Diversity Day by Day: December

The history of computer science is often presented as almost completely white and male. Here is a more diverse day by day version, It may start sparse but we will fill it in with links to cs4fn articles as we come across diverse events. We will celebrate the contributions of computer scientists whether men, women, LGBTQ+, disabled or not, and of whatever ethnicity, religion or country of birth.

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December 4 1956
Jeannette Wing born
Computational Thinking
December 5
December 6 1788
Nicole-Reine Lepaute died
Worked as a human computer including as part of team calculating the date of the return of Halley’s Comet.
December 13
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December 23
December 24
December 28
December 29
December 30

Month by month


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