Some Famous People in The Computer Field !

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17 Aug 2024

Anita Borg

Anita Borg (January 17, 1949April 6, 2003) was an American computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology (now the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology). At Digital Devices, she developed a method and laptop for analyzing and designing high-speed memory systems (high-speed memory systems).

Alfred Aho

Alfred Aho (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian computer scientist known for his work on programming languages, compilers and related algorithms, and his textbooks on the art and science of computer programming. Aho holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup (born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, best known for creating and developing the widely used C++ programming language. He is a Distinguished Research Professor and Chair in Computer Science in the College of Engineering.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world's largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.

Bruce Arden

Bruce Arden (born 1927 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American computer scientist. He graduated from Purdue University with a BS(EE) in 1949 and began his computing career in 1950 at the Allison Division of General Motors, wiring and programming IBM's hybrid (mechanical and electronic) Programmed Computer/Calculator.

Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich (born 1960 or 1961) is an American technologist and the creator of the JavaScript scripting language. He cofounded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Mozilla Corporation, and served as Mozilla Corporation's chief technology officer and briefly as its chief executive office.

Barry Boehm

Barry Boehm (born 1935) is an American software engineer, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering, TRW Professor of Software Engineering. He is known for his many contributions to the field of software engineering.

Bert Bos

Bert Bos (born 10 November 1963, The Hague, Netherlands) is a computer scientist. He studied mathematics at Groningen University, and wrote his PhD thesis on rapid user interface development with the script language Gist. In 1996, he joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to work on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Bryan Cantrill

Bryan Cantrill (born 1973) is an American software engineer who worked at Sun Microsystems and later at Oracle Corporation after its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Cantrill was included in the TR35 list for his development of DT35, a function of OS Solaris 10 that provides a non-invasive means for real-time tracing and diagnosis of software. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Joyent.

Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage FRS (26 December 1791 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. He was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer, best remembered for originating the concept of a programmable computer.

Dennis Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He created the C programming language and, with longtime collaborator Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system. Ritchie and Thompson received the Turing Award from the ACM in 1983.