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Ida Holz Bard (born January 30, 1935 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan engineer, computer scientist and researcher who is known as a pioneer in the field of data processing and the Internet.
Life
Ida Holz comes from a Jewish family of Polish descent and was in Israel in the army and in a kibbutz from 1953 to 1957. After returning to Uruguay, she taught mathematics and studied computer science at the Faculty of Engineering at the Universidad de la República in the early 1970s . In 1964 she married the painter Anhelo Hernández, with whom she went into exile in Mexico in 1976 . Here she worked, among other things, at the National Institute for Statistics. After she returned to Uruguay, she headed the Central Computer Service (SECIU) of the Universidad de la República until 2011. In 1994, the first Internet node was established under her leadershipinstalled in Uruguay. She has coordinated the Uruguayan Advanced Network and oversees the development and maintenance of the connections between the now 64 nodes at academic research institutions in Uruguay and is the administrator of the Uruguayan domain ".uy". She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Agency for the Development of Electronic Governance and Information Society and a member of the Ceibal Center's program committee (one-computer-per-child program). Vint Cerf called Ida Holz the mother of the Internet in Uruguay.
Awards and honors
- 2009: Lifetime Achievement Award (given by the Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Center (LACNIC) to people who have contributed to the ongoing development of the Internet)
- 2013: Induction into the Internet Hall of Fame as the first Latin American personality
- 2015: Dedication by postage stamp in the series "Outstanding personalities of Uruguay"
- 2017: Recognition for her career as an internet pioneer in Uruguay during the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Ceibal project
Web links
- Biography Ida Holz , accessed March 15, 2019
- Ida Holz , accessed March 15, 2019
- Ida Wood - Latin-American Internet Pioneer , accessed March 15, 2019
- Ida Holz Bard (1935): from Uruguay to the World , accessed March 15, 2019
- Presentation of the stamps in honor of Uruguayan personalities , accessed on March 15, 2019
- Film about Ida Holz, an Internet pioneer in Uruguay and a member of Agesic's Honorary Board of Directors , accessed on March 17, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wood, Ida |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holz Bard, Ida (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan engineer, computer scientist and researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |