Robert William Bemer

Best known as "The Father of ASCII," Bemer made foundational contributions to computing through his work on COBOL and the ASCII character codeset. Bemer began his career as an aerodynamicist at Douglas Aircraft...

Samuel (Sam) Wyly

Co-founder of several computer businesses, including Datran, which began construction of a nationwide system of microwave towers to transmit data among 27 American cities, Wyly is an American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist....

Leonard J. Shustek

Founder of the Computer History Museum, Shustek co-founded Nestar Systems Inc., an early producer of networked client-server computer systems, in 1979. In 1986, Dr. Shustek co-founded Network General Corporation, a manufacturer of...

William H. Bridge

Pioneer in the development and research of computers and computer technology in the GE DATANET, Bridge began his engineering career during the seminal years of digital computer technology. He joined the SEAC...

Morris Chang

Founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Chang is sometimes called the father of Taiwan's chip industry. TSMC pioneered the "dedicated silicon foundry" industry and became the largest silicon foundry in the...

Barry M. Leiner

Instrumental in establishing the Internet Activities Board (IAB), which led the effort to set technical standards for the Internet, Leiner was a government scientist and Program Manager at the U. S. Defense...

Jean Calvignac

Leader of the team responsible for the architecture of IBM network processors, Calvignac is a 1997 IBM Fellow. Network processors are an integrated circuit which has a feature set specifically targeted at...

Lars Heide

Editor of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Heide is a noted international historian and associate professor at the Centre for Business History at the Copenhagen Business School.

Luciano Lenzini

Director of the initiative which led to the operation of the first Internet node in Italy, Lenzini has served as a Full Professor at the Information Engineering Department of the University of...

Joshua Lederberg

American molecular biologist known for his work in genetics, artificial intelligence, and space exploration, Lederberg was just 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for...

Wendy W Hall

Leader of the team that invented the Microcosm hypermedia system before the World Wide Web existed, Hall has been a pioneering figure in multimedia, hypermedia, and web science. Born in west London,...

Marie desJardins

Researcher focused on understanding trust among agents in online communities, desJardins has led the Multi-Agent, Planning and Learning Lab (MAPLE) at UMBC, which focuses on developing A.I. solutions to real world problems....

Kate Devlin

Founder of the UK's first sex tech hackathon, held in 2016 at Goldsmiths, University of London, Devlin is a Northern Irish computer scientist whose work sits at the intersection of human sexuality...

George Barnard Grant

One of the few Americans to make a significant contribution to mechanical computation prior to the end of the nineteenth century, Grant improved on the Difference Machine calculator and is recognized as...

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...

Charles Ingerham Peddle

Main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, the KIM-1 SBC, and the Commodore PET personal computer, Peddle was an American electrical engineer. Born in Bangor, Maine, he worked in a radio...

Rudolf Bayer

Inventor of B-Trees and UB-Trees, Bayer is one of the most influential figures in the history of data structures and database systems. Rudolf Bayer was born in 1939 in Landshut, Germany. He...

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...

Christopher (Chris) A. Welty

One of the developers of Watson, the IBM artificially intelligent computer system that defeated the best players on the American game show Jeopardy!, Welty is an American computer scientist best known for...

Cornelis (Kees) H.A. Koster

Creator of the original Compiler Description Language, Koster was also one of the editors of the original Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 68. He was a professor in the Department of Informatics...