Andrew (Tridge) Tridgell

Co-inventor of the rsync algorithm, a highly efficient file transfer and synchronization tool, Tridgell is also best known as the author of and contributor to the Samba file server. He is recognized...

Cordell Green

Founder of the Kestrel Institute and known for his research in knowledge-based software engineering, Green has served as Director and Chief Scientist of Kestrel Institute, which he founded in 1981. He was...

Richard E. Crandall

Developer of the irrational base discrete weighted transform, an important method of finding very large primes, Crandall made significant contributions to computational number theory. He served, at various times, as Chief Scientist...

John McCarthy

Inventor of the Lisp programming language, McCarthy was also responsible for coining the term "Artificial Intelligence" in his 1955 proposal for the 1956 Dartmouth Conference. An American computer scientist and cognitive scientist,...

Peter G. Neumann

A leading specialist in computer security best known for the Provably Secure Operating System (PSOS), Neumann has also served as moderator of the RISKS Digest and founding editor of ACM Software Engineering...

Eugene (Spaf) Howard Spafford

Co-developer of a number of "firsts" in computer security, Spafford is a leading computer security expert and historically significant Internet figure, renowned for first analyzing the Morris Worm and his prominent role...

Shu-Ching Chen

Collaborator with FIU's International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC), Chen is recognized for applying his research to real-world problems, including LiDAR data filtering that has revolutionized the acquisition of digital elevation data for...

Gennaro (Jerry) A. Cuomo

Co-founding father of IBM WebSphere Software, Cuomo has served as Chief Technology Officer of WebSphere, a business unit within IBM Software Group (SWG). He has been working for IBM since 1987 and...

Anthony (Tony) C. Temple

Co-developer of the Application System (AS), one of IBM's most successful application offerings, Temple helped to launch IBM's international Time Sharing service in Europe and was instrumental in AS's development both as...

Martin Charles Golumbic

Contributor to fundamental research in artificial intelligence in the area of complexity and spatial-temporal reasoning, Golumbic is a mathematician and computer scientist best known for his work in algorithmic graph theory and...

Tōru Iwatani

Creator of Pac-Man, one of the most popular arcade games of all time, Iwatani is a Japanese video game designer. He was born in the Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan, and joined...

Donald Michael Ludlow

Principal designer and developer of the Input-Output Supervisor (IOS) component of OS/360, Ludlow made significant contributions to IBM's landmark operating system. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Ludlow grew up in Melvindale. He earned a...

Doris L. Carver

Researcher of system reengineering, software requirements methodologies, and formal model transformations, Carver directed the Software Engineering Laboratory at LSU, where she published over 80 technical papers and received funding from NSF, NASA,...

Jeffrey (Jeff) M. Nick

Major role player in setting technical direction for EMC Corporation's M&A activities in the areas of Cloud computing, software-defined data center, and data analytics, Nick has served as Senior Vice President and...

W. Bruce Croft

A leading contributor to research in information retrieval and the theoretical development and practical use of Bayesian inference networks and language modelling for retrieval, Croft has served as a distinguished Professor in...

Hiroshi Yamamoto

IBM Distinguished Engineer who expanded horizontal industry skills in the electronics industry, Yamamoto has served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the Global Electronics Industry, with responsibilities covering all electronics customers at...

Jack J. Dongarra

Co-developer of the LINPACK and LAPACK libraries, which have provided the benchmark for the world's 500 fastest computers since 1993, Dongarra has served as a University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in...

Michael Mascagni

One of the first to use random number-based algorithms on the massively parallel Connection Machine at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC, Mascagni's family moved from Bologna, Italy to Lake Forest,...

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,...

Ken Thompson

Co-creator of the UNIX operating system, Thompson is an American pioneer of computer science notable for his work with the B programming language and his shepherding of the Unix and Plan 9...