Suhas S. Patil

Pioneer in applying computer architecture knowledge to VLSI design, Patil founded Cirrus Logic, a fabless semiconductor company. Over the years, his work covered computer architecture, parallel processing computers, mathematics for computer science,...

Allan Alcorn

Designer of the video arcade game Pong, one of the earliest and most popular arcade video games, Alcorn is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist born and raised in San Francisco,...

Donald Lester Bitzer

Co-inventor of the Plasma Display and sometimes called the "father of PLATO" (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system, Bitzer was an American electrical engineer and computer...

Joel S. Birnbaum

Director of the development of the precursor of Hewlett-Packard precision architecture — the basis for all Hewlett-Packard's RISC computers — Birnbaum has also served as Senior Vice President for Research and Development...

Harm Peter Hofstee

Chief architect of the synergistic processor elements in the Cell Broadband Engine, Hofstee is known for his work on the processor behind the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Roadrunner supercomputer that first...

Kay Brossard Magleby

Architect of HP's first minicomputer and leader of the team that led HP into the computer industry, Magleby was born in Rigby, Idaho and raised in Pocatello, where he graduated from Pocatello...

Albert S. Hoagland

Early designer of random access disk storage, Hoagland played a key role in magnetic head design and recording for the Random Access Method of Accounting and Control (RAMAC) disk drive, the first...

Jim Barton

Inventor of the modern digital video recorder, which allows consumers to view television programming on their own schedules, Barton co-founded TiVo Inc. and set the technical vision for the company. Barton has served...

Louis Pouzin

Invented the datagram and designed the first packet communications network, CYCLADES, Pouzin also created the first forms of command-line interface. His work was broadly used by Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, and many...

Subramanian (Subu) Iyer

Pioneer in the development and implementation of embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology used in IBM systems ranging from high-end servers to BlueGene supercomputers to game chips, Iyer has served as IBM Fellow and...

Dave Hitz

Co-founder of NetApp, a worldwide major supplier of network-based storage systems for the computer industry, Hitz helped establish the company in 1992 along with James Lau and Michael Malcolm. The company began...

Arnold T. Nordsieck

Builder of the "differential analyzer"—an analog computer capable of solving complex equations and drawing curves—Nordsieck constructed the device in the 1950s out of $700-worth of war surplus materials. Clones subsequently became the...

Igor L. Markov

Leader of the effort on the Hardware tree during the 2011 redesign of the ACM Computing Classification System, Markov has served as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at...

Ralph Ungermann

Co-founder of Ungermann-Bass (UB), the first large networking company independent of any computer manufacturer, Ungermann was considered to be a founding father of the data communications industry. He was often described as...

James (Jim) Flanagan

Originator of auto-directive microphone arrays for teleconferencing and pioneer of digital computers for acoustic signal processing, Flanagan made foundational contributions to voice communications and electro-acoustic systems. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from...

Sumit Ghosh

Researcher in computer architectures for next generation secure ATM network design and next generation IP router architecture to defeat next generation viruses, Ghosh has served as the Chair of the Computer Science...

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...

William (Bill) Grant Moggridge

Designer of the Grid Compass Laptop and Palm handheld, Moggridge co-founded IDEO, where he focused on developing a process that could lead to innovative products. He felt products could be more "humane."

Tom Kilburn

Co-inventor of the first stored-program computer, Kilburn was a major player in the team which built the Manchester University "Baby" in 1948. He also co-invented with Freddie Williams the cathode ray storage...

Fredrik Rosing Bull

Known for his works on improved punched card machines, Bull was an information technology pioneer. In 1907 he finished his studies in civil engineering at the Technical School of Kristiania (Kristiania Tekniske...