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	Anita Borg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anita Borg (January 17, 1949 - April 6, 2003) was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois, She grew up in Palatine, Illinois, Kaneohe, Hawaii, and Mukilteo, Washington.
		Borg received the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award from the Association for Women in Computing for her work on behalf of women in the computing field in 1995.
		Borg is quoted as saying that she always loved math and science, an interest she attributed to her mother.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anita_Borg (413 words)

	GHC - 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Anita Borg (1949 - 2003) was the Founder of the Institute for Women and Technology and the Co-Founder of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
		Borg was a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association (CRA).
		Borg received her Ph.D. from the Courant Institute at New York University in 1981 for research in the area of operating systems synchronization efficiency.
	www.gracehopper.org /ghc_press_aboutanita.html (784 words)

	Institute for Women and Technology founded by Anita Borg
		Borg, a computer scientist whose personal flying pig is the Institute for Women and Technology, a nonprofit organization that operates independently of PARC.
		Borg is developing an online community that will let nontechnical women and scientists keep in touch throughout product development processes.
		Borg is developing partnerships with international and U.S. research organizations, like the Pacific Institute for Women's Health, which is exploring how technology can better connect women's organizations in Africa.
	www.eachofus.com /ARKguest/borg.htm (669 words)

	news - 2005 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Winners Announced (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Anita Borg and her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in computer science and technology.
		Though Dr. Borg lost her battle with cancer in April 2003, the technology industry continues to support her vision for a future where women's voices, ideas and spirits influence how and why technology is developed.
		Anita sought to revolutionize the way we think about technology and devoted much of her adult life to dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields.
	www.noticias.info /Asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=57562 (680 words)

	Salon.com Technology \| Not just another "nerdy white guy" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the memorial service for Anita Borg, her colleagues and friends vow to continue her life's work, carving out room for women in the world of computer science.
		Anita Borg once rode her mountain bike, hundreds of friends, family members, colleagues and admirers of the late Silicon Valley computer scientist and feminist visionary gathered Sept. 9 at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium to remember her and carry on her life's work -- giving women an equal role in the development of new technology.
		The founder of the Institute for Women and Technology, the Systers mailing list and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Borg died of brain cancer at her mother's home in Sonoma, Calif. on Sunday, April 6, 2003 at the age of 54.
	www.salon.com /tech/feature/2003/09/10/borg_memorial/index_np.html (297 words)

	Women Who Inspire Us, Anita Borg
		Anita Borg was a member of the research staff at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center.
		She was also the president and founding director of the Institute for Women and Technology, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing women's impact on technology and increasing the positive impact of technology on women worldwide.
		Borg has received many awards, including the Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award from the Association of Women in Computing.
	www.girlgeeks.org /innergeek/inspiringwomen/borg.shtml (228 words)

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		Anita Borg, a pioneer in the area of computer science and technology, has died of brain cancer at the age of 54.
		Borg and will perhaps be remembered most because of her activism focusing on promoting women and minorities in technology fields.
		She was the founder of the Institute for Women and Technology, and participated vigorously in a number of organizations and groups that attempted to give a voice to women in IT.
	arstechnica.com /news.ars/post/20030408-393.html (307 words)

	Sisterhood Is Digital
		Borg transformed herself from informal advocate to full-time crusader after she read The Futures of Women: Scenarios for the 21st Century, by Pamela McCorduck and Nancy Ramsey (Addison-Wesley, 1996).
		At a major gathering sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Borg issued a challenge that, by her own admission, represents a "moon-shot goal." The challenge, which she calls "50/50 by 2020," charges that by the year 2020, half of all graduates of computer-science programs will be women.
		There, Anita Borg and a fellow attendee began talking about the fact that only 25 of the 400 conference delegates were women.
	www.fastcompany.com /online/27/sisterhood.html (4998 words)

	Computer scientist Anita Borg dies \| CNET News.com
		Borg was a co-founder of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, a technical conference now run by the institute that showcases the successes of women in the field.
		Borg's advocacy work began in 1987, when she started an online community called Systers that provides support and encouragement to female engineers.
		Borg is survived by her husband, Winfried Wilcke; a sister, Lee Naffz; and her mother, Beverly Naffz.
	news.com.com /2100-1032-996015.html (629 words)

