000 to $15,000 allocated to each initiative.

Eight of the 87 submitted projects were accepted.

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The eight winning ideas are as follows:

• Seminars on data science in the Inland Empire. Through these seminars, undergraduate students from the Inland Empire of California are urged to consider pursuing a graduate degree in computer science or a related discipline. Students from underrepresented groups who are first-generation Americans and from low-income homes make up a significant portion of the student population in the area.
• Workshops for iBelong. This four-day educational program aims to inspire underrepresented and underprivileged Omaha high school students to pursue an undergraduate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math-related field. The workshops introduce students to similar degree programs offered at the University of Nebraska in Omaha as well as subjects like computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, and robotics.

• Raspberry Pi programming class. Over 200 preuniversity kids in Uganda will learn Python and Scratch through this initiative. Participants can also learn how to use a single-board Raspberry Pi to construct and program a computer.

• teenage girls confronting a symposium on science and engineering. 200 female preuniversity students from Jalisco, Mexico, will receive practical instruction in areas like robotics and computer programming during the one-day event. The seminars and presentations scheduled are intended to inspire teenagers to seek a career in STEM.
• Hackathon and CodeWhisperer training for developers who speak English as a second language. This course teaches developers who speak English as a second language how to use Amazon's CodeWhisperer, an AI-based code-generation tool. Participants can take part in a hackathon where they will use CodeWhisperer to attempt to resolve software-related problems. The project intends to strengthen programmers' programming skills and establish a network of similar experts.
• Camp IEEE Learn-Compute. This two-day workshop, which was held on June 23 and 24 in Ooty, India, intended to close the technical and educational divide between children living in rural villages and urban areas and to inspire them to pursue a career in STEM. Participants learned about the most recent advances in computer science and received instruction in leadership and problem-solving techniques.

• Malaysian iCARE iCS program for computer science. This program aims to boost students' interest in computer science in Malaysia's rural communities. About 100 students are expected to benefit from the series of in-person and online training sessions, which will use an interactive application with learning modules, practice problems, and quizzes.
• Workshop on women and computing. The workshop's goal is to mentor female high school students from Panama and provide them with practical training in areas like Web design and project management in order to inspire women to pursue careers in computer science-related fields. Participants are required to turn in an essay, poster, or project on the influence women have had on the computing industry at the end of the course.