Editing Barbara Simons (section)

==Career==
'''<big>1981-1998: IBM</big>'''

After leaving the [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]] in 1981, Simons began her career at Research Division of [[IBM]] in their Research Division in San Jose. There, she worked on [[compiler optimization]], [[Analysis of algorithms|algorithm analysis]], and [[clock synchronization]], which she won an IBM Research Division Award for.<ref name=":2" /> In 1992, she began working as a senior programmer in IBM's Applications Development Technology Institute and subsequently as a senior technology adviser for [[IBM Global Services]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://dougengelbart.org/colloquium/biographies/bio_simons.html#3|title=Doug Engelbart's Colloquium at Stanford {{!}} Biography: Barbara Simons|website=dougengelbart.org|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>

Over the course of her career at IBM, her interests shifted from research to the policy and regulation of technology.<ref name=":7" /> She took early retirement from IBM in 1998 after spending 17 years with the company.<ref name=":3">Abate, J. (2002, July 11). Oral-History: Barbara Simons. Retrieved April 20, 2018, from http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Barbara_Simons</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=King Liu|first=Tsu-Jae|date=2019-10-11|title=Berkeley Talks transcript: Barbara Simons on election hacking and how to avoid it in 2020|url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/10/11/berkeley-talks-transcript-barbara-simons-election-hacking/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Berkeley News|language=en-US}}</ref>

<big>'''1993-2002: ACM'''</big>

After leaving IBM in 1998, Simons served as president of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM), the largest computing society in the world, until 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usacm.org|title=Home|last=Admin|first=MemberClicks|website=www.usacm.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref> She joined ACM when her career focus shifted from computing research to the politics of technology legislation. Prior to becoming the ACM president, Simons founded ACM's US Public Policy Committee (USACM) in 1993. She co-chaired this committee along with the ACM Committee for Scientific Freedom and Human Rights for 9 years. As president, she co-chaired the ACM study of statewide databases of voters in 1999 under [[President Clinton]], called Voter Registration Databases 2000–2002.<ref name=":0">Paula Hawthorn and Barbara Simons (co-chairs), [http://usacm.acm.org/images/documents/vrd_report2.pdf Statewide Databases of Registered Voters: Study Of Accuracy, Privacy, Usability, Security, and Reliability Issues], U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, Feb. 2006.</ref><ref name="techpolicy.acm.org">{{Cite web|url=https://techpolicy.acm.org/2005/09/barbara-simons-receives-uc-berkeley-life-achievement-award/|title=Association for Computing Machinery|website=techpolicy.acm.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref>  In 1999 she was elected secretary of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) as ACM President. In 2001 after her time as president, she received ACM's Outstanding Contribution Award. She is still a Fellow of ACM and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref name="techpolicy.acm.org"/>

<big>'''2008–Present: The Verified Voting Foundation'''</big>

Since 2008, Simons has served on the board of directors of the Verified Voting Foundation, a non-partisan and non-profit organization that advocates for legislation to promote the safest and most transparent voting.<ref name=":4">United States, SFGOV. ''Election Commissions''.</ref> The group's goals are to ensure that states and municipalities across America adopt voting technology best practices.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-23|title=Update on Efforts to Ensure Accurate, Verifiable Elections|url=https://alltogether.swe.org/2020/01/update-on-efforts-to-ensure-accurate-verifiable-elections/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=All Together|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.verifiedvoting.org/about-vvo/|title=VerifiedVoting.org|date=2009-10-28|work=Verified Voting|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005135433/https://www.verifiedvoting.org/about-vvo/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Other work ===
Simons helped found the Reentry Program for Women and Minorities at U.C. Berkeley in the Computer Science Department.<ref name=":4" /> She also serves on the boards of the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) and the Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology (BFOIT), both which promote minorities to learn and work in computing.<ref name=":6" />

In 2005 Simons became the first woman ever to receive the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the U.C. Berkeley's College of Engineering.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />

She is a member of the board of directors at the U.C. Berkeley Engineering Fund, the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]], and sits on the Advisory Boards of the [[Oxford Internet Institute]].<ref name=":3" />