Daniel E. Cooke

Inventor of the SequenceL functional programming language, Cooke discovered the computational laws that led to its creation and implemented several early interpreters for the language. During his tenure at Texas Tech University,...

Michael T. Goodrich

Pioneer and research leader on efficient parallel and distributed solutions, Goodrich has served as a Chancellor's Professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science of the Donald Bren School of Information...

W. (Rick) Richards Adrion

Founder of the Applied Computing Systems Institute of Massachusetts, Adrion has served as a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He served as PI for an NSF REU Site,...

Frederica Darema

Proposer of the Single Program, Multiple Data (SPMD) programming model, Darema introduced SPMD in 1984, establishing what has become the most common style of parallel programming. In computing, Single Program, Multiple Data...

Oliver Selfridge

An innovator in early computer science and artificial intelligence, Selfridge helped shape the foundations of machine learning and AI. Credited with coining the term "intelligent agents" for software programs capable of observing and...

Robert Stein

Producer of the first interactive computer discs for CD-ROM, Stein is considered a visionary and innovator in the world of communication and multimedia. Born and raised in New York City, Stein attended...

Philip S. Yu

Holder of over 300 U.S. patents in data mining, database systems, Internet applications and technologies, Yu is recognized as an IBM Master Inventor and one of the most prolific inventors in computing....

Robert H. High, Jr.

Pioneer in the field of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA), High positioned IBM as a leader in delivering critical technologies to its clients. He has served as an IBM Fellow—the highest honor a...

Elon James Gasper

Holder of several patents relating to Lip Sync and other technology, Gasper is a former Senior VP at VizX Labs and co-founder of 1980s-era software company Bright Star Technology. Described by Ken...

Phillip Walter Katz

Co-creator of the zip file format for data compression and author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files which ran under DOS, Katz graduated from the Computer Science Engineering program at...

Lynn G. Gref

Developer of the Rapid Development Methodology (RDM), Gref is a technologist and systems engineer who has done pioneering work in missile systems; command, control and communications (C3) systems; and satellite systems. He...

Larry R. Harris

Internationally recognized as an expert on database systems and computerized natural language, Harris founded EasyAsk as Linguistic Technology Corporation (LTC) in 1994 and authored its EasyAsk and English Wizard products. As Vice...

Frederick (Fred) Jacob Damerau

Pioneer in natural language processing and data mining, Damerau spent over four decades at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York. Born in Parma, Ohio, son of the...

Jean Paul Jacob

Involved in IBM steel mills projects that developed high-level simulations for NASA, Jacob also created the first IBM Scientific Center of South America in Brazil and the Institute for Software Engineering. A...

Mark Eugene Russinovich

Co-developer of the website sysinternals.com, Russinovich wrote and published dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities including Autoruns, Filemon, and RootkitRevealer. He has served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Microsoft...

Fred M. Gibbons

Co-founder and CEO of Software Publishing Corporation (SPC), best known for its pioneering Harvard Graphics business and presentation graphics program, Gibbons cofounded the Mountain View, California-based company in 1980 along with two...

Richard (Rich) Hilleman

Creator of the original Madden Football game for video game consoles, Hilleman is an American computer game and video game producer best known for his work at Electronic Arts. Apart from Madden,...

Kesav Vithal Nori

One of the creators of the Pascal P4 compiler, Nori is well-known for this work done together with Nikolaus Wirth. He has served as Executive Director and Executive Vice President of Tata...

Charles Geschke

Co-founder of Adobe Systems, Geschke transformed document production and launched the desktop publishing industry. Prior to co-founding Adobe, Geschke and Warnock worked at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Geschke had started there...

Philippe Kahn

Creator of the first camera phone and founder of Borland Software and other technology companies, Kahn has built an extraordinary entrepreneurial legacy. He founded four successful companies: Fullpower Technologies, Starfish Software, Lightsurf...