Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Opens Women of Vision Awards Nominations.Awards Celebrate Women Technologists Who Demonstrate Innovation and Leadership, and Whose Work Has Significant Social Impact PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- The Anita Borg Anita Borg (January 17, 1949 – April 6, 2003) was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Palatine, Illinois, Kaneohe, Hawaii, and Mukilteo, Washington. Career Borg was one of a relatively small group of female computer scientists at the Ph. Institute for Women and Technology announced today it has opened nominations for the fourth annual Women of Vision Awards. The Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact. Nominees may be submitted by high-tech companies, universities, private industry, and the general public. Nominations will be accepted online at http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/wov until January 9, 2009 The Innovation award recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to technology innovation. The innovation might be creating unusual and important technology or approaching developing technology in a significantly new and innovative way, such as by bringing diverse people and experiences together in the technology creation process. The Social Impact award recognizes a woman who developed or applied technology with a significant impact on society and/or the community. These people are creating or employing technologies that are changing our world in positive ways. The Leadership award recognizes a woman who has led an important technology development or innovation, made a significant contribution to the technology industry, and someone who inspires others. "We are pleased to open this year's Women of Vision Awards nominations and look forward to learning about the amazing achievements of women technologists across the country and around the world," said Dr. Telle Whitney, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Anita Borg Institute. "They not only use the power of technology in innovative ways that make them leaders in their respective fields, they are also strong role models for women of all generations and earn this recognition because they have a unique vision of using technology to improve our world." The Women of Vision Awards will be presented on April 30 at a banquet celebration in Silicon Valley. For more information about previous Women of Vision Award winners, visit http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/wov. About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. ) The Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. . ABI Partners include: Google, Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Cisco, Intel, SAP, Juniper Networks, National Science Foundation, National Center for Women and Information Technology The US National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) aims to ensure that women are fully represented in the world of information technology (IT). NCWIT's goal is to achieve professional IT workforce parity within 20 years, and its work aims to connect efforts , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Symantec, Computer Associates, NetApp, and Capgemini. For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org. |
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