Carol Bartz
Leader of one of the largest PC software companies in the world.

Dr. Frances E. Allen
First woman to be named IBM Fellow

Dr. Dorothy E. Denning
Forefront of information warfare, security, and cryptography fields

Adele Mildred Koss
Developed the first compilers

Esther Dyson
A powerful thinker in the computing industry!

Dr. Anita Borg
Founder of Systers

Margaret H. Hamilton
Founder of Higher Order Software

Dr. Ruth M. Davis
Distinguished in government service

Dr. Thelma Estrin
Professor of computer science at UCLA

 

Dr. Anita Jones 2004 Lovelace Award Recipient
	The Association for Women in Computing awards the 2004 Augusta Ada Lovelace Award to Anita Jones, Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, has been named the recipient of the 2004 Augusta Ada Lovelace (AAL) Award, to be given by the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) for outstanding scientific and technical achievement. Dr. Jones has had many exemplary technical accomplishments in computer architecture, programming, and operating systems, combined with an extraordinary record of public service, including five years as Director of Defense Research and Engineering at the U. S. Department of Defense.
The AWC AAL Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter, will be held near the BWI Airport at the Historical Electronics Museum on July 17, 2004. This award is named in honor of the first computer programmer, Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace, whose writings developed the idea of programming and explained the operation and theory of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Some previous recipients of this award are: Grace Murray Hopper, Ruth M. Davis, Thelma Estrin, Adele (Milly) Koss, Jean Sammet, Anita Borg, Fran Allen, and Dorothy Denning. The award is given to individuals who have excelled in either (or both) of two areas: Outstanding scientific and technical achievement and Extraordinary service to the computing community through their accomplishments and contributions on behalf of women in computing The Baltimore Chapter will host the awards banquet on July 17, 2004, where Dr. Jones will deliver the keynote address.  For more information about the awards banquet, visit the Baltimore Chapter's website.

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