Latin American Women and Research Contributions to the IT Field highlights the important role of Latin American women in IT by collecting and disseminating their frontier-research contributions in order to provide more visibility and inspire greater participation of Latin American women within the major field of computer science. With chapters contributed by female authors from eight Latin American and Caribbean countries, the book provides a deep analysis of these women’s trajectory paths to high quality theoretical and applied relevant research in computer science and IT. While highlighting areas such as inclusivity and STEM education, along with advancements and achievements in topics that include nonverbal interaction in virtual reality, fuzzy logic applications in education, and ant colony optimization, this book is ideal for professionals, academics, students, and researchers working in the fields of information technologies and computer science as well as those interested in gender and women’s studies.

Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
•Accessibility
•Artificial Intelligence
•Data Science
•Educational Technology
•Fuzzy Data Warehouse
•Gamification
•Gender
•ICT
•Inclusivity
•Online Education
•Software Development
•Software Engineering
•STEM Education
•Virtual Reality