Barbara Liskov Wins Turing Award 187
jonniee writes "MIT Professor Barbara Liskov has been granted the ACM's Turing Award. Liskov, the first US woman to earn a PhD in computer science, was recognized for helping make software more reliable, consistent and resistant to errors and hacking. She is only the second woman to receive the honor, which carries a $250,000 purse and is often described as the 'Nobel Prize in computing.'"
Turing test (Score:5, Funny)
Good for her... (Score:5, Funny)
I bet she has some stories from "the old days" of being about the only female geek around.
Good for her.
Purses and wallets? (Score:5, Funny)
She is only the second woman to receive the honor, which carries a $250,000 purse and is often described as the 'Nobel Prize in computing
Did they give $250,000 wallets to the men who won previously?
Re:Turing test (Score:5, Funny)
I hope not. MIT professors are not human.
So does that mean... (Score:3, Funny)
...we can't tell her apart from a computer over a teletype link?
No, wait...
Re:Turing test (Score:2, Funny)
At MIT, they give the test to the professors the award to the machines. Yeeeaaahhh [instantrimshot.com]
Re:Purses and wallets? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:making software more reliable? (Score:5, Funny)
No, electrons are reliable. They'll do what you tell them to do. Hardware engineers however design crappy hardware.
Re:Turing test (Score:4, Funny)
http://xkcd.com/329/ [xkcd.com]
Re:making software more reliable? (Score:5, Funny)
No, electrons are reliable. They'll do what you tell them to do.
I, for one, am never sure quite what my electrons are doing. After that Heisenberg guy, they've been a bit flaky...
Re:Good for her... (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, there are like twice as many now.
Re:Turing test (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Don't let the award fool you. (Score:2, Funny)
HAHAHahahhaha...
Someone with your sig has the gall to write that about a book?
Irony is rich today.
Oh, and how about an example of where she is wrong? I don't think I ahve ever read her stuff but I would like to see an example of what you are talking about.
Re:making software more reliable? (Score:3, Funny)
No, quantum mechanics is reliable. It defines physical uncertainties in a robust way.
Only when you're watching. Behind your back it's complete chaos.
Re:making software more reliable? (Score:3, Funny)
Now get off my lawn!
10 PRINT LAWN
20 GOTO CURB
Re:1968 (Score:5, Funny)
Just a guess, but maybe his tastes don't lean towards guys with beards and questionable personal hygiene.
Re:making software more reliable? (Score:3, Funny)
http://xkcd.com/485/ [xkcd.com]
No, Brian Greene is reliable. He's been knitting furiously since the beginning of the universe, and isn't likely to quit anytime soon.
Quantum mechanics suffers from being far more difficult to understand than a tiny man controlling reality.