Cheryl L. Shavers

Appointed Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology in the Clinton Administration, Shavers served in that role from 1999 to 2001, representing one of the most senior positions in U.S. technology policy. Her...

Igor Aleksander

A pioneer in artificial intelligence and neural networks, Aleksander was born in Croatia, educated in Italy and South Africa, and completed a PhD at Queen Mary College, University of London. In 1984...

Jacob Bernoulli

Known for numerous mathematical landmarks including Bernoulli Numbers and the Bernoulli Differential Equation, Bernoulli became familiar with calculus through a correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz, then collaborated with his brother Johann on various...

Hans Peter Luhn

Creator of the Luhn algorithm and KWIC (Key Words In Context) indexing, Luhn was a computer scientist for IBM whose work is in wide use today. The Luhn algorithm, or Luhn formula,...

John Sall

Co-developer of the SAS System and co-founder of SAS Institute Inc., Sall has made extensive programming contributions in econometrics, time series, and matrix algebra. Born in Rockford, Illinois, he is an American...

John Norris Maguire

Founder of Software AG of North America, Inc. and overseas distributor of the Adabas system — a commercial relational database management system (DBMS) first developed for IBM 360 computers — Maguire built...

Leo F. Slattery

Designer of memory capacity for mainframe computers, Slattery was one of the earliest members of Control Data Corporation (CDC). Born and raised in St. Paul, MN, he graduated from Cretin High School in...

H. Berry Cash

Co-founder of Mostek Corporation, which was instrumental in founding the DRAM market, Cash has had over 35 years of experience building successful businesses in the technology industry. He is one of the...

Myron Krueger

Considered one of the first generation virtual reality and augmented reality researchers, Krueger is an American computer artist who developed early interactive works. While earning a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the...

Martin Richards

Creator of the BCPL programming language, Richards is a computer scientist whose work has had lasting influence on modern programming. In 1959 he came to Cambridge to read Mathematics, followed by the...

Jane Lubchenco

Named Nature's first Newsmaker of the Year in 2010, Jane Lubchenco was an American environmental scientist and marine ecologist whose work spanned biodiversity, climate change, and the sustainable use of oceans. From 2009...

Dean Everett Wooldridge

Co-founder of the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, which was awarded the prime contract for overall systems engineering and technical direction of the nation's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Program, Wooldridge was a prominent engineer in...

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...

Joy Buolamwini

Founder of the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL), Buolamwini founded an organization dedicated to challenging bias in decision-making software through art, advocacy, and research. Her work highlighted the social implications and harms of...

Clifford Hugh Dowker

Developer of the Dowker notation, a simple way of describing knots suitable for computers, Dowker was a topologist also known for his contributions in point-set topology, category theory, sheaf theory, and knot...

Benjamin Zorn

Co-developer of Nozzle and Zozzle, programs that detect and protect browsers against JavaScript-based malware, Zorn has also led the Software Design and Implementation Group at Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, as part of...

Alan Curtis Kay

Pioneer of object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design, Kay is an American computer scientist also known for coining the phrase, "The best way to predict the future is to invent...

Robert (Bob) Nimrod Miner

Architect of Oracle's relational database management system and co-founder of Oracle Corporation, Miner led product design and development from 1977 until 1992. In December 1992, he left that role and spun off...

Klaus Samelson

A pioneer whose research led to a fundamental breakthrough in how computer systems are modeled and designed, Samelson also played a key role in the design of ALGOL 58 and ALGOL 60....

Norbert Frištacký

Pioneer in digital computing and education at Slovak universities, Frištacký was one of the earliest to deploy and use digital computers at Slovak universities, and served as the first Rector of STU...