Jay W. Lathrop

Instrumental in the development of photolithography — critical in the first efforts to produce semiconductor integrated circuits — Lathrop is recognized as a pioneering figure in microminiaturization of solid-state circuits. Born in Bangor,...

László Kozma

Designer of the first Hungarian digital computer, Kozma made lasting contributions to computing and electrical engineering. Due to the regulations of numerus clausus, his application to the Budapest University of Technology was rejected...

Hakon Wium Lie

Proposer of the concept of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Wium Lie worked as an employee at W3C, where he developed CSS into a W3C Recommendation. Wium Lie proposed the Acid2 test, which was...

Kevin Warwick

Best known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, Warwick is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics whose research also spans the field of...

Rosalyn S. Yalow

Co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Yalow shared the honor with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally for the development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She was the second woman...

Frederic (Ted) Withington

Founder board member of the IT History Society and Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Withington began his career as a programmer at NSA in 1953. Over the years he worked for computer makers...

Gennaro (Jerry) A. Cuomo

Co-founding father of IBM WebSphere Software, Cuomo has served as Chief Technology Officer of WebSphere, a business unit within IBM Software Group (SWG). He has been working for IBM since 1987 and...

Gordon Kidd Teal

Developer of the first silicon transistor, Teal transformed the semiconductor industry. Born in South Dallas, Texas, he was Valedictorian at the Bryan Street High School in Dallas, Texas. He earned his undergraduate...

Kanianthra Mani Chandy

Co-proposer of a new solution to the Dining Philosophers problem, Chandy is recognized for his contributions to concurrent algorithm design and distributed computing. Along with J. Misra, he proposed the solution in...

Bert E. Forbes

Co-architect of the HP 3000 minicomputer and designer of HP's first 16-bit microprocessor, Forbes is an innovator, accomplished business executive, and visionary philanthropist whose passion for serving his profession and his community...

Alan B. Fowler

Researcher of statistical fluctuations in small semiconductor systems, Fowler is an American physicist born in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. degree in 1951, an M.S. degree...

Steven W. Hunter

Systems Architect for Systems x and BladeCenter products at IBM, Hunter was named an IBM Fellow in 2011—the highest honor a scientist, engineer, or programmer at IBM can achieve. He has served...

Tim Paterson

Author of MS-DOS, Paterson is a software developer whose work shaped the foundation of personal computing. In 1978 he designed a schematic of Microsoft's Z-80 SoftCard, which had a Z80 CPU and ran...

David E. Liddle

Leader of the development of the groundbreaking Xerox Star computer system, Liddle is credited with establishing the precedent-setting design for graphical user interfaces. He arrived at Xerox PARC in time to help with...

Robert M. Price

Leader of Control Data's early strategic expansion into international operations and marketing, Price also drove the strategic move into information and systems integration services. He graduated from Duke University in 1952, and...

Leonard Bosack

Pioneer of commercialization of routing technology and co-founder of Cisco Systems, Bosack received the Computer Entrepreneur Award in 2009 for pioneering and advancing the commercialization of routing technology and the profound changes...

Philippe Kahn

Creator of the first camera phone and founder of Borland Software and other technology companies, Kahn has built an extraordinary entrepreneurial legacy. He founded four successful companies: Fullpower Technologies, Starfish Software, Lightsurf...

Stefan Pappe

Leader of the design for the Common Cloud Management Platform and delivery of IBM cloud solutions to clients, Pappe was named an IBM Fellow in 2011—the highest honor a scientist, engineer, or...

Anthony (Tony) M. Fadell

Developer of technologies including the Sony Magic Link, Motorola Envoy, and the Apple iPod, Fadell is a Lebanese American computer science engineer. He served as Senior Vice President of the iPod Division...

Miguel de Icaza

Starter of the GNOME project with Federico Mena in August 1997, de Icaza aimed to create a completely free desktop environment and component model for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Earlier,...