Drude Berntsen Explained

Drude Elisabeth Berntsen (born 1939)^[1] is a Norwegian computer scientist who was director of the Norwegian Computing Center (Norsk Regnesentral) from 1970 to 1990.^[2] It was unusual for a woman to hold such a high-ranking position at a time of male dominance in computing.^[3]

Berntsen's publications include a survey of early Norwegian computing developments titled "The Pioneer Era in Norwegian Scientific Computing (1948–1962)".^[4] and a biography of Kristen Nygaard, The Many Dimensions of Kristen Nygaard, Creator of Object-Oriented Programming and the Scandinavian School of System Development.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Drude Elisabeth Berntsen . https://web.archive.org/web/20181028151831/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/data/forvaltning/utvalg/person/3298 . 2018-10-28 . 28 October 2018 . NSD Forvaltningsdatabsen . no.
2. Web site: NCC - the Key Actor in the Development of Information Technology in Norway in the 1960s. Kristen Nygaard. 28 October 2018 .
3. Book: Bubenko. Janis. Impagliazzo. John. Soelvberg. Arne. History of Nordic Computing: IFIP WG9.7 First Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing (HiNC1), June 16-18, 2003, Trondheim, Norway. 2005. Springer. 978-0-387-24168-5. 454–.
4. Book: Bernsten, Drude. History of Nordic Computing. 174. 23–32. Springer. 2005. 978-0-387-24167-8. 10.1007/0-387-24168-X_3. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. The Pioneer Era in Norwegian Scientific Computing (1948–1962).
5. Book: Berntsen Drude, Elgsaas Knut, Hegna Håvard. History of Computing. Learning from the Past. 325. 38–49. Springer. 2010. 978-3-642-15198-9. 10.1007/978-3-642-15199-6_5. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. The Many Dimensions of Kristen Nygaard, Creator of Object-Oriented Programming and the Scandinavian School of System Development.