Pioneers Of Computing And Information Theory 1-18
18 entries in the Pioneers Of Computing And Information Theory compendium.
Pioneers Of Computing And Information Theory 1-18 — Era Chart
John McCarthy (computer scientist)Founding father of artificial intelligence and creator of Lisp.John Vincent AtanasoffAmerican physicist who invented the first electronic digital computer.John von NeumannMathematician and physicist who shaped quantum theory and computing.Ken ThompsonAmerican computer scientist who created Unix and co-developed Go.Konrad ZuseGerman engineer who built the first programmable computer, the Z3.Kristen NygaardCo-inventor of object-oriented programming and Simula.Leslie LamportAmerican computer scientist and mathematician; developed LaTeX and distributed systems theLinus TorvaldsTransmeta employee (February 1997 – June 2003).Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)Led Apollo flight software development; coined 'software engineering'.Marvin MinskyAmerican mathematician and co-founder of artificial intelligence.Maurice WilkesEnglish computer scientist who built EDSAC and invented microprogramming.Niklaus WirthSwiss computer scientist who walked out of the ALGOL 68 committee to create Pascal.Norbert WienerOriginator of cybernetics and early theorist of machine intelligence.Paul BaranCo-inventor of packet switching; designed survivable distributed networks.Ray TomlinsonInternet pioneer acknowledged in RFC 675 for contributions to TCP design.Richard StallmanFree software movement activist and programmer.Robert Kahn (computer scientist)Co-inventor of TCP/IP, the Internet's core protocols.Claude ShannonPolymath who founded information theory and digital circuit design.
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