Anne Condon

Anne Condon
Fields Computer Science
Institutions U. Wisconsin
UBC
Thesis Computational Models of Games (1987)
Doctoral advisor Richard Ladner
Doctoral students
  • Jesse Bingham
  • Sun Chung
  • Gary Lewandowski[1]
Notable awards ACM Distinguished Dissertation
ACM Fellow
A. Nico Habermann Award
Website
www.cs.ubc.ca/~condon/

Anne Elizabeth Condon is an Irish-Canadian computer scientist, professor, and former head of the UBC Computer Science Department.[2] Her research focuses on computational complexity theory, DNA computing, and bioinformatics.[3][4] 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.[5]

Biography

Condon did her undergraduate studies at University College Cork, earning a bachelor's degree in 1982.[3][4] She moved to the University of Washington for her graduate studies, receiving her doctorate in 1987 under the supervision of Richard Ladner.[3][4][6] She then joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and remained there until her 1999 move to UBC.[4]

Awards and honors

Condon won an ACM Distinguished Dissertation award (honorable mention) for her thesis research.[7] In 2010, the Association for Computing Machinery named her an ACM Fellow "for contributions to complexity theory and leadership in advancing women in computing".[8] 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."[5][9][10] She is also a winner of the University College Cork Distinguished Alumna Award,[11] the University of Washington CSE Alumni Achievement Award.,[9] and the 2012 University of Washington College of Engineering Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia.[12] She was the 2014 winner of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Technical Leadership ABIE Award[13]

Condon was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012.[14]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Anne Condon at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ↑ "Senior Technical Woman: Anne Condon, Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia". Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Faculty web page, University of British Columbia, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Who We Are: Anne Condon, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  5. 1 2 A. Nico Habermann Award 2010: Anne Condon, CRA, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  6. ↑ Anne Elizabeth Condon at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  7. ↑ ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 Anne Condon, Jeremy Jaech win UW CSE Alumni Achievement Award, University of Washington, June 11, 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  10. ↑ CRA 2010 A. Nico Habermann Award presented to Anne Condon, University of Washington, June 11, 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20.
  11. ↑ UCC Computer Science Alumnus wins Award 2001
  12. ↑ University of Washington College of Engineering Diamond Award 2012 Honorees, University of Washington College of Engineering, retrieved 2012-09-06.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ The Royal Society of Canada Class of 2012 New Fellows, The Royal Society of Canada, September 5, 2012, retrieved 2012-09-06.

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