	WITI - Hall of Fame
		Dr. Anita Borg was a computer scientist in the Office of the Chief Technologist at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
		Dr. Borg was a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and a member of the board of directors of the Computing Research Association (CRA).
		In 1995, Dr. Borg received one of three Pioneer Awards from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award from the Association for Women in Computing for her work on behalf of women in the computing field.
	www.witi.com /center/witimuseum/halloffame/1998/aborg.php (446 words)

	Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology - Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In addition, the Anita Borg Institute magnifies its impact through variety of collaborative partnerships.
		The Institute is a founding member of the National Center for Women and Information Technology and is spearheading their comprehensive NSF funded Industry Report on technical and managerial careers.
		The work of the Anita Borg Institute is critical to increasing the impact (both in numbers and influence) of women on technology and increasing the positive effects of technology on the world.
	www.anitaborg.org (649 words)

	Anita Borg -- an Honorary Unsubscribe
		A computer scientist, at one point Borg "realized that what she really wanted to do was not study computers but use computers to link people," said Brian Reid, the head of a research group at the Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory where Borg worked.
		Realizing she was one of the few women in the field at the time, in 1986 Borg created "Systers", a networking group for female engineers.
		Borg died April 6 at her mother's home in Northern California from brain cancer.
	www.honoraryunsubscribe.com /anita_borg.html (308 words)

	Grace Hopper Bios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Anita Jones is the Director of Defense Research and Engineering and has oversight of the science and technology programs of the U.S.Department of Defense.
		Borg received her Ph.D. from New York University in 1981 for work in the area of operating systems synchronization efficiency.
		Borg is the founder and moderator of the systers list, an international electronic network of 1600 women in computing.
	www.research.compaq.com /nsl/hopper/bios.html (1610 words)

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		Anita Borg The existence of exclusively female forums is controversial and legitimately so.
		If men work together with women in an open forum and are seriously interested in hearing what women have to say, rather than in telling us what we need, then such a forum could be a fruitful and productive sibling for systers.
		Anita Borg is a Consultant Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation's Network System Laboratory in Palo Alto, California
	www.eff.org /Net_culture/Gender_issues/why_systers_borg.article (1386 words)

	GirlGeeks Best of Chats Series with Anita Borg
		Borg, after receiving her Ph.D. from New York University, worked from 1986-97 at Digital Equipment Corporation.
		Under the leadership of Dr. Borg, President and Founding Director of IWT, the organization focuses on increasing the impact of women on technology and increasing the positive impact of technology on the world's women.
		Moderator: Anita, to start us off tell us a bit about IWT and its relevance to the computing /technology industry as we know it.
	www.girlgeeks.org /chat/borg.shtml (1938 words)

	Business Wire: 2004 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Win... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and Google Inc. today announced the winners of the 2004 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship.
		"Anita would be proud to see the opportunity that Google has provided these young, talented women," said Dr. Telle Whitney, President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute.
		The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship honors the legacy of Dr. Anita Borg (1949-2003) and her impact on furthering women's education and their careers, particularly in the fields of computer science and information technology.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:117195071&refid=ip_almanac_hf (445 words)

	Sarah Allen's Weblog: Anita Borg's influence...
		Anita Borg influenced my life in an unexpected way.
		I first heard Anitas voice in a hotel lobby in Paderborn Germany,she was staying there with her 2 cats!!
		Anita often gave me a helping hand,once when I got stuck in Singapore and again when I needed to go to Stockholm.
	www.ultrasaurus.com /sarahblog/archives/000016.html (207 words)

	AWC: Augusta Ada Lovelace Award
		The Lovelace award was given in 1995 to Dr. Anita Borg.
		Borg has received awards and recognition from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Girl Scouts and Open Computing Magazine's "Top 100 Women In Computing." She is founder and head of the 2000 member Systers List, an electronic forum for professional women in computing and computer science.
		Borg's current project is The Institute for Women and Technology
	www.awc-hq.org /lovelace/1995.htm (146 words)

	Institute For Women and Technology: Home
		Google's Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship:Two $10,000 scholarships will be awarded to female students graduating in 2005 - one to an undergraduate student and one to a master's student.
		Anita Borg founded The Institute for Women and Technology in 1997 with a special vision to change the world for women and for technology.
		Industry, foundations, institutions and individuals rally around this effort and contribute to the Institute's success in various ways to help us change the world for women and for technology.
	www.iwt.org (331 words)

