Susan Gerhart

She has taught software engineering and computer science at Toronto, Duke University, Wang Institute of Graduate Studies, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.^[1]

She established a project to develop curricula to increase security in aviation-oriented computing education.^[6][7] This project produced several papers and modules, including one on buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Her other publications include "Toward a theory of test data selection",^[8] "An International Survey of Industrial Applications of Formal Methods. Volume 2. Case Studies",^[9] and "Do Web search engines suppress controversy?".^[10]

In 1987 Gerhart was one of the founding members of Systers, the oldest and largest mailing list for women in computing.^[11][12]

Having been personally impacted by macular degeneration,^[13] she maintains the "As Your World Changes" blog on using technology, including podcasts, to overcome vision loss. In 2009 she spoke at the IEEE conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation on "The Disability/Mobility Challenge: Formulating Criteria for Testing Accessibility and Usability".^[14]

• As Your World Changes blog
• John Udell's Interviews with Innovators podcast with Susan Gerhart