| Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards | |
| Awarded For: | Exceptional achievement by women in technology |
| Presenter: | Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Website: | Past Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Winners |
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards honor exceptional technical women. Three awards are presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (renamed AnitaB.org in 2017[1]) each year, recognizing women in the categories of Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact.[2]
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation recognizes a woman for her contributions to technology innovation and progress.
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Social Impact recognizes a woman has changed the way technology effects society.
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Leadership recognizes a woman for her demonstrated leadership.[3]
The awards were at first presented annually at a banquet in Silicon Valley. The awards banquet has featured notable keynote speakers, including Anousheh Ansari (2011), Arianna Huffington (2010), Padmasree Warrior (2009), Diane Greene (2008), Esther Dyson (2007), and John L. Hennessy (2005).[4] [5] [6]
Beginning in 2011, the winner of the Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award is honored at the awards banquet. A representative from the winning company receives the award and gives an acceptance speech.
The Anita Borg Institute moved the awards ceremony to the Anita Borg Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. They have also slightly altered some of the award names from "Abi" awards to "Abie Awards".[7]
| Year | Innovation | Leadership | Social Impact | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Radia Perlman | Janie Tsao | Pamela Samuelson | |
| 2007 | Deborah Estrin | Duy-Loan Le | Leah Jamieson | |
| 2008 | Helen Greiner | Susan Landau | Justine Cassell | |
| 2009 | Yuqing Gao | Jan Cuny | Mitchell Baker | |
| 2010 | Kathleen McKeown | Kristina Johnson | Lila Ibrahim | |
| 2011 | Mary Lou Jepsen | Chieko Asakawa | Karen Panetta | |
| 2012 | Sarita Adve | Jennifer Chayes | Sarah Revi Sterling | |
| 2013 | Maja Matarić | Genevieve Bell | Vicki Hanson | |
| 2014 | Tal Rabin | Maria Klawe | Kathrin Winkler | |
| 2023 |
| Year | Technical Leadership | Government | Student of Vision | Technology Entrepreneurship | Social Impact | Educational Innovation | Emerging Tech / Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Julie Larson-Green | Camila Fernandez Achutti | Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan | |||||
| 2016 | Michele Guel | Alyssia Jovellanos | Pooja Sankar | |||||
| 2017 | Mercedes Soria and Diane Greene | Mehul Raje | Laura Mather | |||||
| 2018 | Rebecca Parsons | Chia Amisola | Holly Liu | |||||
| 2019 | Fei-Fei Li | Jhillika Kumar | Natalya Bailey | |||||
| 2020 | Lisa Su | Pelagia Majoni | Tracy Young | |||||
| 2021 | Nuria Oliver | Ainura Sagyn | Eden Canlilar | Eden Canlilar | Lisa Hauser | Eden Canlilar | ||
| 2022[9] | Daphne Koller | Katherine Vergara | Neha Narkhede | Kris DorseyPaula Coto, Change Agent | ||||
| 2023[10] | Margaret Burnett | Renata Sparks | Ange Cynthia Umuhire | Eva Esteban Velasco | Esther Kumali | Carlotta Berry | Eva Esteban Velasco, Emerging Tech | |
| 2024[11] | Kathy Pham | Noreen Hecmanczuk |