Honor Roll
| Name Sort descending | Noted For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Ball | First Effective Leprosy Treatment | The first woman and first African American to earn a master's degree in chemistry from the College of Hawaiʻi, Ball developed the first effective treatment for leprosy. Working with Dr. Harry T.… |
| Alice Rowe Burks | One of 75 females employed as a “woman computer” (a person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic computers became commercially available) and Co-publisher of the definitive “Who Invented the Computer?” in 2003 | One of 75 females employed as a "woman computer" performing mathematical calculations before electronic computers became commercially available, and co-publisher of the definitive Who Invented the… |
| Alicia Abella | Hispanic Educational Excellence Advisor | Inducted into the WITI Hall of Fame in 2011, Abella is an American engineer who made notable contributions recognized at both institutional and governmental levels. She served on the President's… |
| Allan Alcorn | Designer of the video arcade game Pong, one of the earliest arcade video games; one of the first games to reach popularity | Designer of the video arcade game Pong, one of the earliest and most popular arcade video games, Alcorn is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist born and raised in San Francisco,… |
| Allan L. Scherr | Member of the original group of graduate students of MIT's Project MAC - the world's first general-purpose time-sharing system, CTSS | Member of the original group of graduate students at MIT's Project MAC, where he performed the pioneering performance analysis of CTSS — the world's first general-purpose time-sharing system —… |
| Allan Marquand | Builder of a mechanical logical machine which is still in existence, described as, “…mills into which the premises are fed and which turn out the conclusions by the revolution of a crank” | Builder of a mechanical logical machine that is still extant, Marquand is described as having created "…mills into which the premises are fed and which turn out the conclusions by the revolution… |
| Allen (Doc) William Mark Coombs | One of the principal designers of the Mark II or production version of the Colossus computer used at Bletchley Park for codebreaking in World War II | One of the principal designers of the Colossus Mark II computer used at Bletchley Park for codebreaking in World War II, Coombs was a British electronics engineer at the Post Office Research… |
| Allen Newell | Basic contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition | Pioneer in artificial intelligence, Newell made basic contributions to AI and the psychology of human cognition, for which he and Herbert Simon were awarded the ACM's A.M. Turing Award in 1975. He… |
| Allessandro Volta | Inventor of the battery in 1800 and another invention, the remotely operated pistol that was a significant forerunner of the idea of the telegraph | Inventor of the battery in 1800 and a remotely operated pistol that was a significant forerunner of the telegraph, Volta transformed the understanding of electricity. He was born in Como,… |
| Alonzo Church | Major contributor to the field of computer science in logic and mathematical theory | A major contributor to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science, Church is sometimes called the father of theoretical computer science. He is best known for the… |
| Alston Scott Householder | Was instrumental in introducing the ORACLE computer to Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Instrumental in introducing the ORACLE computer to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Householder was also an American mathematician who specialized in mathematical biology and numerical analysis, and… |
| Alvy Ray Smith, III | Co-founder of the animation studio Pixar and major contributor to the SuperPaint software in his creation of the HSV color space | Co-founder of the animation studio Pixar and creator of the HSV color space, Smith is an American engineer and noted pioneer in computer graphics. In 1965, he received his Bachelor's Degree in… |
| Amar Mukherjee | Pioneer in his contributions to Switching Theory, he was the first to develop an algorithm for the minimization of EXOR-AND-type logic networks | Pioneer in Switching Theory and the first to develop an algorithm for the minimization of EXOR-AND-type logic networks, Mukherjee was internationally recognized for his contributions to Hardware… |
| Amarnath Gupta | Creator of a domain knowledge-based mediation for scientific databases, (receiving a patent for that work) and is a pioneer in applying the latest information systems research in biomedicine, and has advanced informatics research on Parkinson’s disease by creating the first logical model of a neurological disorder | Creator of the first domain knowledge-based mediation for scientific databases — a patented achievement — Gupta is also a pioneer in applying the latest information systems research in biomedicine… |
| Amir Pnueli | For seminal work introducing temporal logic into computing science and for outstanding contributions to program and systems verification | Pioneer of temporal logic in computing science, Pnueli made a major breakthrough in the verification and certification of concurrent and reactive systems with his landmark 1977 paper "The Temporal… |
