Ellen Spertus

Ellen Spertus is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Mills College, Oakland, California, United States, and a research scientist at Google.cite web|url= http://people.mills.edu/spertus/cv.html|title=Ellen Spertus's CV |accessdate=2008-03-01 |author=|date=|work= |publisher=] She grew up in Glencoe, Illinois and attended New Trier High School.cite web|url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFD9123AF93AA1575BC0A965958260|title=Woman, Computer Nerd -- and Proud |accessdate=2008-03-01 |author=Katie Hafner|date=1993-08-29 |work= |publisher=The New York TImes] She attended MIT, where she received a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering in 1990, a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1992, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1998.cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E1DB1F30F932A1575BC0A9659C8B63|title=3 Women, 3 Paths, 10 Years On |accessdate=2008-03-01 |author=Katie Hafner|date=2003-08-21 |work= |publisher=The New York TImes] During college, she spent several summers working for Microsoft. She is the author of technical as well as social articles, often combining the two. She was profiled in a 1993 New York Times article about "women who might change the face of the computer industry" and a 2003 follow up article. In 2001 she was named "The Sexiest Geek Alive". [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1400333.stm|title=Sexiest geek declared|accessdate=2008-03-01 |author= Mark Ward|date=2001-06-21|work= |publisher=BBC News] She was a lessee of one of the approximately 1,000 General Motors EV1s. [cite web|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/09/04/woe_to_ev1/index.html|title=Steal this car!|accessdate=2008-03-01 |author=Katharine Mieszkowski|date=2002-09-04 |work= |publisher=Salon.com] She is married to computer scientist Keith Golden.

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* [http://people.mills.edu/spertus/ Mills College: Ellen Spertus, Mathematics & Computer Science]