	DBLP: Anita Borg
		Anita Borg, Richard E. Kessler, David W. Wall: Generation and Analysis of Very Long Address Traces.
		Anita Borg, Wolfgang Blau, Wolfgang Graetsch, Ferdinand Herrmann, Wolfgang Oberle: Fault Tolerance Under UNIX.
		Anita Borg, Wolfgang Blau, Wolfgang Oberle, Wolfgang Graetsch: Fault Tolerance in Distributed UNIX.
	www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/b/Borg:Anita.html (235 words)

	NCWIT : Who we are : Hubs : Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
		The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is a nationally recognized organization that believes women have a different perspective and that this perspective matters.
		The Anita Borg Institute's mission is to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology and to increase the positive impact of technology on the world's women.
		Cindy Goral joined the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology in January 2004 as Director of Operations.
	www.ncwit.org /who.hubs.anita.html (305 words)

	Salon.com Technology \| "Well-behaved women rarely make history" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Anita Borg, a Silicon Valley computer scientist and influential advocate for the involvement of women in technology, died of brain cancer on Sunday, April 6, at her mother's home in Sonoma, Calif.
		Her colleagues mourned Borg's passing, even as they stressed how crucial she was in creating a kind of collective consciousness for women working in the heavily male-dominated field of computer technology.
		The founder of the Systers mailing list, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and the Institute for Women and Technology, Borg was just 54 years old.
	www.salon.com /tech/feature/2003/04/09/anita_borg/index_np.html (268 words)

	Remembering Dr. Anita Borg - megnut.com
		Anita Borg, a computer science visionary and champion of women in technology died yesterday in CA.
		I was first introduced to Dr. Borg through the Systers mailing list, and her accomplishments have inspired me ever since.
		But her inspiration remains to encourage generations of women, including me. Thank you, Dr. Borg.
	www.megnut.com /2003/04/remembering-dr-anita-borg (342 words)

	Anita Borg
		Two Leaders in Their Fields Honored with Anita Borg Awards; Inaugural Prizes for Technical Leadership and Social Impact Awarded to Fran Allen and Karen Banks.
		Tributes Mark Inaugural Anita Borg Celebration and Technology Summit; Technology Leaders Gather as Scholarships, Awards, Grants, and Resolutions Honor Pioneer Anita Borg (1949-2003).
		Anita Borg, Visionary Computer Scientist, Dies at 54.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0908177.html (219 words)

	Anita Borg Institute
		Our mission is to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, to increase the positive impact of technology on the lives of the world's women, and to help communities, industry, education and government benefit from these increases.
		The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is a nationally recognized organization that provides platforms allowing women's voices, ideas and spirits to influence technology.
		The participants in the Anita Borg Institute's programs are an unusual mix of academics and industry, and include many of the technology thought leaders of today.
	www.thevolunteercenter2.net /org/3799883.html (301 words)

	Anita Borg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This quote from Anita Borg, an incredibly influential woman leader in technology could not be more correct.
		As we glance around Rochester Institute of Technology, it seems that women have become the minority in the various computing fields.
		With powerful women leaders like Anita Borg, it may be possible to open up the world of computers and technology, so in the future women may not always be the minority.
	www.rit.edu /~hlb5666/otherstuff/imm/project1/anitaborg.html (93 words)

	GEM-SET
		Anita Borg sought to revolutionize the way we think about technology and
		In 1994, Anita co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in
		In 1999 President Clinton appointed Anita to the Commission on the
	www.uic.edu /orgs/gem-set/aborgscholarship.htm (428 words)

	anita borg institute - about us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Anita Borg tenaciously envisioned and set about to change the world for women and for technology.
		Believing technology will affect everything: our economic, political, social and personal lives, she fought tirelessly for the development technology with positive social and human impact.
		A fund has been set up at the Institute for Anita, called the Anita Borg Memorial Fund.
	www.anitaborg.org /aboutus/about_anita.html (291 words)

	CRA-W
		The Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is pleased to announce the Anita Borg Early Career Award.
		The award honors the late Anita Borg, who was an early member of CRA-W and an inspiration for her commitment in increasing the participation of women in computing research.
		The annual award will be given to a woman in computer science and/or engineering who has made significant research contributions and who has contributed to her profession, especially in the outreach to women.
	www.cra.org /Activities/craw/borg/index.php (288 words)

	misbehaving.net: 2005 Anita Borg Scholarship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Google 2005 Anita Borg Scholarship is currently accepting applications.
		There are both undergraduate and graduate scholarships for those working in computer science, computer engineering or related fields.
		Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 2005 Anita Borg Scholarship:
	www.misbehaving.net /2004/12/2005_anita_borg.html (160 words)

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