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AliAydar

AliAydarisacomputerscientistandInternetentrepreneur.HeisthechiefexecutiveofficeratSporcle.
HeisbestknownasanearlyemployeeandkeytechnicalcontributorattheoriginalNapster.Aydarbought
FanninghisfirstbookonprogramminginC++,thelanguagehewouldusetwoyearslatertobuildthe
Napsterfilesharingsoftware.

AnitaBorg

AnitaBorgJ anuary17, 1949 April6, 2003 wasanAmericancomputerscientist.Shefoundedthe

InstituteforWomenandTechnologynowtheAnitaBorgI nstitutef orW omenandT echnology .Whileat
DigitalEquipment,shedevelopedandpatentedamethodforgeneratingcompleteaddresstracesfor
analyzinganddesigninghighspeedmemorysystems.

AlfredAho

AlfredAhobornAugust9, 1941 isaCanadiancomputerscientistbestknownforhisworkonprogramming

languages,compilers,andrelatedalgorithms,andhistextbooksontheartandscienceofcomputer
programming.AhoreceivedaB.A.Sc.inEngineeringPhysicsfromtheUniversityofToronto.

BjarneStroustrup

BjarneStroustrupborn30December1950 isaDanishcomputerscientist,mostnotableforthecreation
anddevelopmentofthewidelyusedC++programminglanguage.HeisaDistinguishedResearchProfessor
andholdstheCollegeofEngineeringChairinComputerScience.

BillGates

BillGatesbornOctober28, 1955 isanAmericanbusinessmagnate,philanthropist,investor,computer

programmer,andinventor.GatesistheformerchiefexecutiveandchairmanofMicrosoft,theworlds
largestpersonalcomputersoftwarecompany,whichhecofoundedwithPaulAllen.

BruceArden

BruceArdenbornin1927inM inneapolis, M innesota isanAmericancomputerscientist.Hegraduated

fromPurdueUniversitywithaBSEE in1949andstartedhiscomputingcareerin1950withthewiringand
programmingofIBM'shybridmechanicalandelectronic CardProgrammedComputer/Calculatoratthe
AllisonDivisionofGeneralMotors.

BrendanEich
BrendanEichborn1960or1961 isanAmericantechnologistandcreatoroftheJavaScriptscripting
language.HecofoundedtheMozillaproject,theMozillaFoundationandtheMozillaCorporation,and
servedastheMozillaCorporation'schieftechnicalofficerandbrieflyitschiefexecutiveofficer.

BarryBoehm

BarryBoehmborn1935 isanAmericansoftwareengineer,DistinguishedProfessorofComputerScience,
IndustrialandSystemsEngineering,theTRWProfessorofSoftwareEngineering.Heisknownforhis
manycontributionstotheareaofsoftwareengineering.

BertBos

BertBosborn10N ovember1963, T heH ague, N etherlands isacomputerscientist.Hestudied

mathematicsattheUniversityofGroningen,andwrotehisPhDthesisonRapiduserinterface
developmentwiththescriptlanguageGist.In1996,hejoinedtheWorldWideWebConsortiumW 3C to
workonCascadingStyleSheetsC S S .

BryanCantrill
BryanCantrillborn1973 isanAmericanSoftwareEngineerwhoworkedatSunMicrosystemsandlaterat
OracleCorporationfollowingitsacquisitionofSun.CantrillwasincludedintheTR35listforhis
developmentofDTrace,afunctionoftheOSSolaris10thatprovidesanoninvasivemeansforrealtime
tracinganddiagnosisofsoftware.HeiscurrentlyChiefTechnologyOfficeratJoyent.

CharlesBabbage

CharlesBabbageFRS26December1791 18October1871 wasanEnglishpolymath.Hewasa

mathematician,philosopher,inventorandmechanicalengineer,whoisbestrememberednowfor
originatingtheconceptofaprogrammablecomputer.

DennisRitchie

DennisRitchieS eptember9, 1941 c. October12, 2011 wasanAmericancomputerscientist.Hecreated

theCprogramminglanguageand,withlongtimecolleagueKenThompson,theUnixoperatingsystem.
RitchieandThompsonreceivedtheTuringAwardfromtheACMin1983.

DavidJ.Brown
DavidJ.BrownisanAmericancomputerscientist.Hewasoneofasmallgroupthathelpedtodevelop
thesystematStanfordthatlaterresultedinSunMicrosystems,andlaterwasafounderSiliconGraphicsin
1982.HedefinetheapplicationbinaryinterfaceforSolaris,Sun'sprincipalsystemsoftwareproduct.

EdgarF.Codd

EdgarF.CoddAugust19, 1923 April18, 2003 wasanEnglishcomputerscientistwho,whileworkingfor

IBM,inventedtherelationalmodelfordatabasemanagement,thetheoreticalbasisforrelational
databases.Hemadeothervaluablecontributionstocomputerscience.

