Anita Borg
Founder of Systers
Building the network, and the conference that carries her name
Rating
89Impact score
Domains
Operating systemsCommunity buildingAdvocacy
Scouting report
An OS researcher who built a fault-tolerant Unix and a memory architecture analysis tool, and who in 1987 started Systers, the first email network for women in computing. Co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration and the Institute for Women and Technology. The conference now draws tens of thousands a year.
Curator’s note
Built the professional network that a generation of the others came through.
Sources
- 01Anita Borg en.wikipedia.org
- 02AnitaB.org anitab.org