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Stats on Dorothy Denning
Born: Aug. 12, 1945, in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Motivation: Frustration with software vulnerability.
Mentor: University of Michigan astronomy professor Fred Haddock, who first encouraged Denning to work with computers—in this case to compute Doppler shifts in stars rather than add them up on a calculator.
Career Highlights: Mathematician, University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1967-1969; Systems Programmer, University of Rochester, 1969-1972; Instructor and Associate Prof., Computer Science, Purdue University, 1972- 1983; Senior Staff Scientist and Senior Computer Scientist, SRI International, 1984- 1987; Principal Software Engineer, Digital Equipment Corp. Systems Research Center, 1987-1991; Professor, Computer Science, Georgetown University, 1991-present
Education: B.A., Mathematics, University of Michigan (1967); M.A., Mathematics, University of Michigan (1969); Ph.D., Computer Science, Purdue University (1975)
Books: Information Warfare and Security, ACM Press/Addison-Wesley (1999); Internet Besieged, edited with Peter J. Denning, ACM Press/Addison-Wesley (1997)
Awards: Association for Computing Machinery's Recognition of Service Award in 1995 and ACM's Fellow Award in 1998; National Computer Systems Security Award in 1999
Professional Activities: Founding President and Director, International Association for Cryptologic Research; Task Force on Cyber Threats for the Future, Homeland Defense, Center for Strategic and International Studies; U.S. Working Group on Global Organized Crime
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