2010 Borg Early Career Award
BECA (Borg Early Career Award)
2010 Recipient
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| A.J. Bernheim Brush Researcher at Microsoft Research - Redmond, Washington http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/ajbrush/ |
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The Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 Borg Early Career Award. This year's recipients are A.J. Bernheim Brush, a researcher at Microsoft Research and Radhika Nagpal, an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University.
The award honors the late Anita Borg, who was an early member of CRA-W and an inspiration for her commitment in increasing the participation of women in computing research. This award is given annually by CRA-W to a woman in computer science and/or engineering who has made significant research contributions and who has contributed to her profession, especially in the outreach to women. This award recognizes work in areas of academia and industrial/government research labs that has had a positive and significant impact on advancing women in the computing research community and is targeted at women that are relatively early in their careers (for example, for the 2009 award, the nominee should have received their PhD no earlier than September 2000). Questions about eligibility should be directed to craw_awards[at]cra.org
A.J. Bernheim Brush is a researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, USA. Her main research interest is human-computer interaction with a focus on computer supported collaborative work (CSCW) and ubiquitous computing. She enjoys investigating how technology can help people and families with everyday problems including coordination, awareness, and energy conservation. A.J. graduated Summa cum Laude from Williams College and earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Washington.
Past honors include a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship and an ARCS Scholarship. She served as ACM SIGCHI VP for Membership and Communications from 2006 – 2009 and as the program co-chair for the Pervasive 2009 conference. She has also served on Program Committees for many conferences including UbiComp, Pervasive, and Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW), and currently serves on the editorial advisory board of the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