FrancesAllen

FrancesAllenbornAugust4, 1932 isanAmericancomputerscientistandpioneerinthefieldof

optimizingcompilers.Herachievementsincludeseminalworkincompilers,codeoptimization,and
parallelization.Shealsohadaroleinintelligenceworkonprogramminglanguages.

GordonBell
GordonBellbornAugust19, 1934 isanAmericanelectricalengineerandmanager.Anearlyemployeeof
DigitalEquipmentCorporationDEC 19601966,BelldesignedseveraloftheirPDPmachinesandlater
becameVicePresidentofEngineering19721983,overseeingthedevelopmentoftheVAX.

GregoryChaitin

GregoryChaitinborn15th. N ovember, 1947inArgentina isanArgentineAmericanmathematicianand

computerscientist.Beginninginthelate1960s,Chaitinmadecontributionstoalgorithmicinformation
theoryandmetamathematics,inparticularancomputertheoreticresultequivalenttoGodel's
incompletenesstheorem.

JamesGosling

JamesGoslingOCbornM ay19, 1955 isaCanadiancomputerscientist,bestknownasthefatherofthe

Javaprogramminglanguage.In1977,GoslingreceivedaBachelorofScienceinComputerSciencefromthe
UniversityofCalgary.

JohnBackus
JohnBackusDecember3, 1924 M arch17, 2007 wasanAmericancomputerscientist.Hedirectedthe
teamthatinventedthefirstwidelyusedhighlevelprogramminglanguageF ORT RAN andwasthe
inventoroftheBackusNaurformBN F ,awidelyusednotationtodefineformallanguagesyntax.

JonCrowcroft

JohnCrowcroftborn23N ovember1957 istheMarconiProfessorofCommunicationsSystemsinthe

ComputerLaboratoryoftheUniversityofCambridge.ProfessorJonCrowcroftisdistinguishedforhis
manyseminalcontributionstothedevelopmentoftheInternet.Hisworkonsatellitelinkinterconnection
techniquesinthe1980spavedthewayforruralbroadband.

LarryPage

LarryPagebornM arch26, 1973 isanAmericanbusinessmagnateandcomputerscientistwhoistheco

founderofGoogle,alongsideSergeyBrin.OnApril4,2011,PagesucceededEricSchmidtasthechief
executiveofficerofGoogle.Asof2014,Page'spersonalwealthisestimatedtobeUS$32.3billion,ranking
him#19ontheForbeslistofbillionaires.

LarryWall
LarryWallbornS eptember27, 1954 isacomputerprogrammerandauthor,mostwidelyknownasthe
creatorofthePerlprogramminglanguageandCamelia,thespunkyspokesbugforPerl6.Wallgrewupin
southLosAngelesandthenBremerton,Washington,beforestartinghighereducationatSeattlePacific
Universityin1976.

LinusTorvalds

LinusBenedictTorvaldsbornDecember28, 1969 isaFinnishAmericansoftwareengineer,andheiswell

knownforthearchitectanddevelopmentoftheLinuxkernel.Hewashonored,alongwithShinya
Yamanaka,withthe2012MillenniumTechnologyPrizebytheTechnologyAcademyFinland"in
recognitionofhiscreationofanewopensourceoperatingsystemforcomputersleadingtothewidelyused
Linuxkernel.

LuisVonAhn

LuisVonAhnborn1979 isaGuatemalanentrepreneurandanassociateprofessorintheComputer
ScienceDepartmentatCarnegieMellonUniversity.Heisknownasoneofthepioneersofcrowdsourcing.
HeisthefounderofthecompanyreCAPTCHA,whichwassoldtoGooglein2009,andthecofounderand
CEOofDuolingo,apopularlanguagelearningplatform.

LucaCardelli
LucaCardelliFRSisanItaliancomputerscientistwhoisanAssistantDirectoratMicrosoftResearchin
Cambridge,UK.Cardelliiswellknownforhisresearchintypetheoryandoperationalsemantics.Among
othercontributions,hehelpeddesignModula3,implementedthefirstcompilerforthenon pure
functionalprogramminglanguageML.

MichaelDell

MichaelDellbornF ebruary23, 1965 isanAmericanbusinessmagnate,investor,philanthropist,and

author.HeisknownasthefounderandCEOofDellInc.,oneoftheworldsleadingsellersofpersonal
computersP C s .

MichaelDertouzos

MichaelDertouzosN ovember5, 1936 August27, 2001 wasaProfessorattheMassachusettsInstitute

ofTechnologyandDirectoroftheM.I.T.LaboratoryforComputerScienceLC S from1974to2001.
DuringDertouzos'sterm,LCSinnovatedinavarietyofareas,includingRSAencryption,thespreadsheet,
theNuBus,theXWindowSystem,andtheInternet.

