Saul Rosen

Chief software designer for the world's first transistorized computer, the Philco TRANSAC S-2000, Rosen left a significant mark on early computing history. Born in Port Chester, NY, Rosen was elected to Phi Beta...

Donald Ervin Knuth

Author of the landmark series *The Art of Computer Programming*, Knuth is renowned for his contributions to the analysis of algorithms and the design of programming languages. He has served as Professor...

Klaus Schulten

Leader of the research group that developed NAMD and VMD—molecular dynamics and visualization software now used by many thousands of researchers worldwide—Schulten was a German American computational biophysicist and the Swanlund Professor...

Herb Sutter

A prominent C++ expert, Sutter is also a book author and a columnist for Dr. Dobb's Journal. He joined Microsoft in 2002 as a platform evangelist for Visual C++ .NET, rising to...

Robert W. Floyd

Having a clear influence on methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, Floyd made lasting contributions to computer science across several areas. His contributions included the design of Floyd's algorithm,...

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...

Murray Turoff

A founding father of computer-mediated communication and designer of EMISARI, Turoff was also a retired Distinguished Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). While the term has traditionally referred to those...

John David McAfee

Writer of the first commercial anti-virus software in 1987, McAfee founded McAfee Associates to sell his creation. McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company's...

John Couch

One of the primary software architecture designers of the HP AMIGO/300 software environment — a precursor to the Xerox Alto and the Macintosh — Couch also served as Apple's first Vice President...

Amarnath Gupta

Creator of the first domain knowledge-based mediation for scientific databases — a patented achievement — Gupta is also a pioneer in applying the latest information systems research in biomedicine, and has advanced...

Leo Fantl

One of the first to join the LEO computing team as a programmer, Fantl was responsible for the planning and programming of some of the earliest business data processing applications.

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Co-founder of Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys—the two largest companies in Electronic Design Automation (EDA)—Sangiovanni-Vincentelli is a world-renowned authority on integrated circuit and system design who has been instrumental in bringing EDA...

John Edward Warnock

Co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc., Warnock pioneered the development of graphics, publishing, Web, and electronic document technologies that revolutionized the field of publishing and visual communications. He served as President of Adobe...

Christiane Floyd

The first female professor of computer science in Germany, Floyd achieved that distinction in 1978. An Austrian computer scientist, she is also recognized as a pioneer of evolutionary participatory software design, an...

Steve (Slug) Russell

Chief developer of Spacewar!, one of the earliest videogames, Russell is an American video game designer, programmer, and computer scientist. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, his family later moved to a small farm...

Robert Morris

Contributor to early versions of UNIX, Morris developed the math library, the program crypt, and the password encryption scheme used for user authentication. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and received a...

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...

Craig W. Reynolds

Creator of the Boids artificial life simulation (1986), Reynolds is an artificial life and computer graphics expert. Reynolds worked on the film Tron (1982) as a scene programmer, and on Batman Returns...

Edward Albert Feigenbaum

Known as the "father of expert systems," Feigenbaum is a computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence. Feigenbaum completed his undergraduate degree, and a Ph.D., at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now...

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...