Ellen Spertus
| Ellen Spertus | |
|---|---|
| Education | New Trier High School |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (1990), master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1992), Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1998) |
| Occupation | Computer scientist, professor |
| Employer | Microsoft, Mills College, Google |
| Known for | App Inventor for Android, leasing a General Motors EV1, comparing male and female graduate student attitudes and progress |
| Spouse(s) | Keith Golden |
| Awards | "Sexiest Geek Alive", 2001 |
Ellen Spertus is a 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][5]
Since January 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.[6] In May 2011, O'Reilly Media published App Inventor, which Spertus co-authored with David Wolber, Hal Abelson, and Liz Looney.[7]
Spertus was a lessee of one of the approximately 1,000 General Motors EV1s.[8] She is married to computer scientist Keith Golden.[3]
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