| An Wang | Computer engineer, inventor and co founder of Wang Laboratories | Inventor and co-founder of Wang Laboratories, Wang transformed business computing through pioneering work in calculators, word processors, and minicomputers. Wang founded Wang Laboratories in June… |
| Anant Jhingran | Technology leader in the field of information management | Considered to be the world technology leader in the field of information management, Jhingran has had a distinguished career with highly demonstrated impact on industrial practice and future… |
| Anatolii Alexeevitch Karatsuba | Authored the first fast computational method | Author of the first fast computational method, Karatsuba was a Russian mathematician best known for discovering the first multiplication algorithm that runs in less than O(n²) time—specifically… |
| Anatoliy A. Morozov | Chief Designer of the automated control system of the "Lviv" manufacturing project and the "RADA" system, a hardware/software complex for the support of decisions by public authorities at various levels | Chief Designer of the automated control system of the "Lviv" manufacturing project and the "RADA" system, Morozov is a cybernetics scientist, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of… |
| Anders Hejlsberg | Co-designed Turbo Pascal, Delphi, and C+ | Co-designer of Turbo Pascal, Delphi, and C#, Hejlsberg is a Danish software engineer who has shaped several of the most widely used programming languages and development tools in the history of… |
| André Trương Trọng Thi | Considered to be the "father of the personal computer" | Considered to be the "father of the personal computer," Trương Trọng Thi created the Micral microcomputer in 1973—two years before the debut of the famed Altair—based on an Intel 8008 processor,… |
| Andreas (Andy) von Bechtolsheim | Compter hardware scientist and investor, early investor in Google | One of the earliest investors in Google, Bechtolsheim is a computer hardware scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Sun Microsystems. At Stanford University, Bechtolsheim had devised a… |
| Andrei Petrovich Ershov | Responsible for the languages ALPHA and Rapira, AIST-0 the first Soviet time-sharing system, electronic publishing system RUBIN, and MRAMOR, a multiprocessing workstation. | Pioneer of Soviet computer science, Ershov was responsible for the languages ALPHA and Rapira, AIST-0 the first Soviet time-sharing system, the electronic publishing system RUBIN, and MRAMOR, a… |
| Andrei Zary Broder | Co-inventor of the first practical test to prevent robots from masquerading as human and access web sites - often referred to as CAPTCHA | Co-inventor of the first practical test to prevent robots from masquerading as humans and accessing web sites — often referred to as CAPTCHA — Broder has served as a Distinguished Scientist at… |
| Andrew (Andy) Stephen Grove | Former CEO, early executive of INTEL | One of the earliest employees of Intel Corporation, Grove ultimately played key leadership roles in its success. |
| Andrew (Tridge) Tridgell | Co-inventor of the rsync algorithm, a highly efficient file transfer and synchronization tool | Co-inventor of the rsync algorithm, a highly efficient file transfer and synchronization tool, Tridgell is also best known as the author of and contributor to the Samba file server. He is… |
| Andrew Chi-Chih Yao | For fundamental contributions to the theory of computation, including the complexity-based theory of pseudorandom number generation, cryptography, and communication complexity | A pioneer in the theory of computation, Yao is recognized for fundamental contributions including the complexity-based theory of pseudorandom number generation, cryptography, and communication… |
| Andrew Donald Booth | Inventor of magnetic drum storage | Inventor of magnetic drum storage, Booth was a distinguished pioneer in the development of computers in the UK. Booth received a PhD from the University of Birmingham during the Second… |
| Andrew F. Kay | Inventor of the digital voltmeter an instrument used for measuring electrical potential difference between two points in an electric circuit | Inventor of the digital voltmeter, Kay created an instrument used for measuring electrical potential difference between two points in an electric circuit. He was President and CEO of Kaypro… |
| Andrew Hinchley | Recognized as one of the 25 founders of the Internet | Recognized as one of the 25 founders of the Internet, Hinchley was formally honored at a ceremony at Stanford University. He has worked on the sharing and exchange of clinical information in… |
| Andrew James Viterbi | Inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, which was used for decoding convolutionally encoded data and is still used widely in cellular phones for error correcting codes, as well as for speech recognition, DNA analysis, and many other applications of Hidden Markov models | Inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, used for decoding convolutionally encoded data and still widely used in cellular phones for error correcting codes, as well as for speech recognition, DNA… |
| Andrew Mason | Developer of the Groupon website that sells deals to local businesses | Developer of Groupon, a website that sells deals to local businesses, Mason grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in 1999. He… |
