We define perceived diversity as the diversity factors that individuals are born with.
Perceived diversity in Software Engineering has been recognized as a high-value team …

Women are underrepresented in Open Source Software (OSS) projects, as a result of which,
not only do women lose career and skill development opportunities, but the projects …

Automated tools are frequently used in social coding repositories to perform repetitive
activities that are part of the distributed software development process. Recently, GitHub …

Sustained participation by contributors in opensource software is critical to the survival of
open-source projects and can provide career advancement benefits to individual …

Context: Addressing women's under-representation in the software industry, a widely
recognized concern, requires attracting as well as retaining more women. Hearing from …

Open Source Software (OSS) development is a collaborative endeavor where expert
developers, distributed around the globe create software solutions. Given this characteristic …

Abstract “There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without
vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”-[M. Scott …

Open source software represents an important form of digital infrastructure as well as a
pathway to technical careers for many developers, but women are drastically …

While open-source software has become ubiquitous, its sustainability is in question: without
a constant supply of contributor effort, open-source projects are at risk. While prior work has …

Background. The effect of gender diversity in open source communities has gained
increasing attention from practitioners and researchers. For instance, organizations such as …