BARBARA LISKOV
Barbara Liskov, the 2008 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient,was interviewed by Stephen Ibaraki. The 38-minute segment includes her recollections on her career and her views on a number of future technologies.
BARBARA LISKOV
WENDY HALL
Dame Wendy Hall, ACM President from July 2008 to June 2010, was interviewed by Stephen Ibaraki. In the 28-minute segment, she shares her thoughts on receiving the honor of knighthood; the top IT challenges facing us today; and the increasing globalization of skilled IT workers, among other topics.
WENDY HALL
GAYATRI BURAGOHAIN
Gayatri Buragohain, ACM-W's Ambassador in India, believes in empowerment of women through technology, and has founded two organizations dedicated to creating opportunities for women in this part of the world.
GAYATRI BURAGOHAIN
VALERIE BARR
Valerie Barr, professor and chair of Computer Science at Union College, Schenectady, New York, has been instrumental in getting women students interested in computing careers. She directs ACM-W's Scholarships for Attendance at Research Conferences program.
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Watch Mary Jane Irwin, 2010 ACM-W Athena Lecturer, present Shared caches in multicores: the good, the bad, and the ugly, at the 37th Annual Symposium on Computer Architecture in July 2010
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