Roberto Tamassia

Pioneer in the field of graph drawing and major contributor to the design of graph and geometric algorithms, Tamassia has served as Plastech Professor of Computer Science at Brown University in Providence,...

Michael R Williams

A pioneer in the history of computing who is — unusually — a computer scientist himself, Williams has published books and articles, taught, curated museum exhibits, and promoted professional activity in the...

Robert M. Price

Leader of Control Data's early strategic expansion into international operations and marketing, Price also drove the strategic move into information and systems integration services. He graduated from Duke University in 1952, and...

Susan L. Graham

Co-builder of the Berkeley Pascal system and the widely used program profiling tool Gprof, Graham is an American computer scientist who has served as the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor in the Computer...

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...

Maria Klawe

Known for her advocacy for women in STEM fields, Klawe served as the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College from 2006 to 2023. Prior to that role, she served as Dean of...

Dabbala (Rej) Rajagopal Reddy

Pioneer of large-scale artificial intelligence systems, Reddy is recognized for demonstrating the practical importance and potential commercial impact of AI technology. One of the early pioneers in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence,...

Barry W. Boehm

Known for his many contributions to software engineering, Boehm was an American software engineer and TRW Emeritus Professor of Software Engineering at the Computer Science Department of the University of Southern California.

Christopher (Chris) J. Date

Involved in the technical planning and design of the IBM products SQL/DS and DB2, Date is an independent author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant specializing in relational database theory. He attended High Wycombe...

Joseph (J. C. R.) Carl Licklider

Pioneer who led the development that led to ARPANet, Licklider was known simply as J.C.R. or "Lick" and was an American computer scientist considered one of the most important figures in computer...

Mark Allen Weiss

Writer of highly acclaimed Data Structures textbooks used at hundreds of universities worldwide, Weiss has served as a Professor and Associate Director in the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida...

Stanley Gill

Co-inventor of the first computer subroutine, Gill was a British computer scientist who shared that achievement with Maurice Wilkes and David Wheeler. Gill was born in Worthing, West Sussex, England, educated at...

Michael Leonidas Dertouzos

Instrumental in defining the World Wide Web Consortium and bringing it to MIT, Dertouzos served as a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer...

Gordon Stanley Brown

Involved in the development of Whirlwind, the first all-digital computer, Brown also originated many of the concepts behind automatic-feedback control systems and the numerical control of machine tools. He was born in...

Richard E. Pattis

Author of the Karel programming language, Pattis published "Karel the Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming." He received his MS from Stanford University and has served as a professor...