Kay McNulty Mauchley Antonelli

One of those humble wonder women.

Passed away last night. How long these women waited to have their
achievements recognized.

Rumpelstiltskin...

Very nice site, containing things that need to be
better known. Of course we all know Ada Lovelace,
daughter of Lord Byron, and considered by some to

awouk...

there was a book about her in the past decade.

be the first "programmer". And Admiral Hopper,
frequently seen on TV, though I must admit for myself
that I never had any affection for the COBOL
language, but it was an important step and fit the
time when it was used.

awouk...

unfortunately, grace hopper set computing back many years by these
actions. she can be saluted as a pioneer, but her 'achievements'
were in the wrong direction.

Was the actress Hedy Lamar really a pioneer of
frequency hopping in cryptography? I'm not even
sure what frequency-hopping is, but it sounds
impressive.

Harry Thompson...

I think the document is talking about spectrum hopping, where a radio
transmission is "scattered" randomly across the transmission spectrum.

awouk...

maybe 'spread specturm'?

I'm surprised the document didn't mention Elizebeth Friedman, one of our
for the NSA's recognition of her.

Rumpelstiltskin...

I found on web-search, at:
that Lamarr collaborated with George Antheil, the
composer, on the system. I'm much more
familiar with Antheil than Lamarr, but I had no idea
he was in on it either. Apparently from the above,
the technique make use of piano rolls.

awouk...

yes, this is true but little known. try google.

Kay McNulty Mauchley Antonelli - RIP O Pioneer