Female computer science professor blasts sexist geeks she says show bias against women
Female computer science professor blasts the sexist geeks she says show ‘staggering’ bias against women Ursula Martin, professor of computer science at Oxford, criticised sexism She told the Hay Festival about an ‘enhanced human’ vision presentation Prof Martin said a presentation in Cambridge lacked ‘female attributes’ She said it was an example of the ‘staggering sexism’ in the industry By Chris Summers For Mailonline Published: 13:56, 28 May 2016 | Updated: 17:10, 28 May 2016 Sexist geeks who built a prototype of an ‘enhanced human’ which was entirely male have been lambasted by one of Britain’s leading computer scientists.Ursula Martin, a professor of computer science at Oxford University, said it was a symptom of the ‘staggering sexism’ in the industry.She said there was still an anti-female bias and conjured up a picture of male academics like the…
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