Anne Condon

Anne Elizabeth Condon is an Irish-Canadian computer scientist, a professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on computational complexity theory and bioinformatics.[1][2] She has also held the NSERC/General Motors Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering from 2004 to 2009, and has worked to improve the success of women in the sciences and engineering.[3]

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Biography

Condon did her undergraduate studies at University College Cork, earning a bachelor's degree in 1982.[1][2] She moved to the University of Washington for her graduate studies, receiving her doctorate in 1987 under the supervision of Richard Ladner.[1][2][4] She then joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and remained there until her 1999 move to UBC.[2]

Awards and honors

Condon won the ACM Distinguished Dissertation award for her thesis research. In 2010, the Association for Computing Machinery named her an ACM Fellow "for contributions to complexity theory and leadership in advancing women in computing".[5] In the same year, she also won the A. Nico Habermann Award of the Computing Research Association for "long-standing and impactful service toward the goal of increasing the participation of women in computer science research."[6][3][7] She is also a winner of the University College Cork Distinguished Alumna Award,[2] and the University of Washington CSE Alumni Achievement Award.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Faculty web page, University of British Columbia, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e Who We Are: Anne Condon, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  3. ^ a b A. Nico Habermann Award 2010: Anne Condon, CRA, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  4. ^ Anne Elizabeth Condon at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  5. ^ ACM Names 41 Fellows from World's Leading Institutions: Many Innovations Made in Areas Critical to Global Competitiveness, ACM, December 7, 2010, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  6. ^ a b Anne Condon, Jeremy Jaech win UW CSE Alumni Achievement Award, University of Washington, June 11, 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  7. ^ CRA 2010 A. Nico Habermann Award presented to Anne Condon, University of Washington, June 11, 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20.

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