| Andrew R. Molnar | Pioneer in computer assisted education coordinating the educational technology programs at the United States Department of Education | A pioneer in computer-assisted education, Molnar coordinated educational technology programs at the United States Department of Education. He received his Bachelor's degree in 1952, his Master's… |
| Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum | Author of MINIX | Author of MINIX, a clone of UNIX for the IBM PC, Tanenbaum wrote the operating system in 1987 to help students and others learn how an operating system worked. In the early 1990s, the Dutch… |
| Andries (Andy) van Dam | Co-contributor to the first hypertext system and co-founder of the precursor to the ACM SIGGRAPH conference, the New York–based Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques | Co-contributor to the first hypertext system and co-founder of the precursor to ACM SIGGRAPH, van Dam is a Dutch-born American professor of computer science and former Vice-President for Research… |
| Andy Hertzfeld | Key member of the original Apple-Macintosh development team | Key member of the original Apple Macintosh development team, Hertzfeld graduated from Brown University with a Computer Science degree in 1975 and attended graduate school at the University of… |
| Andy Stanford-Clark | Developer of home automation using Twitter to notify the user of necessary changes in the home allowing for substantial energy savings | Developer of home automation using Twitter to notify users of necessary changes in the home allowing for substantial energy savings, Stanford-Clark is a computer engineer at the forefront of… |
| Angel Angelov | Computer science in application to particle accelerators in Bulgaria | Founder of the Institute of Engineering Cybernetics and Robotics in Bulgaria, Angelov is recognized for pioneering computer science applications to particle accelerators and broader industrial… |
| Angie Ruan | Digital Transformation Technology Leader | Inducted into the WITI Hall of Fame in 2021, Ruan is an award-winning technology leader who holds four technical patents. She was instrumental in driving digital transformation across many… |
| Anil K. Jain | Internationally recognized contributor to the fields of pattern recognition, computer vision and biometric recognition | Internationally recognized for contributions to pattern recognition, computer vision, and biometric recognition, Jain has served as a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of… |
| Anita Borg | Developed and patented a method for generating complete address traces for analyzing and designing high-speed memory systems; and developer of MECCA, an email and Web-based system for communicating in virtual communities – also, founder of Systers®, the first email network for women in technology | Developer of a patented method for generating complete address traces for analyzing and designing high-speed memory systems, and of MECCA, an email and Web-based system for communicating in… |
| Anna Winlock | Harvard Computers Star Cataloger | One of the first members of the celebrated female computer group known as "the Harvard Computers," Winlock was an American astronomer who produced the most complete catalog of stars near the north… |
| Anne-Marie Eklund Lowinder | DNSSEC Implementation Leader | Credited with making .SE the world's first top-level domain to be signed with DNSSEC in 2005, Eklund Löwinder was a leading innovator in the implementation of Domain Name System Security… |
| Anne-Marie Kermarrec | Founded Mediego Personalization Startup | Founder of Mediego, a startup focused on real-time online content personalization, Kermarrec was a French computer scientist and professor at EPFL in Switzerland. There she headed the Scalable… |
| Annie Easley | NASA Rocket Technology Developer | A significant contributor to the early development of NASA's rocket technologies, Easley spent decades as a NASA engineer whose work in programming, energy-conversion, and shuttle launches helped… |
| Anriette Esterhuysen | Digital Rights Advocacy Pioneer | A pioneer in using Internet and Communications Technologies to promote social justice and affordable access, Esterhuysen was a leading figure in both South African and global digital rights… |
| Anthony (Tony) C. Temple | Co-developer of the Application System (AS), one of IBM's most successful application offerings | Co-developer of the Application System (AS), one of IBM's most successful application offerings, Temple helped to launch IBM's international Time Sharing service in Europe and was instrumental in… |
| Anthony (Tony) Edgar Sale | Reconstruction of code breaking Colossus Computer | Leader of the team that reconstructed the code-breaking Colossus Computer at Bletchley Park, Sale is known for his indefatigable energy in doing the impossible—reconstructing a complex machine… |
| Anthony (Tony) M. Fadell | Developer of a number of technologies and devices including the Sony Magic Link and Motorola Envoy, both of which were part of the Magic Cap platform, an object-oriented operating system for PDAs; also overseer of the design of the Apple iPod | 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… |
| Anthony A. Storey | Prime mover in creating the Enterprise Java Beans industry specification that brought Java into the server environment | Prime mover in creating the Enterprise Java Beans industry specification that brought Java into the server environment, Storey has also been a widely recognized expert in online transaction… |
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