Women In CS


 Grace Hopper 

American computer scientist

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. In 1944, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and invented the first compiler for a computer programming language.

Born: December 9, 1906, New York City, New York, United States
Died: January 1, 1992, Arlington County
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom, more
Invention: A-0 System
Education: Yale University (1934), Yale University (1930), Vassar College (1924–1928), Wardlaw-Hartridge School
Quotes
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.





Anita Borg

American computer scientist

Anita Borg was an American computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.






Born: January 17, 1949, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: April 6, 2003, Sonoma, California, United States
Nationality: American
Education: New York University
Organizations founded: Anita Borg Institute, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Quotes
Women will change the corporation more than we expect.
None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.
We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal lives.

Ada Lovelace

Mathematician

Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.


Born: December 10, 1815, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 27, 1852, Marylebone, United Kingdom
Full name: Augusta Ada King
Title: Countess of Lovelace
Children: Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, more
Parents: George Gordon Byron, Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron

Adele Goldberg

Computer scientist

Adele Goldberg is a computer scientist who participated in developing the programming language Smalltalk-80 and various concepts related to object-oriented programming while a researcher at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, in the 1970s. 
Born: July 7, 1945 (age 71), Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Education: University of Chicago
Field: Computer Science
Books: Smalltalk-80, Succeeding with objects

Frances Allen

American computer scientist

Frances Elizabeth "Fran" Allen is an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, code optimization, and parallelization.
Born: August 4, 1932 (age 84), Peru, New York, United States
Notable awards: Turing Award (2006); Computer Pioneer Award (2004); Computer History Museum Fellow (2000)
Awards: Turing Award
Education: University of Michigan (1957), University at Albany, SUNY (1954)
Known for: Supercomputer, Parallel computing, Compiler, Program optimization

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