Peter James Denning

Pioneer of virtual memory systems and co-founder of CSNET, Denning is best known for discovering the locality principle and designing the working set model for program behavior. He took an early interest in...

Yvonne Marie Andres

Among the earliest people to use the Internet to develop global e-learning opportunities for educators and students, Andrés founded the nonprofit Global SchoolNet in 1984, an international organization that facilitates collaborative educational...

Lars Wirzenius

Co-founder of the Linux Documentation Project, Wirzenius has been programming computers since 1984. He worked on Linux documentation, including the Linux System Administrator's Guide, and was the co-moderator of the comp.os.linux.announce newsgroup....

Arthur Scherbius

Inventor of the cryptographic machine Enigma, Scherbius founded the company to manufacture it and transformed the history of wartime communications. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and studied electricity at the...

Kathleen Booth (née Britten)

Credited with writing the first assembly language and the design of the assembler and autocode (ARC and APE(X)C) for the Birkbeck College computers, Booth made foundational contributions to computer programming. Born in...

James David Foley

Co-author of several widely-used textbooks in the field of computer graphics — with over 400,000 copies in print and translated into ten languages — Foley is a Professor and the Stephen Fleming...

Brian Pollard

A member of the team whose research developed the Sirius, which in 1959 claimed to be the smallest and most economically priced computer in the European market, Pollard was a key figure...

John C. Freeman

Co-developer of numerical models used in making the first successful computer weather forecasts, Freeman is recognized as a pioneer whose work made today's computer models for weather prediction possible. A native Houstonian and...

Alston Scott Householder

Instrumental in introducing the ORACLE computer to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Householder was also an American mathematician who specialized in mathematical biology and numerical analysis, and was the inventor of the Householder...

Gerard J. Holzmann

Developer of the SPIN model checker, Holzmann is a Dutch-born American computer scientist and researcher known for his work at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey and at NASA. SPIN (short...

Sky Dylan Dayton

Founder of EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies, and founder of Boingo Wireless, Dayton is an American entrepreneur. He was born in New York City, and soon after, the family moved to Los Angeles....

John Richard Patterson

Pioneer of computer dating outside America, Patterson was the first to use a computer to professionally match couples in the 1960s. He was the founder of Dateline Computer Dating.

Douglas (Doug) Taylor Ross

Originator of the term CAD for computer-aided design and considered the father of Automatically Programmed Tools (APT), Ross was also the inventor of SADT, Structured Analysis and Design Technique. An American computer...

Randy Pausch

Noted professor of computing, Pausch was a co-founder of Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center and founder of the Alice software project. Randy Pausch was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up...

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi

Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Barré-Sinoussi shared the award with her former mentor Luc Montagnier for their discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Her fundamental work...

Sergy Brin

Co-founder of Google, Inc., the world's largest Internet company based on its search engine and online advertising technology, Brin built the company alongside Larry Page. Together with Page, they are often referred...

Jonathan (Joe) Betts-LaCroix

Co-creator of the world's smallest Windows PC, Betts-LaCroix co-founded OQO Corporation, which the Guinness World Records credited with creating that device. He is also an American scientist and entrepreneur known for his...

Norman H. Nie

Co-inventor of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Nie transformed how researchers analyze data. An American social scientist, university professor, inventor, and pioneering technology entrepreneur, he was born in St....

LaRoy Tymes

Co-designer and developer of "Supervisor" for Tymnet, Tymshare's proprietary network, Tymes grew up in Wyoming, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, but didn't complete his education there. Instead, he got a...

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...