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'''Susan Landau''' (born June 3, 1954, [[New York]]<ref>''Contemporary authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields'', Gale Research Co., 1998, [http://books.google.gr/books?id=TW1IcJGbPlIC&q=%22Born+June+3+1954%22&redir_esc=y p. 195].</ref>) is an American mathematician and engineer, and Senior Staff Privacy Analyst at [[Google]].<ref name=privacyink>{{cite web|url = http://privacyink.org/ | title=Susan Landau Biography on PrivacyInk.org | accessdate = 2013-09-06}}</ref> She was a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellow]]<ref name="List of Guggenheim Fellows for 2012">{{cite web|url = http://www.gf.org/news-events/2012-Fellows-in-the-United-States-and-Canada/ | title=List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2012 | accessdate = 2013-09-06}}</ref> and a Visiting Scholar at the Computer Science Department, [[Harvard University]] in 2012.<ref>Susan Landau at LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=65543255</ref>
'''Susan Landau''' (born June 3, 1954, [[New York]]<ref>''Contemporary authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields'', Gale Research Co., 1998, [http://books.google.gr/books?id=TW1IcJGbPlIC&q=%22Born+June+3+1954%22&redir_esc=y p. 195].</ref>) is an American mathematician and engineer, and Professor of Social Science and Policy Studies at [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]].<ref name=wpi>{{cite web|url = http://www.wpi.edu/academics/facultydir/sl4.html | title Susan Landau - Worcester Polytechnic Institute | accessdate = 2015-02-04 | publisher = [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]}}</ref> She previously worked as a Senior Staff Privacy Analyst at [[Google]].<ref name=privacyink>{{cite web|url = http://privacyink.org/ | title=Susan Landau Biography on PrivacyInk.org | accessdate = 2013-09-06}}</ref> She was a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellow]]<ref name="List of Guggenheim Fellows for 2012">{{cite web|url = http://www.gf.org/news-events/2012-Fellows-in-the-United-States-and-Canada/ | title=List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2012 | accessdate = 2013-09-06}}</ref> and a Visiting Scholar at the Computer Science Department, [[Harvard University]] in 2012.<ref>Susan Landau at LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=65543255</ref>


In 2010–2011, she was a Fellow at the [[Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study]] at Harvard, where she investigated issues involving security of government systems, and their privacy and policy implications.<ref name=radcliffe>{{cite web|url = http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/fellows_2011slandau.aspx | title = Susan Landau – Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study – Harvard University | publisher = [[Harvard University]] | accessdate = 2011-01-09}}</ref>
In 2010–2011, she was a Fellow at the [[Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study]] at Harvard, where she investigated issues involving security of government systems, and their privacy and policy implications.<ref name=radcliffe>{{cite web|url = http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/fellows_2011slandau.aspx | title = Susan Landau – Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study – Harvard University | publisher = [[Harvard University]] | accessdate = 2011-01-09}}</ref>

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For other people named Susan Landau, see Susan Landau (disambiguation).

Susan Landau (born June 3, 1954, New York[1]) is an American mathematician and engineer, and Professor of Social Science and Policy Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.[2] She previously worked as a Senior Staff Privacy Analyst at Google.[3] She was a Guggenheim Fellow[4] and a Visiting Scholar at the Computer Science Department, Harvard University in 2012.[5]

In 2010–2011, she was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, where she investigated issues involving security of government systems, and their privacy and policy implications.[6]

From 1999 until 2010, she specialized in internet security at Sun Microsystems.[7]

In 1989, she introduced the first algorithm for deciding which nested radicals can be denested, which is known as Landau's algorithm.[8]

In 1972, her project on odd perfect numbers won a finalist position in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.[9] Outside of her technical work, she is interested in the issues of women in science, maintaining the ResearcHers Email list, a "forum for women computer science researchers",[10] and an online bibliography of women's writing in computer science.[11] She was awarded the 2008 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Social Impact.[12] In 2011 she was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Contemporary authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields, Gale Research Co., 1998, p. 195.
  2. ^ . Worcester Polytechnic Institute http://www.wpi.edu/academics/facultydir/sl4.html. Retrieved 2015-02-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title Susan Landau - Worcester Polytechnic Institute" ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Susan Landau Biography on PrivacyInk.org". Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  4. ^ "List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2012". Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  5. ^ Susan Landau at LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=65543255
  6. ^ "Susan Landau – Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study – Harvard University". Harvard University. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  7. ^ "Susan Landau". Sun Microsystems. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  8. ^ S. Landau, "Simplification of Nested Radicals", SIAM Journal of Computation, volume 21 (1992), pages 85–110.[1]
  9. ^ "Susan Landau: Toward Perfect Internet Security". Scientific American. September 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  10. ^ "ResearcHers Email List". Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  11. ^ "The Book List: Computer Science Books by Women Computer Scientists". Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  12. ^ "Women of Vision awards presented at Anita Borg Institute banquet". Diversity/Careers. Diversity/Careers. August–September 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  13. ^ "ACM: Fellows Award / Susan Landau". Fellows.acm.org. Retrieved 2013-01-01.

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