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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]

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] and has a daughter named Julia Golden-Spertus.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ellen Spertus's CV". Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  2. ^ a b Katie Hafner (1993-08-29). "Woman, Computer Nerd -- and Proud". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  3. ^ a b c Katie Hafner (2003-08-21). "3 Women, 3 Paths, 10 Years On". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  4. ^ Mark Ward (2001-06-21). "Sexiest geek declared". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  5. ^ "App Inventor for Android". Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  6. ^ "App Inventor - O'Reilly Media". Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  7. ^ Katharine Mieszkowski (2002-09-04). "Steal this car!". Salon.com. Retrieved 2008-03-01.

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