I'm delighted to be able to pass on the news that Susan Landau has been announced as one of the "Women of Vision" award-winners by the Anita Borg Institute. The Institute looks for women who combine technical expertise with a far-reaching vision, and it doesn't take a very long conversation to realise that Susan has both of those in abundance.
Semi-numerate as I am, I'm entirely the wrong person to try and comment on her work on polynomials, number theory and cryptography... but what I really like is the way Susan combines this with a passionate, informed and lucid analysis of the social and ethical dimensions of security technology. I heard Susan speak a couple of months ago at Royal Holloway (University of London) about the impact of surveillance technology on human rights, and it was - as another colleague once put it - 'one of those presentations which makes me feel proud to work at Sun'.
Congratulations, Susan - a well-deserved recognition.
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I few years ago I read Susan's paper titled "Polynomials in Service to America". My weird mind comes up with this strange image about Bush using his customary scare tactics and saying something like, "You (Congress) must pass this legislation to protect our polynomials".
Posted by Eric Norman on March 02, 2008 at 07:27 AM GMT+00:00 #