Awards & Recognitions
Shilling Wall Tribute – Congratulations Annemieke Craig!
Annemieke Craig was acknowledged for her endless support and enthusiasm in promoting Women in Computing to students of all ages with a Shilling Wall Tribute “for her tireless work to promote IT courses and careers to women in Victoria”. Annemieke was the first Australian ACM-W Ambassador and integral to the growth of the Victorian Women in Computing group (VicWIC).
Annemieke received her Shilling Wall certificate from the current ACM-W Australian Ambassador, Catherine Lang Last, at the Victorian ICT for Women dinner. The Shilling Wall will be opened on May 15th.
Athena Lecturer: Congratulations Shafi Goldwasser!
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W) has named Shafi Goldwasser of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science as the 2008-2009 Athena Lecturer for her outstanding research contributions to cryptography, complexity theory, and number theory. Her research includes the development of zero-knowledge proofs, which enable proving the possession of a particular property or piece of information without revealing the information, fast primality tests, and fundamental results on the hardness of approximating certain NP-complete problems. Goldwasser is the RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and a professor of computer science and applied mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
The Athena Lecturer is invited to present a lecture at an ACM event. Goldwasser will address the ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT), in Washington, DC, in May 2009. The award, which celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computer science, includes a $10,000 honorarium, which is provided by Google.
ABI Woman of Vision: Congratulations Susan Landau!
Susan Landau is the Women of Vision Award winner in the Social Impact Category. Landau’s focus is on the interplay between security and public policy. A Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer, Landau is a leading scholar in all three areas and publishes widely. Her book, co-authored with Whitfield Diffie, Privacy on the Line: the Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption, attracted immediate international attention and played a significant role in the 2000 loosening of U.S. cryptographic export-control regulations, stimulating the global technology economy and offering protection to consumers in all non-embargoed countries. Her unusual blend of technical expertise, policy insight, industry connections and drive, along with her dedication to the advancement of Women in Computing, makes Landau a true Woman of Vision.
The Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact. The three Women of Vision Awards winners were selected from over 50 nominees. Candidates for the award are considered based on their records of (1) consistent, significant contributions to technology invention and application; (2) effecting positive changes in how technology impacts society; and (3) demonstrated leadership in the technology industry that extends beyond their place of work.
“The winners of this year’s Women of Vision Awards have earned this recognition because they have worked toward achieving a unique vision of using technology to improve our world,” said ABI CEO, Dr. Telle Whitney. “These women are using the power of technology in innovative ways that make them leaders in their respective fields and strong role models for women of all generations. They are truly Women of Vision, and we are proud to honor them.”