Honor Roll
| Name Sort descending | Noted For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gennaro (Jerry) A. Cuomo | Co-founding father of IBM WebSphere Software used by end-users to create applications and integrate applications with other applications | 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… |
| Geoff Huston | Leader of the initial construction of the Internet in Australia in the late 1980s | Leader of the initial construction of the Internet in Australia in the late 1980s, Huston is widely regarded as the preeminent researcher on IPv4 exhaustion, routinely referenced by international… |
| Geoffrey William Arnold Dummer | Conceptualize and built a prototype of the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, in the late-1940s and early 1950s | The first person to conceptualize and build a prototype of the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, Dummer made this pioneering contribution in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He… |
| Georg (Per) Pehr Scheutz | Co-developer of the Scheutzian calculation engine that produced the first tables calculated and printed by machinery | Co-developer of the Scheutzian calculation engine, which produced the first tables calculated and printed by machinery, Scheutz was a 19th-century Swedish lawyer, translator, and inventor. He… |
| George Barnard Grant | One of the few Americans to make a significant contribution to mechanical computation prior to the end of the nineteenth century improving on the Difference Machine calculator | One of the few Americans to make a significant contribution to mechanical computation prior to the end of the nineteenth century, Grant improved on the Difference Machine calculator and is… |
| George Bernard Dantzig | Contributor in operations research, computer science and statistics | Known for developing the simplex algorithm for solving linear programming problems, Dantzig was a major contributor in operations research, computer science, and statistics. He also worked with… |
| George Boole | Inventor of Boolean logic | Inventor of Boolean logic, Boole was one of the most influential mathematicians in history. His father, John Boole (1779–1848), was a tradesman of limited means, but of "studious character and… |
| George Ciprian Necula | Known for his thesis on proof-carrying code | Known for his influential Ph.D. thesis first describing proof-carrying code, Necula completed his doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University under programming languages researcher Peter Lee.… |
| George Dyson | Writer of Turings Cathedral, a major historical work on the development of the computer as it was used in the Manhattan Project; also wrote on a wide range of topics that include the history of computing, the development of algorithms, artificial intelligence and communication systems; member of the IT History Society board of directors | Author of Turing's Cathedral (2012), described as "a creation myth of the digital universe," Dyson is an author and historian of technology whose publications broadly cover the evolution… |
| George Edward Pake | Founding director of Xerox PARC during which time, the research center invented the laser printer and pioneered the use of a desktop computer which functioned by clicking on "icons", a process that has since become the computer industry standard | Founding director of Xerox PARC, Pake led the research center during which time it invented the laser printer and pioneered the use of a computer "desktop" which functioned by clicking on "icons… |
| George F. Daly | Co-developer of the IBM 285 and 297 series accounting machines (aka Type III and Type IV) and co-inventor of a series of automatic multiplying machines known as Type 600 and 601 | Co-developer of the IBM 285 and 297 series accounting machines and co-inventor of the automatic multiplying machines known as Types 600 and 601, Daly was a pivotal figure in IBM's early… |
| George Glaser | President AFIPS and active in many professional organizations | President of AFIPS and active leader across many professional organizations, Glaser was noted for his service to the information technology profession as a whole, through his leadership,… |
| George H. Conrades | Establisher of IBM’s Asia/Pacific headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, enabling the region to attain record growth in revenues and earnings | Establisher of IBM's Asia/Pacific headquarters in Tokyo, Japan — enabling the region to attain record growth in revenues and earnings — Conrades is an Internet technology pioneer and executive who… |
| George H. Mealy | Designer of the Mealy machine; a finite-state machine whose output values are determined both by its current state and the current inputs | Designer of the Mealy machine, Mealy presented the concept in a 1955 paper, "A Method for Synthesizing Sequential Circuits". The Mealy machine is a finite-state machine whose output values are… |
| George Harry Heilmeier | Pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays and the inventor of LC-Display | Inventor of the LC-Display and pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays, Heilmeier is inducted in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received… |
