Bioinformatics as a Means to Attract Women to Computer Science

Programs in bioinformatics, offered many academic institutes, are assumed to expand women’s representation computer science (CS). Women’s enrolment these programs is high; Our questions are: Do attract different women from those attracted CS programs? What factors underlie decision enroll bioinformatics How do differ of who choose CS, if at all? career opportunities anticipate and pursue? Using questionnaires interviews, we found a statistically significant difference between the that motivate others study CS. Many students did not consider as an alternative. Post-facto they learned love computing, albeit with biology-oriented purpose. “Computing purpose” underlies participants’ pursuit careers research, bio-tech. We thus conclude indeed