Women in computer science: where have we been and where are we going?

We discuss the historical and current perspectives on women in computer science and the recent downward trend of women's participation in this field. We then present results from a survey that asked respondents their views on why women's participation in the field of computing is decreasing, what we can do to reverse this trend, and what they predict the future holds for women in computing. We conclude with a description of ACM-W (Association for Computing Machinery's Committee on Women in Computing) and its on-going projects.