Jay Wright Forrester

Founder of System Dynamics, Forrester was also a pioneer computer engineer and systems scientist whose invention of magnetic core memory transformed computing. Forrester was born on July 14, 1918, on a cattle ranch...

Lars Heide

Editor of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Heide is a noted international historian and associate professor at the Centre for Business History at the Copenhagen Business School.

Charles (Chuck) Lewis Seitz

Co-developer of the first multicomputer, the Cosmic Cube, and deviser of the key programming and packet-routing techniques for second-generation multicomputers, Seitz is a prolific architect and designer of innovative computing and communication...

Edward S. Davidson

Designer and implementer of an eight-node symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) system whose architecture is used by most multiprocessor systems today, Davidson pioneered pipelining techniques for improving processor throughput in both hardware and software,...

John Couch

One of the primary software architecture designers of the HP AMIGO/300 software environment — a precursor to the Xerox Alto and the Macintosh — Couch also served as Apple's first Vice President...

Branimir Makanec

A pioneer of computer popularization in Croatia, Makanec established the Multimedia Center of the Zagreb University Referral Center (MMC). The MMC was an open-type computer center intended to be used for non-numerical...

Marie desJardins

Researcher focused on understanding trust among agents in online communities, desJardins has led the Multi-Agent, Planning and Learning Lab (MAPLE) at UMBC, which focuses on developing A.I. solutions to real world problems....

Jakob Nielsen

Founder of the "discount usability engineering" movement for fast and cheap improvements of user interfaces, Nielsen invented several usability methods, including heuristic evaluation — a usability inspection method for computer software that...

Russell Lincoln Ackoff

Recognized as the "Father of Operations Research" for helping establish one of the world's first Departments of Operations Research, Ackoff is also celebrated internationally as a pragmatic academic, systems thinker, and prolific...

Richard O Mason

Developer of foundational concepts in IT and information ethics, Mason has served as Carr P. Collins Professor of Management Information Sciences at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist...

Murray Turoff

A founding father of computer-mediated communication and designer of EMISARI, Turoff was also a retired Distinguished Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). While the term has traditionally referred to those...

Claudio Ciborra

Known for his innovative thinking about information systems and his recognition of the relevance of transaction cost theory, Ciborra inspired researchers and thinkers around the world. He recognized the importance of tinkering,...

Werner Zorn

One of the fathers of networking in Germany, Zorn oversaw the first email link between Germany and the US CSNET in August 1984 and the spread of CSNET in Germany, while serving...

Daniel Paul Siewiorek

Designer or co-designer of nine multiprocessor systems and a key contributor to the dependability design of over two dozen commercial computing systems, Siewiorek has served as the Buhl University Professor of Electrical...

Terry Allen Winograd

Developer of SHRDLU, an early natural language understanding computer program, Winograd is known within the philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence fields for his work on natural language. He wrote SHRDLU as...

Bruce D. Shriver

Worldwide lecturer in the design and implementation of computer hardware and software systems, Shriver has been a computer science academic, consultant, and entrepreneur in the area of high-performance computer systems, publishing extensively...

John (Jack) G. Herriot

Teacher of the first programming course at Stanford University, Herriot helped found the Computer Science Department and served as the first Director of the Stanford Computation Center, which later evolved to become...

David Cannon Evans

Pioneer of computer generated imagery, Evans left an enduring mark on the history of computing. He attended the University of Utah and studied electrical engineering; he earned his doctorate degree in physics....

Cyril Cleverdon

Best known for his work on the evaluation of information retrieval systems, Cleverdon was a British librarian and computer scientist born in Bristol, England. He worked at the Bristol Libraries from 1932...

John Vernon Pavlik

Originator of the concept of the Three Stages of Online News Content, which explains the source of online news content, Pavlik is an American academic and author who has published on new...