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mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borgov%C3%A1" title="Anita Borgová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Anita Borgová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA" title="Ανίτα Μποργκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ανίτα Μποργκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="آنیتا بورگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آنیتا بورگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%B4%EB%8B%88%ED%83%80_%EB%B3%B4%EA%B7%B8" title="어니타 보그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="어니타 보그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A3" title="Անիտա Բորգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անիտա Բորգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97" title="अनीता बोर्ग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अनीता बोर्ग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92" title="אניטה בורג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אניטה בורג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC" title="انيتا بورج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="انيتا بورج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%97" title="ਅਨੀਤਾ ਬੋਰਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਅਨੀਤਾ ਬੋਰਗ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="انیتا بورگ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="انیتا بورگ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3,_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Борг, Анита – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Борг, Анита" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Borg" title="Anita Borg – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Anita Borg" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%87%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A" title="ඇනීටා බෝර්ග් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ඇනීටා බෝර්ග්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Anita_Borg.jpg/220px-Anita_Borg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Anita_Borg.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Anita Borg Naffz</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1949-01-17</span>)</span>January 17, 1949<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 6, 2003<span style="display:none">(2003-04-06)</span> (aged 54)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma, California</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a> (PhD)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Systers" title="Systers">Systers</a><sup id="cite_ref-systers_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-systers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AnitaB.org" title="AnitaB.org">AnitaB.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Hopper_Celebration_of_Women_in_Computing" title="Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Scientific career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fields</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Women_in_computing" title="Women in computing">Women in computing</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction" title="Human–computer interaction">Human–computer interaction</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">Computer science</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nixdorf_Computer" title="Nixdorf Computer">Nixdorf Computer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" title="Digital Equipment Corporation">Digital Equipment Corporation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Xerox_PARC" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerox PARC">Xerox PARC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.proquest.com/docview/303020475">Synchronization Efficiency</a></i> <span style="font-size:97%;">(1981)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Doctoral_advisor" title="Doctoral advisor">Doctoral advisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dewar" title="Robert Dewar">Robert Dewar</a><br />Gerald Belpaire<sup id="cite_ref-borgphd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-borgphd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://google.com/anitaborg">google<wbr />.com<wbr />/anitaborg</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anita Borg</b> (January 17, 1949 – April 6, 2003) was an American <a href="/wiki/Computer_scientist" title="Computer scientist">computer scientist</a> celebrated for advocating for women’s representation and professional advancement in technology. She founded the <a href="/wiki/Anita_Borg_Institute_for_Women_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology">Institute for Women and Technology</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grace_Hopper_Celebration_of_Women_in_Computing" title="Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_early_life">Education and early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borg was born Anita Borg Naffz in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>. She grew up in <a href="/wiki/Palatine,_Illinois" title="Palatine, Illinois">Palatine, Illinois</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kaneohe,_Hawaii" title="Kaneohe, Hawaii">Kaneohe, Hawaii</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Mukilteo,_Washington" title="Mukilteo, Washington">Mukilteo, Washington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Borg got her first programming job in 1969. Although she loved math while growing up, she did not originally intend to go into computer science and taught herself how to program while working at a small insurance company.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was awarded a <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> in <a href="/wiki/Computer_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer Science">Computer Science</a> by <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a> in 1981 for research investigating the <a href="/wiki/Synchronization_(computer_science)" title="Synchronization (computer science)">synchronization efficiency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a> supervised by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dewar" title="Robert Dewar">Robert Dewar</a> and Gerald Belpaire.<sup id="cite_ref-borgphd_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-borgphd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She died from brain cancer, in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma, California</a> on 6 April 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After receiving her PhD, Borg spent four years building a <a href="/wiki/Fault_tolerant" class="mw-redirect" title="Fault tolerant">fault tolerant</a> <a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>-based operating system, first for Auragen Systems Corp. of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and then with <a href="/wiki/Nixdorf_Computer" title="Nixdorf Computer">Nixdorf Computer</a> in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-WITI_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WITI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, she began working for <a href="/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" title="Digital Equipment Corporation">Digital Equipment Corporation</a>, where she spent 12 years, first at the Western Research Laboratory.<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at Digital Equipment, she developed and patented a method for generating complete address traces for analyzing and designing high-speed memory systems. Her experience running the ever-expanding Systers <a href="/wiki/Mailing_list" title="Mailing list">mailing list</a>, which she founded in 1987, led her to work in <a href="/wiki/Email" title="Email">email</a> communication. As a consultant engineer in the Network Systems Laboratory under <a href="/wiki/Brian_Reid_(computer_scientist)" title="Brian Reid (computer scientist)">Brian Reid</a>, she developed MECCA, an email and Web-based system for communicating in <a href="/wiki/Virtual_communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtual communities">virtual communities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WITI_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WITI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, Borg left Digital Equipment Corporation and began working as a researcher in the Office of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Technology_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Technology Officer">Chief Technology Officer</a> at <a href="/wiki/Xerox_PARC" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerox PARC">Xerox PARC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WITI_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WITI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after starting at <a href="/wiki/Xerox" title="Xerox">Xerox</a>, she founded the <a href="/wiki/Anita_Borg_Institute_for_Women_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology">Institute for Women and Technology</a>, having previously founded the <a href="/wiki/Grace_Hopper_Celebration_of_Women_in_Computing" title="Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing</a> in 1994. