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CONTACT: Anne P. Wilson
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Distinguished Service Award New York, February 28, 2000...In recognition of her role in creating and promoting an active, international community for women in computing, the ACM has given its Distinguished Service Award (DSA) to Dr. Anita Borg, President and Founding Director of the Institute for Women and Technology (IWT). Dr. Borg is on full-time loan to IWT from her Xerox PARC position as a research staff member in the office of the chief technologist. The ACM DSA award is based on the value and degree of contributions to the ACM and the computing community at large. The IWT is an experimental research and advanced development organization focused on increasing the impact of women on technology, and increasing the positive impact of technology on the world's women. Dr. Borg established the Systers mailing list that currently provides advice and support to more than 2500 women in computing worldwide. Dr. Borg is a co-founder of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the prestigious technical conferences featuring addresses by the most successful women in computing. The conference includes a wide variety of panels, workshops and other sessions focused on women in computing. She also created the Institute for Women and Technology to increase women's participation in technology, and the development of environments in technology that reflect the values and needs of women. Janet Hartman, Chair of the ACM DSA committee said, "Dr. Borg has made lasting contributions to the professional community through her work in breaking down the barriers for women in computing. Her work and service continue to establish her as a role model for women to follow." Dr. Borg is a Fellow of the ACM, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association (CRA). She served as a member of the National Academy of Engineering's Steering Committee for a Celebration of Women in Engineering and the Committees on Women of both the CRA and the ACM. She has published many scholarly articles and has served on program committees for conferences in the computer architecture and operating systems communities. In 1999, Dr. Borg was appointed by President Clinton to the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology. In that same year, Dr. Borg received the Melitta Bentz Women of Innovation and Invention Award, and the Outstanding Women's Achievement Award presented by Forbes and IBM. She was also recognized as one of the "Smart 50 People" by Smart Reseller magazine, and as one of America's 100 Most Important Women by the Ladies Home Journal. In past years, she has served on several national committees for promoting the status of women in technology. In 1998, Dr. Borg was inducted to the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame. In 1995, she received a Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award from the Association of Women in Computing for her work on behalf of women in the computing field. Dr. Borg received her Ph.D. from New York University. She worked for four years on a fault tolerant operating system for Auragen System Corp., and then with Nixdorf Computer. She spent 1986 to 1997at Digital Equipment Corp. At its Western Research Laboratory, she developed and patented a performance analysis method for high-speed memory systems. At its Network Systems Laboratory, she developed MECCA, a system for communicating in virtual communities. About the ACM Founded in 1947, ACM (www.acm.org) is the world's first educational and scientific computing society. With more than 80,000 members worldwide, a dynamic series of authoritative publications, a wide range of special interest groups (SIGs), and an outstanding array of conferences, workshops and forums, ACM is a world-class resource for the entire technology field. |
