Barbara Liskov
Liskov, Barbara

    Professor Barbara Liskov was the first US woman to be
   awarded a PhD in computing, and her innovations can be found
   in every modern programming language.  She currently (2009)
   heads the Programming Methodology Group at the Massachusetts
   Institute of Technology.

   Professor Liskov's design innovations have, over the decades,
   made software more reliable and easier to maintain.  She has
   invented two computer progamming languages: CLU, an
   object-oriented language, and Argus, a distributed
   programming language.  Liskov's research forms the basis of
   modern programming languages such as Java, C# and C++.

   One of the biggest impacts of her work came from her
   contributions to the use of data abstraction, a method for
   organising complex programs.  See Liskov substitution
   principle.

   In June 2009 she will receive the A. M. Turing Award.

   <Barbara Liskov home>.

   (2009-03-11)