Ida Rhodes

Biography

Ida Rhodes, born Hadassah Itzkowitz in Ukraine, emigrated to the United States as a teenager and became one of the most influential women in early American computing. At the National Bureau of Standards, she co-designed the C-10 programming language for the UNIVAC I with Betty Holberton, and pioneered work in machine translation of natural languages. She also created the computer system used by the Social Security Administration and developed an algorithm for computing Jewish holiday dates that remains in use today.

艾达·罗德斯原名哈达萨·伊茨科维茨，出生于乌克兰，少年时移居美国，成为早期美国计算机发展中最具影响力的女性之一。在美国国家标准局，她与贝蒂·霍尔伯顿共同设计了UNIVAC I的C-10编程语言，并在自然语言机器翻译方面开展了开创性工作。她还为社会保障管理局创建了计算机系统，并开发了一种至今仍在使用的犹太节日日期计算算法。

Key Achievements

• Co-designed the C-10 programming language for UNIVAC I

  共同设计了UNIVAC I的C-10编程语言

• Pioneered machine translation of natural languages

  开创了自然语言机器翻译

• Developed the Jewish Holiday algorithm still in use today

  开发了至今仍在使用的犹太节日计算算法

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Ida Rhodes — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Rhodes
2. NIST: Ida Rhodes and the Problem with 'Water Goats' — https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/ida-rhodes-and-problem-water-goats