Technology plays a crucial role in people's lives. However, software engineering discriminates against individuals from underrepresented groups in several ways, either through algorithms that produce biased outcomes or for the lack of diversity and inclusion in software development environments and academic courses focused on technology. This reality contradicts the history of software engineering, which is filled with outstanding scientists from underrepresented groups who changed the world with their contributions to the field. Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, and Clarence Ellis are only some individuals who made significant breakthroughs in the area and belonged to the population that is so underrepresented in undergraduate courses and the software industry. Previous research discusses that women, LGBTQIA+ people, and non-white individuals are examples of students who often feel unwelcome and ostracized in software engineering. However, do they know about the remarkable scientists that came before them and that share background similarities with them? Can we use these scientists as role models to motivate these students to continue pursuing a career in software engineering? In this study, we present the preliminary results of a survey with 128 undergraduate students about this topic. Our findings demonstrate that students' knowledge of computer scientists from underrepresented groups is limited. This creates opportunities for investigations on fostering diversity in software engineering courses using strategies exploring computer science's history.

翻译：技术在现代生活中扮演着关键角色。然而，软件工程在多个方面对来自弱势群体的个体存在歧视，无论是通过产生有偏见的算法，还是因软件开发生态及聚焦技术的学术课程中缺乏多样性与包容性。这种现实与软件工程的历史背道而驰——该领域历史上涌现出众多来自弱势群体、以其贡献改变世界的杰出科学家。阿达·洛芙莱斯、艾伦·图灵和克拉伦斯·埃利斯只是其中几位在各自领域取得重大突破的代表，他们正是那些在本科课程和软件行业中代表性严重不足的群体成员。已有研究表明，女性、LGBTQIA+群体以及非白人群体等学生，在软件工程中常感到格格不入甚至被排斥。然而，这些学生是否了解那些与他们具有相似背景、在学术道路上已取得卓越成就的前辈科学家？我们能否将这些科学家作为榜样，激励他们坚持追求软件工程领域的职业道路？本研究针对128名本科生开展了相关调查，并提供了初步结果。研究结果表明，学生对来自弱势群体的计算机科学家认知极为有限。这一发现为探索如何利用计算机科学史作为策略，在软件工程课程中促进多样性提供了新的研究视角。