Red Hat Announces 2018 Women in Open Source Award Winners
Dana Lewis, founder of the OpenAPS movement, and Zui Dighe, Duke
University student, recognized for open source contributions
SAN FRANCISCO - RED HAT SUMMIT 2018--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced Dana Lewis, founder of the Open Artificial
Pancreas System (OpenAPS) movement, and Zui Dighe, a Duke University
student, as the 2018 Women in Open Source Award winners. Both will be
recognized today at Red Hat Summit, which is taking place in San
Francisco this week.
In its fourth year, the Women in Open Source Awards were created and
sponsored by Red Hat to honor women who make important contributions to
open source projects and communities, or those making innovative use of open
source methodology. Nominations for this year's awards were accepted
for two categories: academic (those currently enrolled in a college or
university) and community (those working or volunteering on projects
related to open source). Finalists were determined based on nomination
criteria, with public voting to determine the winners.
Lewis, who was recognized in the community category, is the founder of
the OpenAPS movement and creator of the DIY Artificial Pancreas System.
OpenAPS is an open and transparent effort aimed at making safe and
effective basic Artificial Pancreas System (APS) technology available to
help improve and save lives and reduce the burden of Type 1 diabetes. An
open source contributor for four years, Lewis started her work after
becoming frustrated by her diabetes devices. She could not access her
blood glucose data in real time and the continuous glucose monitor
designed to alert her when her blood sugar dropped was not loud enough
to wake her up at night - putting her life at risk. The louder alarm
system she created evolved less than a year later into the open source
artificial pancreas system. In the past few years, the OpenAPS community
has grown worldwide, with more than 600 people now using various systems
based off of her work and original system designs. Lewis also
facilitates research projects through the Nightscout Data Commons and
the OpenAPS Data Commons, and has developed open source tools to help
encourage researchers to engage with the diabetes data sets, helping to
expedite their efforts.
Dighe, who was recognized in the academic category, is a student at Duke
University, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and
computer science. An open source contributor for two and a half years,
she has used the power of open source to make an impact on her campus
and abroad. Dighe is a primary collaborator on an open source system
that tracks vaccine temperatures and GPS locations as they enter
developing nations using an Arduino-based device. She was named a
Katsouleas NAE Grand Challenge Scholar for her work on vaccine carriers
and is passionate about bridging the gap between medical innovation and
need. On campus, she was the chief technology officer of Campus
Enterprises, a student-owned and operated business that connects Durham,
N.C.-based businesses with the Duke community to offer online ordering,
food and laundry delivery, screen printing, marketing, catering and
technology services. Dighe restructured the backend and tech stack for
the Campus Enterprises product. She also is the technology lead on a
transcontinental team of Duke and Makerere University engineering
students that branched off of an engineering course taken through both
universities in 2016.
The winners will each receive a $2,500 stipend with suggested use to
support open source projects or efforts. In addition, they will be
featured on Opensource.com
and given the opportunity to speak at a future Red Hat Women’s
Leadership Community event.
Supporting Quotes
DeLisa Alexander, executive vice president and chief people officer,
Red Hat
“Congratulations to Dana and Zui on being recognized as 2018 Women in
Open Source Award winners. Their contributions are fantastic examples of
how open source is being used to make a difference in people’s lives.
We're passionate about promoting the sizable impact that women are
making in open source and I am inspired not only by their work, but by
their efforts as mentors and advocates for others.”
Dana Lewis, founder of the OpenAPS movement
“I’m honored to be part of the group of amazing women who were nominated
for the Red Hat Women in Open Source Award, and appreciate everyone who
learned about all the finalists’ commitment to open source. It would be
easy to focus on simple metrics such as traditional commit-based counts
for evaluating open source contributions, but open source includes so
much more. Recognizing that fact often means more easily and fully
recognizing the contributions of all of the diverse participants in an
open source community. I’m thankful to have learned about open source in
the process of helping evolve what became OpenAPS, and I’m excited to
continue to explore with our communities about how open source can help
us change our health and healthcare.”
Zui Dighe, Duke University student
"It is so important to foster a sense of community for women and girls
in underrepresented fields, and that is exactly the platform that open
source can provide. I am inspired by the stories of the finalists for
the Red Hat Women in Open Source Award and learning about the diverse
projects that they have been working on. Open source is much more than
just code and final projects; it represents collaboration and the
exchange of thought to build something with impact. As a student, it is
through open source that I became a developer, and bringing this
accessibility to underrepresented groups is something that I am
passionate about. I am so honored to receive this award and I hope that
my story will inspire young girls to contribute and learn from open
source. We are the future and our ideas are what will drive change. I
look forward to continuing to learn from open source communities and
contributing to the creation of data driven systems for developing
countries.”
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