Margaret Mitchell
Computer scientist known for her work in AI ethics
Computer scientist known for her work in AI ethics
Indian educator, author, and philanthropist, founder and chair of the non-profit Infosys Foundation.
With the help of Saujani’s program, Girls Who Code, the amount of girls in the technology field has drastically increased.
She taught computer science for 14 years at Western Michigan University.
Dr. Chieko Asakawa is a prominent inventor of software that aided in the development of accessibility technology.
American computer scientist
She became the first African-American hired into a technical position at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as a ‘computer’. JPL sent her on a programming training course at IBM and she learnt speed coding and was promoted to ‘mathematician’.
Roberta Lynn Williams was one of the most influential personal-computer-game designers of the 1980s and 1990s, becoming known as the “Mother” and “Queen” of video adventure games.
Zimbabwean doctor and associate professor Kudzai Kanhutu is a powerful advocate for health systems and gender equity in Australia.
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.