What is Anita Borg?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Anita Borg | image = | caption = | birth_name = Anita Borg Naffz | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|1|17}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|4|6|1949|1|17}} | death_place = [[Sonoma, California]] | nationality = [[United States|American]] | thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/303020475 | thesis_title = Synchronizaiton Efficiency | doctoral_advisor = [[Robert Dewar]]<br>Gerald Belpaire<ref name=borgphd>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Anita|last=Borg |title=Synchronizaiton Efficiency |publisher=New York University |date=1981 |oclc=15102657 |doi= |hdl=|id={{ProQuest|303020475}}}}</ref> | workplaces = [[Nixdorf Computer]]<br>[[Digital Equipment Corporation]]<br>[[Xerox PARC]] | alma_mater = [[New York University]] (PhD) | fields = [[Women in computing]]<br>[[Human–computer interaction]]<br>[[Computer science]] | thesis_year = 1981 | website = {{URL|google.com/anitaborg}} | known_for = {{Plainlist| * [[Systers]]<ref name=systers>{{cite web|url=http://www.systers.org/|website=www.systers.org|title=Systers.org}}</ref> * [[AnitaB.org]] * [[Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing]]}} }} '''Anita Borg''' (January 17, 1949 – April 6, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] [[computer science|computer scientist]]. She founded the [[Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology|Institute for Women and Technology]] and the [[Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Borg, Anita}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from brain cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in California]] [[Category:American computer scientists]] [[Category:Scientists from Chicago]] [[Category:Scientists from Hawaii]] [[Category:Scientists from California]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{authority control}}