| George Joseph Laurer | Developer of the pattern used for the Universal Product Code (UPC) | Developer of the Universal Product Code (UPC), Laurer created the pattern of stripes that brought supermarkets into the digital age. A 36-year veteran of the International Business Machines… |
| George M. Galambos | Designer on the team that built the Interac network connecting bank machines around the world | Designer on the team that built the Interac network connecting bank machines around the world, Galambos is a computer engineer born in Budapest, Hungary. The result was an open system that allowed… |
| George Martin Scalise | Defender of the semiconductor industry against attacks by foreign competitors, helping the United States to maintain its worldwide sales and technology leadership | Winner of the semiconductor industry's highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award, Scalise is recognized as a defender of the semiconductor industry against attacks by foreign competitors, helping… |
| George Robert Stibitz | Recognized as one of the fathers of the modern digital computer for his work with Bell Labs in the 1930s and 1940s | Recognized as one of the fathers of the modern digital computer for his work with Bell Labs in the 1930s and 1940s, Stibitz completed a relay-based calculator in November 1937 he dubbed the "Model… |
| George Schussel | Inventor of computer industry trade shows worldwide noted for underlining and explaining technical issues, while focusing on the business benefits and uses of technology | Inventor of computer industry trade shows worldwide, Schussel is recognized for underlining and explaining technical issues while focusing on the business benefits and uses of technology. He… |
| George W. Platzman | One of the founders of modern meteorology who transformed weather forecasting from qualitative guesswork to quantitative science; in that he helped formulate the first weather forecast by computer, which was carried out in 1950 on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) | One of the founders of modern meteorology, Platzman helped formulate the first weather forecast by computer, carried out in 1950 on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). He… |
| George Winthrop Fairchild | Chairman of IBM from 1911 to 1924 | Chairman of IBM from its founding through 1924, Fairchild was a pivotal figure in the early history of the company. Primarily self-educated, he rose to prominence through his own effort and… |
| Georgii P. Lopato | Noted developer of the Russian "Minsk" computers, hardware and software | Noted developer of the Russian "Minsk" computers, Lopato contributed to the development of different generations of computers: "Minsk" computers, ES computers, personal computers, mobile computers… |
| Georgy Adelson-Velsky | Co inventor of the AVL tree and head developer of the Kaissa chess computer | Co-inventor of the AVL tree and head developer of the Kaissa chess computer, Adelson-Velsky made foundational contributions to both computer science and computer chess. In 1962, Georgy and E.M.… |
| Gerald (Jerry) Anderson Lawson | Inventor of the video game cartridge and the Fairchild Channel F console | Inventor of the video game cartridge and the Fairchild Channel F console, Lawson transformed how games were distributed and played. A lifelong engineer and tinkerer, he was born in 1940 and grew… |
| Gerald D. Cohen | CEO and founder, Information Builders | CEO and founder of Information Builders, Cohen started an early enterprise database software company. |
| Gerald Estrin | Father of reconfigurable computing and variable structure | Father of reconfigurable computing and variable structure computing, Estrin transformed how computational processes could be accelerated using variable configurations of specialized hardware… |
| Gerard (Gerhard) Anton Salton | Developed the now widely used Vector Space Model for Information Retrieval | Developer of the now widely used Vector Space Model for Information Retrieval, Salton was perhaps the leading computer scientist working in the field of information retrieval during his time. Born… |
| Gerard J. Holzmann | Developer of the SPIN model checker | Developer of the SPIN model checker, Holzmann is a Dutch-born American computer scientist and researcher known for his work at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey and at NASA. SPIN (short for… |
| Gerard Le Lann | Architect of the TCP/Internet protocol | Architect of the TCP/Internet protocol, Le Lann has been active in the field of computing since 1967, when he completed his national duties with the French Navy as a contributor to the development… |
| Gerd Binnig | Co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), an instrument for imaging surfaces at the atomic level | 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. His… |
| Gerrit (Gerry) Anne Blaauw | One of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers | One of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, Blaauw worked alongside Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl, and others on this landmark project. In 1947, he won an exclusive… |
| Gertrude B. Elion | Nobel Prize Drug Design | Awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine alongside George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black, Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist recognized for pioneering rational… |
