The Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2009

The Google Europe Anita Borg Scholars 2007

The Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship was awarded for the first time in Europe in 2007. 180 students from 93 different universities across Europe applied. Selection criteria included academic performance, accomplishments within the science and technology community, letters of recommendation, answers to four short essay questions and interviews with members of a review committee. After two rounds of review, the committee selected 31 finalists, who were then interviewed by phone. Out of this group, 12 outstanding young women received the EUR 5,000 Scholarship for the 2007/2008 academic year. The remaining 19 finalists received a EUR 1,000 award.

The Google Europe Anita Borg Scholarship Recipients 2007

• Angela Fabregues Vinent, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Spain
• Eshcar Hillel, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
• Janice Giudice, Oxford University, UK
• Katerina Makarova, Belarusian State University, Belarus
• Liane Lewin-Eytan, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
• Lucia Terrenghi, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
• Maria Magdalena Ortiz, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• Martina Umlauft, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• Monika Steinova, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
• Sabrina Pei-Yun Hsueh, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Sini Ruohomaa, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Yael Pritch, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

The Google Europe Anita Borg Scholarship Finalists 2007

• Agnes Toth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
• Brigitte Mathiak, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
• Clare Hooper, Southampton University, UK
• Effrosyni Kokiopoulou, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Emilia Oikarinen, Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering, Finland
• Eva Ondrackova, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
• Fernanda Minku, University of Birmingham, UK
• Jana Kravalova, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
• Keren Oukanine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
• Maria Lopez Valdes, University of Zaragoza, Spain
• Mathilde Durvy, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Oriana Ponta, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Ralitsa Angelova, Max Planck Institute, Saarbrücken, Germany
• Ruzica Piskac, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Innsbruck, Austria
• Sara Adams, University of Oxford, UK
• Sara Morrissey, Dublin City University, Ireland
• Sindhu Joseph, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Spain
• Stephanie Balzer, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
• Vera Demberg, University of Edinburgh, UK

The 31 Google Europe Anita Borg Scholars and Finalists visited Google’s European Engineering Centre in Zurich on 1 June 2007 for a networking retreat. The retreat included tech talks, workshops, career panels, a Google tour and social activities, and provided an opportunity for all Scholars and Finalists to meet and share their experiences. The day also included discussions with Google engineers and executives.