Honored Persons Database
Displaying 621 – 640 of 817 Honorees (Category: Computer Scientist - Software/Mathematics, with portraits)
Andrew James Viterbi
Inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, used for decoding convolutionally encoded data and still widely used in cellular phones for error correcting codes, as well as for speech recognition, DNA analysis, and many...
Christopher Strachey
One of the founders of denotational semantics and a pioneer in programming language design, Strachey made lasting contributions to computer science. After the war he fulfilled a long-standing ambition by becoming a schoolmaster...
Scott W. Ambler
Leader in the development of several software processes — including Agile Modeling (AM), Agile Data (AD), Enterprise Unified Process (EUP), and Agile Unified Process (AUP) methodologies — Ambler is a Canadian software...
Carl Georg Lange Barth
Improver and popularizer of the industrial use of compound slide rules in scientific management, Barth was a Norwegian-American mathematician and mechanical engineer. He was born in Christiania, Norway, and graduated from the...
Shigeru Miyamoto
Lead game designer for Nintendo since its inception in 1974, Miyamoto was born and raised in the Kyoto Prefecture, where the natural surroundings inspired much of his later work. He is mainly...
Aviel (Avi) David Rubin
Leader of the research team that successfully cracked the security code of Texas Instruments' RFID chip, Rubin is an American computer programmer and scientist with expertise in systems and networking security. He...
Ralph C. Merkle
Co-inventor of public key cryptography, Merkle is a researcher who also works as a speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics. He appeared as a character in the science fiction novel *The Diamond...
Dennis Crowley
Co-founder of the popular social networking sites Dodgeball and Foursquare, Crowley is an American Internet entrepreneur born in Medway, Massachusetts who graduated from nearby Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts in...
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 F. Redmiles
Author of over 100 research publications integrating the areas of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and computer-supported cooperative work, Redmiles has served as a Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University...
Anita Borg
Developer of a patented method for generating complete address traces for analyzing and designing high-speed memory systems, and of MECCA, an email and Web-based system for communicating in virtual communities, Borg was...
Lawrence (Larry) A. Welke
Publisher of the first publications dedicated to the software industry, Welke is also remembered as a co-founder of the Software Industry Association section of ADAPSO (known today as the Information Technology Association...
David H. Crocker
Co-worker on RFC 822, the first standard to describe the syntax of a domain name, Crocker has forty years of work experience in the Internet industry, including early work with DARPA and...
Bob Blainey
Leader in breakthrough innovation in compiler technology, IBM's Java technology, and next-generation systems, Blainey has served as an IBM Fellow and the technical architect of the Hardware Acceleration Laboratory in IBM's Software...
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,...
Peter R. Jennings
Author of the first commercially successful chess program for microcomputers, Jennings is a Canadian physicist, interdisciplinary scientist, inventor, software developer, computer chess programmer, businessman, and paraglider. Born in England, his family moved...
Radhia Cousot
Co-inventor of Abstract Interpretation, Cousot was a French computer scientist who, together with her husband Patrick, developed an influential technique in formal methods based on three main ideas. 1) Any reasoning/proof/static analysis...
William (Bill) Yeager
Inventor of the multi-protocol router and network operating system, Yeager is best known for creating a packet-switched, "Ships in the Night," multiple-protocol router in 1981, during his 20-year tenure at Stanford's Knowledge...
Antonin Svoboda
Czech computer scientist and creator of fault-tolerant computer design, Svoboda was one of the most influential scientists in the 20th century. He was born in Prague in 1907. Attending a series of...
Hasso Plattner
Founder of SAP, Plattner developed R/3, the landmark enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that became a cornerstone of modern business computing. He led SAP to become the world leader in application software,...