Jeannette Wing

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Jeannette Marie Wing (born c. 1957) is the President's Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. She also served as assistant director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the NSF from 2007 to 2010.

She earned her S.B. and S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT in June 1979. Her advisors were Ronald Rivest and John Reiser. In 1983, she earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at MIT under John Guttag. She was on the faculty of the University of Southern California from 1982 to 1985 and has been on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon ever since. She served as the head of the Computer Science Department from 2004 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2012.

Wing has been a leading member of the formal methods community, especially in the area of Larch. She has led many research projects and has published widely.

On November 20, 2012, Microsoft announced that Wing had been named Vice President, Head of Microsoft Research International.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Wing

What has been your greatest accomplishment in your career?
"My greatest accomplishment is my students—all those I have touched through teaching and research."

What advice would you give to other technical women?
"Believe in yourself."

http://anitaborg.org/news/archive/famous-women-in-computer-science-and-technology-jeannette-wing-vp-head-of-microsoft-research-international/

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1. Good one!

Cheers for the techies.