Professional Background

Brenda S. Baker

Education

Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, in the computer science program of the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics (now renamed the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences) at Harvard University, 1973
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 1970.
B.A. Harvard/Radcliffe College, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1969
Winchester High School, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1965.

Employment

Most of my career has been spent as a Member of Technical Staff in the Computing Science Research Center at Bell Laboratories. In June, 2000, I was promoted to Distinguished Member of Technical Staff.

I also spent a year (1973-1974) as a postdoc at Harvard and two and a half years teaching: a half year (1973) as a Lecturer at Harvard, a year (1977-1978) as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and a year (1978-1979) as an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.