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,...

James (Jim) J. Thomas

Considered by many computer scientists to be a visionary and inspiring research and development (R&D) leader in the field of visualization and computer graphics, Thomas was internationally recognized for his contributions to...

Sally A. Fincher

Researcher known for working on several major computing education projects, such as the Bootstrapping Research in Computer Science Education series and the UK "Sharing Practice" project (http://www.sharingpractice.ac.uk), Fincher has served as Professor...

David (Dave) B. Lindquist

Responsible for the strategy and architecture of IBM's Cloud technology (SmartCloud software), Smarter Infrastructure, and Integrated Service Management solutions, Lindquist has served as an IBM Fellow, Chief Technology Officer of Software Group,...

Ken Coar

Co-creator of the Apache Incubator project, the gateway for open-source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects, Coar is recognized primarily for his participation in the creation of The...

John Napier

Renowned as the discoverer of the logarithm and inventor of "Napier's bones," Napier was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and astrologer, and also the 8th Laird of Merchiston. He was the son...

William (Bill) Henry Gates

Founder of Microsoft, Gates is an American business magnate and philanthropist who co-founded the software company with Paul Allen. Gates has been consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people and was the...

William Allan Wulf

Designer of the BLISS programming language and developer of a groundbreaking optimizing compiler for its use, Wulf was a computer scientist notable for his work in programming languages and compilers. He was...

John W. Thompson

Chairman of Microsoft, Thompson is also a former vice-president at IBM and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Symantec Corporation. Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Symantec...

Charles Antony Richard Hoare

Developer of Quicksort, one of the world's most widely used sorting algorithms, Hoare also developed Hoare logic for verifying program correctness, and the formal language Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) to specify the...

Angel Angelov

Founder of the Institute of Engineering Cybernetics and Robotics in Bulgaria, Angelov is recognized for pioneering computer science applications to particle accelerators and broader industrial control systems. Microprocessor-based control and pattern recognition...

Maurice Vincent Wilkes

Designer and builder of EDSAC, the first fully productive stored-program electronic computer, Wilkes transformed the foundations of modern computing. Wilkes designed and constructed EDSAC at Cambridge University as the first fully productive stored-program...

Karen Banks

Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 as a "Global Connector," Banks is a British computer networking pioneer recognized for expanding internet access to underserved communities worldwide. In the 1990s,...

Larry Cohn

Experienced in creating businesses focused on implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Cohn has spent over twenty-five years helping organizations integrate varied systems and enable seamless transactions and production. He holds a...

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,...

Henry (Hank) Wallman

Co-builder of the Electronic Differential Analyser, an early example of an analog computer, Wallman also performed pioneering research in biomedical engineering combining video displays with X-ray imaging. An American mathematician known for...

David M. Young

Founder of the Center for Numerical Analysis at The University of Texas at Austin, Young was also known for establishing the Successive Overrelaxation (SOR) method. Professor Young's career and many contributions almost exactly...

Bill Atkinson

Creator of HyperCard and co-founder of General Magic, Atkinson was also part of the Apple Macintosh development team and creator of the ground-breaking MacPaint application, among others. He also designed and implemented...

Donald F. Ferguson

Chief Architect for IBM's Software Group, Ferguson provided overall technical leadership for IBM WebSphere, Tivoli Software, IBM DB2, Rational Software, and Lotus Software products. He has served as Vice President and CTO...

Arnold A. Cohen

Developer of selectively alterable digital storage on magnetic drums, Cohen held a patent that proved basic to the field. Born in Duluth, MN, he was a renowned physicist noted for his significant...