Joy Buolamwini
Born:
January 23, 1989
Died:
Still alive at 34 years old
Achievements:
She got her bachelor's degree in computer science at Georgia Tech and holds graduate degrees from MIT and Oxford.
She also founded the algorithmic justice league to help create fair and accountable technology since her research uncovered
racial and gender bias in AI. Buolamwini is most known for her work with facial recognition software to be able to pick up
the differences in people's faces.
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Hedy Lamarr
Born:
November 9, 1914
Died:
January 19, 2000
Achievements:
She attended a famous acting school in Berlin adn finished her schooling in Switzerland. She did wartime work in frequency
hopping which helped pave the way for Wi-Fi, cellular technology, and modern satellite system.