Es evidente la urgencia de fomentar la reflexión académica sobre el papel que las mujeres desempeñan en el progreso de la ciencia y la tecnología. En los nueve trabajos que integran esta obra se reflejan los innumerables factores que determinan la escasa presencia femenina en actividades de investigación científica y desarrollo tecnológico (I+D), algunos de los cuales son análogos a los que imperan en su proceso educativo. Asimismo, se pone de manifiesto el contexto globalizador que prescisa la profesionalización del quehacer de las mujeres dedicadas a este campo. Si bien el libro reúne trabajos que proceden de contextos culturales diversos, destaca lo que desde hace algún tiempo se ha pesto de relieve: la desigualdad en la profesionalización de las mujeres que hacen ciencia en ámbitos culturales diferentes. Al mismo tiempo, y tal vez como el elemento novedoso que aportan estos trabajos, debemos destacar el creciente número de mujeres en actividades de I+D y su lucha cotidiana por competir, en cada núcleo social, con sus colegas masculinos.

This book of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains accepted papers presented at CISIS 2021 and ICEUTE 2021, all conferences held in the beautiful and historic city of Bilbao (Spain), in September 2021. The aim of the 14th CISIS 20121 conference is to offer a meeting opportunity for academic and industry-related researchers belonging to the various, vast communities of computational intelligence, information security, and data mining. The need for intelligent, flexible behavior by large, complex systems, especially in mission-critical domains, is intended to be the catalyst and the aggregation stimulus for the overall event. After a through peer-review process, the CISIS 2021 International Program Committee selected 23 papers which are published in these conference proceedings achieving an acceptance rate of 40%. In this relevant edition, a special emphasis was put on the organization of special sessions. One special session is organized related to relevant topics as follows: building trust in ecosystems and ecosystem components. In the case of 12th ICEUTE 2021, the International Program Committee selected 17 papers, which are published in these conference proceedings. One special session is organized related to relevant topics as follows: sustainable personal goals: engaging students in their learning process. The selection of papers is extremely rigorous in order to maintain the high quality of the conference, and we would like to thank the members of the program committees for their hard work in the reviewing process. This is a crucial process to the creation of a high standard conference, and the CISIS and ICEUTE conferences would not exist without their help.

This book outlines a number of different perspectives on the relationship between science, technology, and innovation in emerging economies. In it, the authors explore the aforementioned relationship as a pillar of economic development, driving growth in emerging economies. Employing a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, the authors work to determine the main related factors and outcomes of the relationship between science, technology, and innovation, ultimately seeking to guide public policies to enhance the welfare of the population of an emerging economy.

This publication presents the proceedings of a recent international workshop to assess the causes behind the low participation of women in scientific careers, and to identify good practice policies to attract, recruit and retain women in science.