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Key facts
- Born
- Anita Borg Naffz , ( 1949-01-17 ) January 17, 1949, Chicago , Illinois
- Died
- April 6, 2003 (2003-04-06) (aged 54), Sonoma, California
- Alma mater
- New York University (PhD)
- Known for
- Systers AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
- Fields
- Women in computing , Human–computer interaction , Computer science
- Institutions
- Nixdorf Computer , Digital Equipment Corporation , Xerox PARC
- Thesis
- Synchronization Efficiency (1981)
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert Dewar , Gerald Belpaire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anita
- Family name
- Borg
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Sonoma
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- University of Washington
- Employer
- PARC
- Notable work
- Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Residence
- Mukilteo
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- date of birth
- 1949-01-17
- date of death
- 2003-04-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Association for Computing Machinery
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Encyclopedic overview
Anita Borg (January 17, 1949 – April 6, 2003) was an American computer scientist celebrated for advocating for women’s representation and professional advancement in technology. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
Education and early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anita Borg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.