By Jerri Barrett, Vice President of Marketing

Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is an international day of blogging (including videologs, pods, twitter updates and more) that highlights the achievements of women in technology and science. Last year I did a pre-ALD post Worth Blogging About on Ada Lovelace Day with suggestions for women who would make great ALD blog topics. This year I thought I’d go more in depth and provide a complete list of women who have won awards from the Anita Borg Institute over the years.

If you haven’t selected your subject for tomorrow’s Ada Lovelace Day blog post, any one of these women would make a great subject!

Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards

• 2010
  • Kathleen R. McKeown, Henry and Gertrude Rothschild Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, for Innovation
  • Lila Ibrahim, General Manager, Emerging Markets Platform Group, Intel Corporation, for Social Impact
  • Kristina M. Johnson, Ph.D., Under Secretary for Energy at the Department of Energy, for Leadership
• 2009
  • Yuqing Gao, Senior Manager, IBM Research, IBM, for Innovation
  • Jan Cuny, Program Director, National Science Foundation, for Social Impact
  • Mitchell Baker, Chairperson, Mozilla, for Leadership
• 2008
  • Helen Greiner, for Innovation
  • Susan Landau, for Social Impact
  • Justine Cassell, for Leadership
• 2007
  • Deborah Estrin, for Innovation
  • Leah H. Jamieson, for Social Impact
  • Duy-Loan T. Le, for Leadership
• 2005
  • Radia Perlman, for Innovation
  • Pamela Samuelson, for Social Impact
  • Janie Tsao, for Leadership

Anita Borg Award for Social Impact

• Ekaterina Fedotova (2009)
• BlogHer Inc founders (2008)
• Paula Goldman (2007)
• Carol Muller (2006)
• Karen Banks (2004)

Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership

• Ruzena Bajcsy (2009)
• Elaine Weyuker (2008)
• Mary Jane Irwin (2007)
• Wendy Hall (2006)
• Fran Allen (2004)

Denice Denton Award for Emerging Leadership

• Nadya Mason (2009)
• Naomi Chesler (2008)
• Rachel Pottinger (2007)

Anita Borg Change Agent Awards

• 2009
  • Halima Ibrahim
  • Anne Ikiara
  • Oreoluwa Somolu
• 2008
  • Reyyan Ayfer
  • Zahara Khan
  • Dorcas Muthoni
• 2007
  • Wafa AlMansoori
  • Zeinab Safar
  • Irina Khomeriki
• 2006
  • Ijeoma Terese Ihenachor
  • Claudia Bauzer Medeiros
  • Suriya Mayandi Thevar

And that’s not all! Another twenty-five women have received small cash awards through our Anita Borg Systers Pass-it-on (PIO) Awards program since its inception in 2007. Tomorrow I will blog about some of the women who have been recipients of PIO awards, and bring you up to date on how they are passing-it-on to other technical women.

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