Shirley Ann Jackson

The first African American woman to earn a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jackson received that degree in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics. She is also the second African American woman...

Mary Allen Wilkes

Known for her work with the LINC computer, now recognized by many as the world's first personal computer, Wilkes contributed to this landmark machine as a programmer and logic designer. She later...

Kathleen Booth (née Britten)

Credited with writing the first assembly language and the design of the assembler and autocode (ARC and APE(X)C) for the Birkbeck College computers, Booth made foundational contributions to computer programming. Born in...

Mary Lou Jepsen

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of One Laptop per Child, Jepsen helped shape one of the most recognized nonprofit computing initiatives of its era. She also served as Chief Architect of that...

Cristina Videira Lopes

Founder of the group that developed Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) and starter of aspectj.org, Lopes has served as an Associate Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. She received her B.S....

Annie Easley

A significant contributor to the early development of NASA's rocket technologies, Easley spent decades as a NASA engineer whose work in programming, energy-conversion, and shuttle launches helped address the agency's need for...

Elizabeth M. Belding

Founder and Director of the Mobility Management and Networking (MOMENT) Laboratory, Belding has served as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and as...

Josephine M. Cheng

Developer of IBM's database technology for the web, allowing people to access huge amounts of data via the Internet previously accessible only through proprietary systems, Cheng has been an IBM Fellow (2000)...

Virginia (Ginni) Marie Rometty

The first woman to serve as Chairman and CEO of IBM, Rometty held the positions of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. She was appointed President and CEO effective January...

Fernanda Bertini Viégas

Co-creator of Many Eyes, the ground-breaking open public data visualization and analysis platform, Viégas is a Brazilian-born scientist and computational designer whose work focuses on the social, collaborative, and artistic aspects of...

Susan Estrada

Founder of CERFnet, one of the original regional IP networks, Estrada is recognized as an Internet pioneer and named a "thinking nerd" by colleagues, with a deep interest in emerging broadband technologies...

Kathleen (Kay) McNulty Mauchly Antonelli

One of the six original programmers of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, Antonelli helped lay the foundations of modern computing. Kathleen (Kay) McNulty was born on February 12, 1921, in...

Carol Shaw

Best known for creating River Raid (1982), the vertically scrolling shooter for the Atari 2600 released through Activision, Shaw is regarded as a pioneering figure in video game design. She joined Atari,...

Ida Rhodes

A member of the influential circle of women at the heart of early computer development in the United States, Rhodes was an American mathematician who shaped the field during its foundational years.

Yoelle Maarek

The first engineering hire of Google Israel, Maarek established the company's development center in Haifa in 2006 and led the team that launched Google Suggest worldwide on the Google homepage in 2008....

Gillian Docherty

Appointed the first Chair of Scotland's AI Alliance in 2021, Docherty was chosen to lead the implementation of Scotland's AI Strategy. She served as CEO of The Data Lab, the Scottish innovation...

Mary Kenneth Keller

The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States, Keller was also among the first people of any gender to receive such a doctorate. Her degree was...

Misha Mahowald

Inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 1996, Mahowald was recognized for her development of the Silicon Eye and other computational systems. A pioneer in the emerging field...

Dorothy Vaughan

The first African American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at Langley Research Center, Vaughan became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers in 1949 and was...

Sandra (Sandy) Carter

A key leader responsible for setting the direction for IBM's Social Business initiative, Carter served as IBM's worldwide General Manager, Ecosystem Development and Social Business. A recognized leader in social business, influential...