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Associate Professor Dr Suzuki co-founded the UCL Society of Women Engineers and co-founded the London branch of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, bringing computer programming and engineering to thousands of women, minorities and young people.

She is also the Data and AI Practice Lead at Google Cloud, working with Dr Vint Cerf to develop the Interplanetary Internet, as well as working on initiatives with UCL and Google Cloud on sustainability and smart cities.

Dr Suzuki said: 鈥淚 am honoured to receive the 2021 Rooke Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering. To all the girls out there who dream about engineering as a profession 鈥� go for it 鈥� it is the most incredible job in the world.

鈥淩eceiving this award is a personal triumph, but I would also like to extend a thanks to those who have helped me along the way, from colleagues to my friends and family.鈥�

Dr Suzuki also champions disability inclusion and neurodiversity, drawing on her own experiences of autism. She is an active member of the Disability Alliance at Google, speaking openly about her autism and the need for companies to embrace neurodiversity.

She has spoken to audiences of up to 60,000 and has contributed to the company鈥檚 disability inclusion training, aimed at promoting inclusion and demystifying the stereotypes surrounding people with disabilities, especially those who live with invisible neurodevelopmental disabilities.

The Rooke Award for the public promotion of engineering is awarded to an individual, small team or organisation who has contributed to the Academy鈥檚 aims and work through their initiative in promoting engineering to the public.

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• UCL Computer Science
• UCL Engineering

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• Dr Larissa Suzuki. Credit: Twobytwo

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