Barbara Liskov

In celebration of Professor Barbara Liskov's selection by the Association for Computing Machinery as the recipient of the 2008 A. M. Turing Award, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT shares the following information about her mutliple contributions —to computer science, —to women in science and higher education, and —to the world-wide beneficiaries of her life long output.

• An interview with 2008 ACM A.M. Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov is available to listen to online at http://www.stephenibaraki.com/audio/Barbara_Liskov.mp3. Conducted by Stephen Ibaraki as part of his interview series for CIPS Connections, the 38-minute segment includes Liskov’s recollections on her career and her views on a number of future technologies. Read excerpts from this interview.
  
  
• From The Electron and the Bit - EECS at MIT | 1902 - 2002, John V. Guttag, Editor, Chapter VII: Pioneering Women in EECS, by John V. Guttag Barbara Liskov, pages 232-239

• MIT News Office November 5, 2002 article, "MIT's magnificent seven: Women faculty members cited as top scientists"

• MIT News Office July 1, 2008 article, "Barbara Liskov named Institute Professor "

• Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, CSAIL website for Barbara Liskov, including brief biography.

• MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science March 10, 2009 announcement of Barbara Liskov's receipt of Turing Award.


• the Boston Globe, March 10, 2009, article.
  
  
• Washington Post, Associated Press, March 10, 2009, article.