Valerie Aurora

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Valerie Aurora

Computer Science

#2573

World Rank

#2688

Historical Rank

#1111

USA Rank

Database

#8793

World Rank

#9231

Historical Rank

#1199

USA Rank

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• Computer Science

Why Is Valerie Aurora Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Valerie Anita Aurora is an American software engineer and feminist activist. She was the co-founder of the Ada Initiative, a non-profit organization that sought to increase women's participation in the free culture movement, open source technology, and open source culture. Aurora is also known within the Linux community for advocating new developments in filesystems in Linux, including ChunkFS and the Union file system. Her birth name was Val Henson, but she changed it shortly before 2009, choosing her middle name after the computer scientist Anita Borg. In 2012, Aurora, and Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner were named two of the most influential people in computer security by SC Magazine. In 2013, she won the O'Reilly Open Source Award.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Valerie Aurora?

Valerie Aurora is affiliated with the following schools:

• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology