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Geek factor? The gender gap in the computer science workforce has widened over the past 2 decades, according to a report from the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology. The report shows modest to impressive gains for women in other science and engineering occupations. One factor behind the "disappointing trend" in information technology is that "the field has a real image problem," says Tracy Camp, co-chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's Committee on Women in Computing. "When people think of computing jobs, they think of antisocial men sitting in front of a computer all day, and that picture scares away a lot of girls," says Camp, who believes that the IT community needs to "put a lot more women role models out there before school and college students." CREDIT: EPA