As a woman pursuing a career in computer science, Tiffany Le sometimes struggled to picture where she fit in the tech industry’s male-dominated culture.
Then she discovered Santa Clara University’s AI Kitchen, a weekly workshop launched this spring where students, faculty, staff and Silicon Valley professionals gather to experiment with emerging artificial intelligence tools. The welcoming, collaborative atmosphere eventually inspired the incoming third-year computer science and engineering major to become the program’s student studio lead.
“Tech sometimes can be a bit more male dominated, and so being able to create a more inclusive environment really resonated with me,” Le said. “When I went out to promote AI Kitchen and try to bring in other students, that was also something that they really liked.”
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