MauriceVincentWilkes
MauriceVincentWilkes26J une1913 29N ovember2010 wasaBritishcomputerscientistcreditedwith
severalimportantdevelopmentsincomputing.Atthetimeofhisdeath,WilkeswasanEmeritusProfessor
oftheUniversityofCambridge.Hereceivedanumberofdistinctions.

NelloCristianini

NelloCristianiniborn1968 isaProfessorofArtificialIntelligenceattheUniversityofBristol,arecipient
oftheRoyalSocietyWolfsonResearchMeritAward.Hisresearchcontributionsacrossdifferentareas,
suchasmachinelearning,artificialintelligenceandbioinformatics.Specifically,hisworkisconcentratedin
thestatisticalanalysisofthelearningalgorithms.

PhilipDonEstridge

PhilipDonEstridgeJ une23, 1937 August2, 1985 ,knownasDonEstridge,leddevelopmentofthe

originalIBMPersonalComputerP C ,andthusisknownas"fatheroftheIBMPC".Hisdecisions
dramaticallychangedthecomputerindustry,resultinginavastincreaseinthenumberofpersonal
computerssoldandbought.

PhilipMatthausHahn
PhilippNovember25,1739inScharnhausen,todaypartofOstfildernMay2,1790inEchterdingen,
todaypartofLeinfeldenEchterdingen)wasaGermanpriestandinventor.Inabout1763hedeviseda
precisionsundial,orheliochronometerthatincorporatedthecorrectionfortheequationoftime.

PerBrinchHansen

PerBrinchHansenN ovember13, 1938 J uly31, 2007 wasaDanishAmericancomputerscientistknown

forconcurrentprogrammingtheory.In1970,hisresearchincomputersciencefocusedonconcurrent
programming,InspiredbyOleJohanDahlandKristenNygaard'sprogramminglanguageSimula67,he
inventedthemonitorconceptin1972.

RasmusLerdorf

RasmusLerdorfborn22N ovember1968 isaGreenlandicprogrammerwithCanadiancitizenship.He

createdthePHPscriptinglanguage,authoringthefirsttwoversionsofthelanguageandparticipatingin
thedevelopmentoflaterversionsledbyagroupofdevelopersincludingJimWinstead.

RichardStallman
RichardStallmanbornM arch16, 1953 isanAmericanisasoftwarefreedomactivistandcomputer
programmer.HeisbestknownforlaunchingtheGNUProject,foundingtheFreeSoftwareFoundation,
developingtheGNUCompilerCollectionandGNUEmacs,andwritingtheGNUGeneralPublicLicense.

RobertS.Boyer

RobertS.Boyerisaretiredprofessorofcomputerscience,mathematics,andphilosophyatThe
UniversityofTexasatAustin.HeandJStrotherMooreinventedtheBoyerMoorestringsearch
algorithm,aparticularlyefficientstringsearchingalgorithm,in1977.HeandMoorealsocollaboratedon
theBoyerMooreautomatedtheoremprover,Nqthm,in1992.

SabeerBhatia

SabeerBhatiawasborninChandigarhon30December1968.HegrewupinBangaloreandhadhisearly
educationattheBishop'sSchoolinPuneandthenatStJoseph'sBoysHighSchoolinBangalore.Sabeer
BhatiaisanIndianAmericanentrepreneurwhofoundedtheHotmailemailserviceandJaxt.

Sergeybrin
SergeyBrinbornAugust21, 1973 isanAmericancomputerscientistandinternetentrepreneurwho,with
LarryPage,cofoundedGoogle,oneofthemostprofitableInternetcompanies.AsofJune2014,his
personalwealthwasestimatedtobeUS$30billion.Together,BrinandPageownabout16percentofthe
company.

SergeAbiteboul

SergeAbiteboulisacomputerscientistworkingintheareasofdatamanagement,databasetheory,and
finitemodeltheory.HeiscurrentlyaseniorresearcherattheInstitutenationalderechercheen
informatiqueetenautomatiqueI N RI A ,theFrenchnationalresearchinstitutefocussingoncomputer
scienceandrelatedareas,andhasbeenaprofessoroftheCollegedeFrance.

TimBernersLee

TimBernersLeeborn8J une1955 ,alsoknownas"TimBL",isaBritishcomputerscientist,bestknownas

theinventoroftheWorldWideWeb.BernersLeeisthedirectoroftheWorldWideWebConsortium
W 3C ,whichoverseestheWeb'scontinueddevelopment.

VintCerf
VintCerfbornJ une23, 1943 isanAmericaninternetpioneer,whoisrecognizedasoneof"thefathersof
theInternet",sharingthistitlewithAmericanengineerBobKahn.Hiscontributionshavebeen
acknowledgedandlauded,repeatedly.Hewasinstrumentalinthedevelopmentofthefirstcommercial
emailsystemM C I M ail connectedtotheInternet.