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{{short description|Irish-Canadian computer scientist}}
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| fields      = Computer Science
| workplaces  = [[Organization:University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison]]<br />University of British Columbia
| alma_mater  = University College Cork<br>[[Organization:University of Washington|University of Washington]]
| thesis_title = Computational Models of Games
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| thesis_year = 1987
| doctoral_advisor = [[Biography:Richard E. Ladner|Richard E. Ladner]]
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| website     = {{URL|http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~condon/}}
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'''Anne Elizabeth Condon''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC}} is an Irish-Canadian [[Computer scientist|computer scientist]], professor, and former head of the Computer Science Department of the University of British Columbia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Technical Woman: Anne Condon, Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia|url=http://anitaborg.org/news/archive/senior-technical-woman-anne-condon-professor-and-head-of-the-department-of-computer-science-university-of-british-columbia/|publisher=Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology|accessdate=30 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104160253/http://anitaborg.org/news/archive/senior-technical-woman-anne-condon-professor-and-head-of-the-department-of-computer-science-university-of-british-columbia/|archive-date=4 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her research focuses on [[Computational complexity theory|computational complexity theory]], [[Biology:DNA computing|DNA computing]], and [[Biology:Bioinformatics|bioinformatics]].<ref name="ubc">[http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~condon/ Faculty web page], University of British Columbia, retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref><ref name="borg">[http://anitaborg.org/about/who-we-are/anne-condon/ Who We Are: Anne Condon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104190519/http://anitaborg.org/about/who-we-are/anne-condon/ |date=2011-11-04 }}, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref> She has also held the NSERC/General Motors Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) from 2004 to 2009, and has worked to improve the success of women in the sciences and engineering.<ref name="cra"/>

==Biography==
Condon did her undergraduate studies at University College Cork, earning a bachelor's degree in 1982.<ref name="ubc"/><ref name="borg"/> She moved to the [[Organization:University of Washington|University of Washington]] for her graduate studies, receiving her doctorate in 1987 under the supervision of [[Biography:Richard E. Ladner|Richard E. Ladner]].<ref name="ubc"/><ref name="borg"/><ref>{{mathgenealogy|name=Anne Elizabeth Condon|id=75306}}</ref> She then joined the faculty at the [[Organization:University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin–Madison]], and remained there until her 1999 move to UBC.<ref name="borg"/>

==Personal life==
Condon is an avid triathlete, finishing 7th in her age-group (F55-59) during [https://www.endurance-data.com/en/result/409/647-anne-condon/ Ironman Canada 2019] and finishing 1st in her age group (F60-64) for [https://www.endurance-data.com/en/result/724/342-anne-condon/ Ironman Ireland 2022] in an impressive 12:10 hours timeframe. At the [https://www.endurance-data.com/en/result/761/1188-anne-condon/Ironman Ironman Hawaii 2022] she finished 18th in her age group (F60-64) with a time of 13:39. At the [https://www.ironman.com/im703-world-championship-2022-results Ironman 70.3 Championship 2022], she finished 8th in her age group with a time of 5:55.

