Susan Landau

Susan Landau is an American engineer who specializes in internet security at Sun Microsystems.cite web|url = http://research.sun.com/people/slandau/ | title = Susan Landau | publisher = Sun Microsystems | accessdate = 2008-09-14] In 1972, her project on odd perfect numbers won a finalist position in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.cite web |url = http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=susan-landau-sun-microsystems-westinghouse | title = Susan Landau: Toward Perfect Internet Security | publisher = Scientific American | date= September 2, 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-14] 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", [cite web|title = ResearcHers Email List | url = http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/systers/researchers-email-list | publisher = Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology | date = 2006 | accessdate = 2008-09-14] and an online bibliography of women's writing in computer science. [cite web | title = The Book List: Computer Science Books by Women Computer Scientists | url = http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/booklist/index.php | publisher = Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research | accessdate = 2008-09-14] She was awarded the 2008 Women of Vision award in the social impact category by the Anita Borg Institute of Women and Technology.cite web|title= Anita Borg Institute Announces 2008 Women of Vision Award Winners | url = http://anitaborg.org/news/archive/anita-borg-institute-announces-2008-women-of-vision-award-winners/ | publisher = Anita Borg Institute of Women and Technology | date = February 27, 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-14]

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* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=internet-eavesdropping Internet Eavesdropping: A Brave New World of Wiretapping] - Article by Landau