Current Women in Computer Science

Lisa Su

Lisa Su is the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). AMD is a company that provides computer ships for both Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation gaming consoles. Lisa Su has also published more than 40 technical articles and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers.

Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton was one of the first computer science software programmers and helped write the computer code used on the Apollo mission to the moon in late 1960s and early 1970s.

Susan Wojcicki

Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of Youtube. One of her major successes is the AdWords, the clickable text-only advertisements that appear on Google search pages.

Ginni Rometty

Ginni Rometty is the CEO of IBM. She is known for being the first female CEO and Chairperson of IBM, and she had previously worked as both a systems engineer and a consultant for the computer company.

Barbar Liskov

Barbar Liskov has won an award for her pioneering work in the design of computer programming languages. She was one of the first women to be granted a doctorate in the U.S. She also developed the Liskov Substitution Principle.