Three Distinguished Technical Women Receive Awards.Paula Goldman and Mary Jane Irwin honored with $10,000 Anita Borg Social Impact and Technology Leadership Awards at 2007 Grace Hopper Conference ORLANDO, Fla. -- 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. ) will honor two distinguished leaders in technology as recipients of the 2007 Anita Borg Awards during ceremonies on Thursday, October 18, at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Global concerns about current and future roles of women in computing occupations gained more importance with the emerging information age. These concerns motivated public policy debates addressing gender equality as computer applications exerted increasing influence in society. , underway here from October 17-20, 2007. Mary Jane Irwin, Evan Pugh Professor and holder of the A. Robert Noll Chair in Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Penn State University, and Paula Goldman, Co-founder, Imaging Ourselves will be recognized for significant and sustained contributions in Technical Leadership and Social Impact, respectively. The Anita Borg Awards, established in 2004 in memory of the late Dr. Anita Borg, honor outstanding leaders who embrace Borg's lasting vision to change the world for women and technology. The Technology Leadership Award recognizes and celebrates an outstanding woman technical leader and is underwritten by Cisco. Microsoft Corporation is sponsoring the Social Impact Award which honors an individual or team who has caused technology to have a positive impact on the lives of women and society or who has caused women to have a significant impact on the design and use of technology. Each is a $10,000 award. "The accomplishments of Mary Jane Irwin and Paula Goldman demonstrate the powerful and positive influence that women can have on shaping a brighter future for all of us and in doing so inspire a whole new generation of women," said Telle Whitney, ABI President and 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. . "They are innovators and trailblazers in technology and exemplify the individual's capacity to excel, following their own vision while empowering others to define and pursue their personal goals and aspirations."
Recipients' Profiles:
-- Paula Goldman
Paula Goldman is the founder and director of the Imagining
Ourselves project with the International Museum of Women. An
anthropologist and social entrepreneur, she melds a
professional background in public policy with impressive
academic skills in order to understand--and improve--the
lives of young women across the globe. Whether working on
reconciliation projects in Bosnia, or initiating educational
opportunities in India that forge professional paths for rural
high school graduates, she finds satisfaction by instigating
opportunities that result in increased opportunity for
underserved populations. She has lived and worked in more than
ten countries on four continents.
-- Mary Jane Irwin
Mary Jane (Janie) Irwin is an Evan Pugh Professor and holder
of the A. Robert Noll Chair in Engineering in the Department
of Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State University.
She has been on the faculty at Penn State since completing her
Ph.D. in computer science from The University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign in 1977. Her research and teaching interests
include computer architecture, embedded and mobile computing
systems design, power and reliability aware design, and
emerging technologies in computing systems. She has published
over 300 technical papers and has graduated more than
twenty-five PhD students.
Rachel Pottinger wins Inaugural Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award In addition, the Anita Borg Institute announced today that Rachel Pottinger is the winner of the Inaugural Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award. Rachel Pottinger is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. . The Award honors the life and work of Denice Denton (1959-2006) and recognizes a man or a woman under the age of 35 who has demonstrated a significant leadership capability and positive impact of the lives of women through technology. The $5,000 award is underwritten by Microsoft. "I was floored to learn that I had won the first Denice Denton Emerging Leader award. I learned about Denice's leadership qualities and worked on my own after she appointed me to the chair search committee for my department, Computer Science & Engineering," said Pottinger. "I met Denice while she was Dean of Engineering at the University of Washington. I know from personal experience that support from a caring person at the right moment makes a huge difference, and that those connections happen best when forums exist for people to feel connected and get their questions answered." For further information on these notable Anita Borg Award or Denice Denton Award winners, or for additional information on the 2007 Grace Hopper Celebration please visit www.gracehopper.org or www.anitaborg.org. Grace Hopper Conference 2007 Sponsors: Corporate and Government Sponsors Platinum Corporate Sponsors: Cisco, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Sun Microsystems, and Microsoft. Platinum Government Underwriter: National Science Foundation (NSF). Gold Corporate Sponsors: Amazon, CA, and Yahoo. Silver Corporate Sponsors: Argonne National laboratory Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (80 km) W of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Founded in 1946 by the U.S. , Ebay, Goldman Sachs, Intuit, Juniper Networks, SAIC, Salesforce.com, Symantec, and Thoughtworks. Bronze Corporate Sponsors: Adobe, NetApp, Oracle, and AT&T Research Labs. Supporter Corporate Sponsors: Akamai Technologies, Chubb, Harris Corporation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. , and State Farm Insurance. Start-Up/Non-Profit Sponsors: National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT NCWIT National Center for Women and Information Technology ), Invent Your Future Enterprises. Founding Sponsors: Computer Research Association (CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. ) and CRA-W. Academic Underwriters: Gold Academic Underwriters: Georgia Tech College of Computing, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science School of Engineering and Applied Science is the name of several engineering schools at universities in the United States.
The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific , and University of Southampton In the most recent RAE assessment (2001), it has the only engineering faculty in the country to receive the highest rating (5*) across all disciplines.[3] According to The Times Higher Education Supplement . Silver Academic Underwriters: Carnegie Mellon The Information Networking Institute, New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , Northwestern University, California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. , and UC Berkeley. Bronze Academic Underwriters: Calit2 and Jacobs School of Engineering, Penn Engineering, Indiana University, Tufts, University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. , University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas , UCSC Baskin Engineering, UCSD, and University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW, UWaterloo, or Waterloo) is a medium-sized research-intensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957. . Affiliate Academic Underwriters: Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. , Cornell University, Pace University, Purdue University, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. , University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. , www.STARSAlliance.org, and The College of Computing and Informatics at UNC Charlotte. About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI): In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs for industry, academia, and government to help them recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high tech fields resulting in higher levels of technology innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include: Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Google, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Career Action Center, National Science Foundation, Symantec, NetApp, and Capgemini. www.anitaborg.org.
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a program of the
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
and is co-presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and
Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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