==Awards and honors==

Condon won an ACM Distinguished Dissertation award (honorable mention) for her thesis research.<ref name="acmdda">{{cite web | url=https://awards.acm.org/doctoral-dissertation/award-winners | title=All Years, ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award | publisher=ACM | accessdate=20 June 2021 }}</ref> In 2010, the [[Organization:Association for Computing Machinery|Association for Computing Machinery]] named her an [[ACM Fellow]] for contributions to complexity theory and leadership in advancing women in computing.<ref>
[http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2010/fellows-2010 ACM Names 41 Fellows from World's Leading Institutions: Many Innovations Made in Areas Critical to Global Competitiveness] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428113630/http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2010/fellows-2010 |date=2012-04-28 }}, ACM,
7 December 2010, retrieved 2011-11-20.
</ref> In the same year, she also won the A. Nico Habermann Award of the [[Organization:Computing Research Association|Computing Research Association]] for "long-standing and impactful service toward the goal of increasing the participation of women in computer science research."<ref name="cra">[http://www.cra.org/awards/habermann-view/2010_habermann_winner/ A. Nico Habermann Award 2010: Anne Condon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119193714/http://www.cra.org/awards/habermann-view/2010_habermann_winner/ |date=19 November 2011 }}, CRA, retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref><ref name="uwaaa"/><ref>[http://news.cs.washington.edu/2010/02/26/cra-2010-a-nico-habermann-award-presented-to-anne-condon/ CRA 2010 A. Nico Habermann Award presented to Anne Condon], University
of Washington, 11 June 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref> She is also
a winner of the University College Cork Distinguished Alumna
Award,<ref name="cork">[http://www.cs.ucc.ie/new/news-5.html UCC Computer Science Alumnus wins Award 2001] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814032838/http://www.cs.ucc.ie/new/news-5.html |date=14 August 2007 }}</ref> the University of Washington CSE Alumni
Achievement Award.,<ref name="uwaaa">[http://news.cs.washington.edu/2011/06/11/anne-condon-jeremy-jaech-win-uw-cse-alumni-achievement-award/ Anne Condon, Jeremy Jaech win UW CSE Alumni Achievement Award],
University of Washington, 11 June 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref>
and the 2012 University of Washington College of Engineering Diamond
Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia.<ref name="diamond">[http://www.engr.washington.edu/alumcomm/diamond/2012honorees.html University of Washington College of Engineering Diamond Award 2012 Honorees], University of Washington College of Engineering, retrieved 2012-09-06.</ref> She was the 2014 winner of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Technical Leadership ABIE Award<ref name="abie">[http://anitaborg.org/profiles/ghc-abie-award-winners/anne-condon/ ABIE Award winners, technical leadership: Anne Condon: 2014 Winner of the Grace Hopper Celebration Technical Leadership ABIE Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015023626/http://anitaborg.org/profiles/ghc-abie-award-winners/anne-condon/ |date=2014-10-15 }}, Anita Borg Institute, retrieved 2016-08-25.</ref>

Condon was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012.<ref name="rsoc">[http://www.rsc-src.ca/documents/Classof2012-CitationsENGLISH-Final_000.pdf The Royal Society of Canada Class of 2012 New Fellows]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Royal Society of Canada, 5 September 2012, retrieved 2012-09-06.</ref>

==Publications==

* M. Andronescu, A. Condon, D.H. Turner, and D.H. Mathews. The Determination of RNA folding nearest neighbor parameters, ''Methods in Molecular Biology'', 1097:45-70, 2014.
* B. Rastegari, A. Condon, [[Biography:Nicole Immorlica|N. Immorlica]], R. Irving, and [[Biography:Kevin Leyton-Brown|K. Leyton-Brown]]. Reasoning about optimal stable matchings under partial information, ''The Fifteenth ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC''), 431–448, 2014.
* H. Jabbari and A. Condon. A fast and robust iterative algorithm for prediction of RNA pseudoknotted secondary structures ''BMC Bioinformatics'', 15:147, 2014.
* A. Condon, J. Manuch and C. Thachuk, The complexity of string partitioning, Journal of Discrete Algorithms, 32:24-43, 2015. Preliminary version appeared in the ''23rd Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science'' 7354:159-172, 2012.
* A. Condon and [[Biography:Richard M. Karp|R. M. Karp]], "Algorithms for Graph Partitioning on the Planted Bisection Model", ''J. Random Structures and Algorithms'', 18, 116–140, 2001.
* Q. Liu, A. G. Frutos, L. Wang, A. Condon, R. M. Corn, and L. M. Smith, "DNA Computations on Surfaces", ''Nature'', Vol. 403 pages 175–179, 2000.
* O. Madani, A. Condon, and S. Hanks, "On the Undecidability of Probabilistic Planning and Infinite-Horizon Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Problems", ''Sixteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence'' (AAAI'99), July 1999.
* A. Condon, L. Hellerstein, S. Pottle, and A. Wigderson, "Finite State Automata with Nondeterministic and Probabilistic States", ''SIAM Journal on Computing'', Vol. 27, No. 3, pages 739–762, June 1998.

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==External links==
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*[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/c/Condon:Anne.html Listing of publications on DBLP]


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