by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 29, 2019 | Women's History Month
Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was an American nun, educator and pioneer in computer science. She was involved in the development of the BASIC computer programming language and was the first American woman to earn a PhD in computer science. Keller entered the Sisters of...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 22, 2019 | Women's History Month
Karen Spӓrck Jones was a British computer scientist who specialised in natural language processing and information retrieval. Her work on information retrieval is still used today and provides the foundation for how search engines supply us with relevant information....
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 19, 2019 | Coders / Hackers, Future of Work, Uncategorized, Virtual reality, Women
In a recent video published by The Guardian, author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson asks: “Where are the women in the brave new world that’s being designed for us?” It’s a pertinent question in International Women’s Month, especially when we...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 15, 2019 | Women's History Month
Joan Ball was an online dating pioneer who created the first computer dating service in 1964. Although the credit often goes to Harvard’s ‘Operation Match’ service, Ball’s matching service was operational and in use a whole year before ‘Operation Match’ started...
by Joanne Jacobs | Mar 8, 2019 | Women's History Month
Grace Hopper was an American mathematician, computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral who is sometimes referred to as ‘Amazing Grace’ because of the breadth of her achievements. Hopper was a pioneer in developing computer technology. Grace Hopper started...
