Ellen Spertus

Ellen Spertus is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Mills College, Oakland, California, United States, and a senior research scientist at Google.[1]

Spertus grew up in Glencoe, Illinois, where she attended New Trier High School.[2] At MIT she received a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (1990), a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1992), and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(1998).[1][3] She spent several summers between terms working for Microsoft.[2]

Spertus has written articles treating both technical and social subjects, often combining the two. She was profiled in a 1993 New York Times article about "women who might change the face of the computer industry" and in a follow-up article in 2003.[3] In 2001 she was named "The Sexiest Geek Alive".[4]

Since January of 2009[1], Spertus has spent her time at Google working on App Inventor for Android, a block based development platform with a graphical user interface that lets developers and amateurs alike create applications for Android.[5] In May of 2011, O'Reilly Media published App Inventor, which Spertus co-authored with David Wolber, Hal Abelson, and Liz Looney.[6]

Spertus was a lessee of one of the approximately 1,000 General Motors EV1s.[7] She is married to computer scientist Keith Golden.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ellen Spertus's CV". http://people.mills.edu/spertus/cv.html. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  2. ^ a b Katie Hafner (1993-08-29). "Woman, Computer Nerd -- and Proud". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFD9123AF93AA1575BC0A965958260. Retrieved 2008-03-01. 
  3. ^ a b c Katie Hafner (2003-08-21). "3 Women, 3 Paths, 10 Years On". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E1DB1F30F932A1575BC0A9659C8B63. Retrieved 2008-03-01. 
  4. ^ Mark Ward (2001-06-21). "Sexiest geek declared". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1400333.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-01. 
  5. ^ "App Inventor for Android". http://www.appinventorbeta.com/about/moreinfo/. Retrieved 11 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "App Inventor - O'Reilly Media". http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920016632.do. Retrieved 11 December 2011. 
  7. ^ Katharine Mieszkowski (2002-09-04). "Steal this car!". Salon.com. http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/09/04/woe_to_ev1/index.html. Retrieved 2008-03-01. 

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