| Gertrude Blanch | She did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation and was one of the founders of the The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Pioneering figure in numerical analysis and computation and one of the founders of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Blanch was born Gittel Kaimowitz in Kolno, Russia (now Kolno,… |
| Ghavam Shahidi | Cheif architect for the development of silicon on insulator (SOI) complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology at IBM | Chief architect of silicon on insulator (SOI) complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology at IBM, Shahidi is an Iranian-American electrical engineer and IBM Fellow. He received his B… |
| Gianello Toriano (aka Giovan) | Inventor of the Cristalino, an astronomical clock, and an automaton; a mandolin-playing lady that was extremely lifelike in its motions for that time | Inventor of the Cristalino astronomical clock and a remarkably lifelike mandolin-playing lady automaton, Toriano was an Italo-Spanish inventor, clockmaker, engineer and mathematician born in… |
| Gideon Gartner | Founder of Gartner, Inc. (formerly Gartner Group Inc. until 2001) a Stamford, Connecticut information technology (IT) research and advisory company. | Founder of Gartner Group (now Gartner, Inc.), Gartner built one of the most influential IT research and advisory firms in the world. IT "advisory" firms are distinct from consultancies, in… |
| Gillian Docherty | First Scotland AI Alliance Chair | Appointed the first Chair of Scotland's AI Alliance in 2021, Docherty was chosen to lead the implementation of Scotland's AI Strategy. She served as CEO of The Data Lab, the Scottish innovation… |
| Ginny Strazisar | Builder of the ARPANET gateway software | Builder of the ARPANET gateway software, Strazisar wrote the first internetworking router (then called "gateway") software for the new TCP/IP protocols. On August 27, 1976, the "bread truck"—as it… |
| Giovanni Caselli | The inventor of the pantelegraph (a.k.a. Universal Telegraph or "all-purpose telegraph"), the predecessor of the modern fax machine | Inventor of the pantelegraph (a.k.a. Universal Telegraph or "all-purpose telegraph"), the predecessor of the modern fax machine, Caselli put the world's first practical operating facsimile machine… |
| Giovanni Poleni | Built the first pinwheel design "calculating clock" | Builder of the first pinwheel design calculating clock, Poleni was a pioneer of mechanical computation. Made of wood, his calculating clock was built in 1709; he destroyed it after hearing that… |
| Gladys West | GPS Mathematical Modeling Contributor | Recognized for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, West was an African American mathematician whose work on satellite geodesy models was later incorporated into… |
| Glen Jacob Culler | Developer of the Culler-Fried Online System, one of the first interactive computer systems in the mid-1960’s era, and an important early innovator in the development of the Internet | Developer of the Culler-Fried Online System, one of the first interactive computer systems in the mid-1960s era, Culler was also an important early innovator in the development of the Internet. He… |
| Glenford (Glen) Myers | Leader of the team that developed an advanced computer system named "SWARD" (Software Oriented Architecture); built and successfully operated in 1980 | Leader of the team that developed the advanced computer system "SWARD" (Software Oriented Architecture), built and successfully operated in 1980, Myers is an American computer scientist,… |
| Glenn Bugos | Noted IT historian | Noted IT historian, Bugos is known for founding The Prologue Group. He earned his Ph.D. in the history of science, technology and business from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from the… |
| Glenn John McQueen | Supervisor of the computerized animation on Pixar's early films leading to their success and hailed as one of the best animators in the field | Supervisor of computerized animation on Pixar's early films and hailed as one of the best animators in the field, McQueen's work was central to the studio's success. A Canadian supervisor of… |
| Glenn Ricart | Led the team that wrote the code for the first implementation of TCP/IP for the IBM PC | Leader of the team that wrote the code for the first implementation of TCP/IP for the IBM PC, Ricart is recognized as an Internet pioneer who started using one of the original Internet (ARPANET)… |
| Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Tissue Engineering Pioneer | A University Professor at Columbia University and holder of the Mikati Foundation Professorship in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences, Vunjak-Novakovic built one of the most prolific… |
| Gordon (Tommy) Eric Thomas | Worked on design of 'Baby', first stored program computer | Pioneer in the design of 'Baby', the first stored program computer, Thomas graduated in Physics and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester in 1948, joining the design team of… |
| Gordon B. Davis | Founding father of academic discipline of MIS | Founding father of the academic discipline of MIS, Davis established research and teaching in MIS at the University of Minnesota in 1967. Davis authored and co-authored foundation texts in the… |
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