Carla Ellis

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Carla Schlatter Ellis
Carla Ellis (left) and Mary Jean Harrold (right) receiving the National Science Board Public Service Award in 2005 with Shirley Malcom (centre)
Born	Toledo, Ohio
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Washington University of Toledo
Awards	ACM Fellow (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Duke University University of Rochester University of Oregon
Doctoral advisor	Jean-Loup Baer
Website	www.cs.duke.edu/~carla/

Carla Schlatter Ellis is an American computer scientist and Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at Duke University. She is known for her work in energy management on mobile devices as well as for her dedication to increasing the number of women in the field of computer science. She is one of the founding members of Systers, an international email list of female computer scientists that was founded in 1987. Systers, which was initiated by Ellis and 12 other female computer scientists who met at a Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP), has since grown to over 3000 members.