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This is an Open submission for Wikimania 2017 that has not yet been reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

Submission no.
Title of the submission

Discussing BIAS in developing software

Type of submission

Birds of a feather discussion

Author of the submission

Sandra Becker

Language of presentation

English

E-mail address

chaos@sandra-becker-01.de

Username

Medea7

Country of origin

Germany

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)

University Potsdam

Personal homepage or blog

http://www.sandra-becker.de/research_eng.html

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

When Software is developed the implicit bias of the developer is activated. Together with developers we want to discuss how we can use our specific bias to change social presets.

What will attendees take away from this session?

Attendees will get an understanding on different bias setups and learn how to become aware of it and how to improve it in software development.

Theme of presentation

Technology, Interface & Infrastructure

Length of session requested

50 min.

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?

yes

Slides or further information (optional)
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Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

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