Robert J. Harrison

Principal architect of the Northwest Computational Chemistry Software (NWChem), a computational chemistry code for massively parallel computers, Harrison is a distinguished expert in high-performance computing originally from Birmingham, England. He has served...

Tan Tin Wee

Founder of the multilingual Internet domain name system (IDN), Tan is recognized as a key mover in the internationalisation of the Internet domain naming system, allowing online addresses to accommodate more than...

Shawn Fanning

Developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer filesharing platforms

Gerd Binnig

Co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and Nobel Prize winner in Physics (1986), Binnig was born in Frankfurt am Main and played in the ruins of the city during his childhood....

Ding Wen Lim

Deemed the world's youngest iPhone developer at age 9, Lim is a programmer from Singapore responsible for the app Doodle Kids. Born September 21, 1999, he was thrust into the media spotlight...

Orna Berry

The first woman to serve as chief scientist and head of the industrial R&D operation of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour, Berry took on that role in 1996. An...

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....

William (Bill) L. Schrader

Co-founder of the world's first commercial Internet Service Provider, Schrader partnered with Martin L. Schoffstall to launch PSINet in 1989, initially funding the company using credit cards and by selling his family...

Samuel Hawks Caldwell

Best known for his contributions to early computers, Caldwell was an American electrical engineer who completed his degrees in electrical engineering at MIT. His M.Sc. thesis was entitled Electrical Characteristics and Theory...

Hartmut Esslinger

Creator of a design strategy that transformed Apple from a "Silicon Valley Start-Up" into a global brand, Esslinger is a German-American industrial designer and inventor known for co-founding Frogdesign, a global innovation...

Mark E. Dean

Co-developer of the ISA systems bus that enables multiple devices such as modems and printers to be connected to personal computers, Dean is an American inventor and computer engineer whose work is...

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...

Safiya Umoja Noble

Author of the landmark 2018 book "Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism," Noble brought rigorous academic scrutiny to the ways search engine algorithms can perpetuate racism and discrimination. She became...

Peter Naur

Contributor to the creation of the ALGOL 60 programming language, Naur won the 2005 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his work on defining it. In particular, his role as editor of the...

Chien-Shiung Wu

Renowned for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved, Wu was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist whose work reshaped nuclear and particle physics. Her discovery led directly...

Raymond (Ray) M. Holt

Developer of the first microprocessor chip set for the US Navy F-14 Tomcat, Holt designed this groundbreaking chip set at Garrett AiResearch's Central Air Data Computer. He co-founded Microcomputer Associates, Incorporated with...

Dimitri P. Bertsekas

Known for his fourteen textbooks and monographs in theoretical and algorithmic optimization and control, and in applied probability, Bertsekas is an applied mathematician and computer scientist who has served as a professor...

Joseph (Joe) A. Piscopo

Founder of Pansophic Systems in 1969, Piscopo built the Lisle, Illinois software firm into a major enterprise before retiring as its Chairman and C.E.O. in 1987 after 18 years. Previously, he had...

Jan Camenisch

Co-inventor of Identity Mixer, a unique cryptographic protocol suite for privacy-preserving authentication and transfer of certified attributes, Camenisch is a leading scientist in the area of privacy and cryptography. He has served...

Derrick (Dick) Henry Lehmer

Part of the Computations Committee formed to prepare the ENIAC for utilization following its completion, Lehmer was also active in the building of the California Digital Computer (CALDIC). An American mathematician, he...