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advocacy_for_technical_women">Advocacy for technical women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Advocacy for technical women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borg passionately believed in working for greater representation of women in technology. Her goal was to have 50% representation for women in computing by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She strove for technical fields to be places where women would be equally represented at all levels of the pipeline, and where women could impact, and benefit from, technology. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Systers">Systers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Systers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1987, Borg founded <a href="/wiki/Systers" title="Systers">Systers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-systers_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-systers-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first email network for women in technology. While attending the <a href="/wiki/Symposium_on_Operating_Systems_Principles" title="Symposium on Operating Systems Principles">Symposium on Operating Systems Principles</a> (SOSP), she was struck by how few women were present at the conference. She and six or seven other women met in the ladies' room and talked about how few women there were in computing. A dozen of the women at the conference made plans to eat lunch together, and that is where the idea for Systers was formed.<sup id="cite_ref-biogvid_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biogvid-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Systers was established to provide a private space for its members to seek input and share advice based on their common experiences. Systers membership was limited to women with highly technical training and discussions were strictly confined to technical issues. Borg oversaw Systers until 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Systers occasionally tackled issues that were not highly technical but pertained to its members. In 1992, when <a href="/wiki/Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> Inc. began selling a <a href="/wiki/Barbie" title="Barbie">Barbie</a> doll that said <i>math class is tough,</i> the voices of protest that started with the Systers list played a role in getting Mattel to remove that phrase from Barbie's microchip.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grace_Hopper_Celebration_of_Women_in_Computing">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, Anita Borg and <a href="/wiki/Telle_Whitney" title="Telle Whitney">Telle Whitney</a> founded the <a href="/wiki/Grace_Hopper_Celebration_of_Women_in_Computing" title="Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing</a>. With the initial idea of creating a conference by and for women computer scientists, Borg and Whitney met over dinner, with a blank sheet of paper, having no idea how to start a conference, and started to plan out their vision.<sup id="cite_ref-biogvid_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biogvid-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing was held in Washington, D.C., in June 1994, and brought together 500 technical women.<sup id="cite_ref-ghchist_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ghchist-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Institute_for_Women_and_Technology">Institute for Women and Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Institute for Women and Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1997, Borg founded the Institute for Women and Technology (now the <a href="/wiki/Anita_Borg_Institute_for_Women_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology">Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology</a>). Two important goals behind the founding of the organization were to increase the representation of women in technical fields and to enable the creation of more technology by women.<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When founded, the institute was housed at Xerox PARC, although it was an independent nonprofit organization.<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The institute was created to be an experimental R&D organization focusing on increasing the impact of women on technology and increasing the impact of technology on the world's women. It ran a variety of programs to increase the role of technology, build the pipeline of technical women, and ensure that women's voices affected technological developments.<sup id="cite_ref-WITI_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WITI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, <a href="/wiki/Telle_Whitney" title="Telle Whitney">Telle Whitney</a> took over as president and CEO of the institute, and in 2003, it was renamed in honor of Borg. Since its foundation, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology has increased its programs in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and expanded internationally, more than quadrupling in size.<sup id="cite_ref-abihist_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abihist-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borg was recognized for her accomplishments as a computer scientist, as well as for her work on behalf of women in computing. She received the <a href="/wiki/Augusta_Ada_Lovelace_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Augusta Ada Lovelace Award">Augusta Ada Lovelace Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Women_in_Computing" title="Association for Women in Computing">Association for Women in Computing</a> for her work on behalf of women in the computing field in 1995. In 1996 she was inducted as a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Computing_Machinery" title="Association for Computing Machinery">Association for Computing Machinery</a>. In 1999, President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> appointed her to the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Commission (United States)">Presidential Commission</a> on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology. She was charged with recommending strategies to the nation for increasing the breadth of participation fields for women.<sup id="cite_ref-WITI_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WITI-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, she was awarded the 8th Annual <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinz Award">Heinz Award</a> for Technology, the Economy and Employment.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2002, Borg received an Honorary Doctor of Science and Technology degree from <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a> </p><p>Borg received the <a href="/wiki/EFF_Pioneer_Award" title="EFF Pioneer Award">EFF Pioneer Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> and was recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Girl_Scouts_of_the_USA" title="Girl Scouts of the USA">Girl Scouts of the USA</a>, as well as listed on Open Computing Magazine's Top 100 Women in Computing. Borg was also a member of the board of directors of the <a href="/wiki/Computing_Research_Association" title="Computing Research Association">Computing Research Association</a> and served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Research_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Research Council">National Research Council</a>'s Committee on Women in Science and Engineering. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Borg was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She continued to lead the Institute for Women and Technology until 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died on April 6, 2003, in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, the Institute for Women and Technology was renamed to the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, in honor of Borg.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several other awards and programs honor Borg's life and work. <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> established the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship in 2004 to honor the work of Borg.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> this program is known as the Women Techmakers Scholars Program. The program has expanded to include women in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/UNSW_School_of_Computer_Science_and_Engineering" title="UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering">UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering</a> offers the Anita Borg Prize, named in her honor.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anita_Borg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-borgphd-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-borgphd_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-borgphd_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBorg1981" class="citation thesis cs1">Borg, Anita (1981). <i>Synchronization Efficiency</i> (PhD thesis). 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