DCU Engineering student awarded Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship

Patricia Moore (Centre for Image Processing and Analysis [CIPA])

Congratulations to Patricia Moore (Centre for Image Processing and Analysis [CIPA] www.cipa.dcu.ie ) on being awarded a Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2008. Patricia was one of 20 talented young women selected from 295 students in 157 different universities across 31 European countries who applied for the 2008 award. The awards took place earlier this summer as part of a networking retreat in the Google Engineering Centre in Zurich.

Established in 2007 in Europe, the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to female students for accomplishments within the science and technology community. The scholarship aims to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, and become active role models and leaders.

295 students from 157 different universities across 31 European countries applied for the 2008 award. Selection criteria included academic performance, leadership within the science and technology community, answers to four short essay questions and interviews with members of a review committee

63 finalists were selected, of which 20 outstanding female Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD Computer Science students received the EUR 5,000 Scholarship for the 2008/2009 academic year.

Patricia is currently undertaking a PhD in "Virtual Sculpting for Intuitive 3-D Computer Graphics" under the supervision of Dr. Derek Molloy within the Centre for Image Processing and Analysis, www.cipa.dcu.ie RINCE/Faculty of Engineering & Computing, DCU.