News Archive: October 2007
Welcome Jerri Barrett, Director of Marketing
We are pleased to welcome Jerri Barrett as the new Director of Marketing at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. She has a B.A. Degree Magna Cum Laude from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business ... Read more
Gendered Pathways to Success in Engineering
Presented by The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research Location:Bio-X, Clark Center, Room S360 318 Campus Drive, Stanford Directions to the Clark Center Room S360 is on the third floor. Take the stairs or elevator up, and then proceed to walk through Peet's Coffee & Tea. Parking is unrestricted after 4:00pm. This ... Read more
Attending the She’s Geeky (un)Conference
After spending last week with more than 1400 female technologists at the 2007 Grace Hopper Conference in Orlando, I had the opportunity to extend my time with a smaller group of 200 technical women at She’s Geeky in Mountain View, CA this week. She’s Geeky is an (un)conference where the attendees ... Read more
Ask Jo: Emotional Intelligence vs. Passion in the Workplace
Every month on our site, Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching Inc., will answer your career and leadership questions. In this third installment, Miller offers sage advice to help you work with emotions in the office. Please send your question to advice@anitaborg.org and it may be answered in an ... Read more
IBM Creates PH.D. Fellowship in Honor of Fran Allen
IBM today announced it has created a new Ph.D. Fellowship Award to honor Fran Allen, a pioneer in computer science.
Fran Allen is a leader in simplifying programming for high performance computing, making complex computer languages more accessible to the masses. She is the first female to receive the coveted A.M. Turing Award, which is considered the Nobel Prize of computer science. Read more
Webinar Series for Technical Women Leaders
Develop new perspectives, identify creative strategies, and discover practical solutions for building a rewarding career as a technical woman leader. Join one, several or all of our bi-monthly webinar programs featuring successful women executives from leading international technology companies. View full details on the 2008 webinar series. The Webinar Series is ... Read more
TechLeaders for Social Innovators shows live how to use technology to change the world
Yesterday ABI delivered its first TechLeaders specific to Social Innovators in conjunction with the Grace Hopper Conference. 80 technologists from around the world came to hear and discuss the stories and inspirational words of social innovators including Mari Kuraishi from Global Giving, Jensine Larsen from WorldPulse Media, Paula Goldman from ... Read more
HPCwire features a Q & A with Dr. Valentina Salapura, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Dr. Salapura , a speaker at the 2007 Grace Hopper Conference, offers her perspective on Anita Borg, women in computing, why technical women should attend GHC, and her work as an architect of IBM supercomputers. Read the article. Read more
Countdown to GHC
ABI staff and Grace Hopper Celebration leadership are arriving in Florida. We are attending Richard Tapia Conference sessions and getting things set for the conference kick-off this Wednesday evening. Keep up with conference happenings by visiting http://www.gracehopper.org Read more
Q&A with Blue Gene Scientist Maria Eleftheriou
With a peak speed of 360 teraflops, IBM’s Blue Gene is among the world’s fastest supercomputers. Maria Eleftheriou (a research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center) contributes to the design and implementation of parallel algorithms and parallel programming models for the supercomputer. She also performs large-scale simulations ... Read more