Honor Roll
| Name Sort descending | Noted For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Sanguinetti | Principal architect of VCS, the Verilog Compiled Simulator, and was a major contributor to the resurgence in the use of Verilog in the design community | Principal architect of VCS, the Verilog Compiled Simulator, Sanguinetti has been a major contributor to the resurgence in the use of Verilog in the design community. Born and raised in Maryland,… |
| John T. Chambers | CEO, Cisco | CEO of Cisco, Chambers joined the company in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations. When he assumed the role of CEO in January 1995, the company grew from $1.2 billion in… |
| John T. Draper | Authored the first word processor for the Apple II, and famous former hacker | Author of EasyWriter, the first word processor for the Apple II, Draper is also recognized as a famous former hacker. While Draper was driving around his Volkswagen Microbus to test a… |
| John Theurer Diebold | An early champion of widespread use of computing and automated technology | An early champion of widespread use of computing and automated technology, Diebold helped shape how businesses understood and adopted automation. Diebold was born in Weehawken, New Jersey.… |
| John Thomas Stasko, III | Conducted extensive research in information visualization and visual analytics, as well as software visualization and algorithm animation | Renowned for extensive research in information visualization and visual analytics, as well as software visualization and algorithm animation, Stasko has served as a Professor in and the Associate… |
| John van Geen | Made advances in the acoustically coupled modem which led to the release of the first public modem | Pioneer of the acoustically coupled modem, van Geen made advances that led to the release of the first public modem. A researcher at the Stanford Research Institute, he was known for his advances… |
| John Vernon Pavlik | Originated the idea of the Three Stages of Online News Content, a concept which explains the source of online news content | Originator of the concept of the Three Stages of Online News Content, which explains the source of online news content, Pavlik is an American academic and author who has published on new media,… |
| John Vincent Atanasoff | Inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer | Inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer, Atanasoff was raised by his parents in Brewster, Florida. At the age of nine he learned to use a slide rule, followed shortly by the… |
| John Vittal | Developer of MSG, the first modern email program | Developer of MSG, the first modern email program, Vittal is recognized as the person responsible for transforming the old email system into the highly user-friendly tool of today. A computer… |
| John von Neumann | One of the greatest mathematicians in modern history | Generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians in modern history, von Neumann made major contributions to a vast range of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum… |
| John W. Brackett | Co-founder of SofTech, a Boston-based software company, managing the company’s software development projects for large commercial and government clients | Co-founder of SofTech, a Boston-based software company, Brackett managed the company's software development projects for large commercial and government clients as Vice President of Software… |
| John W. Haanstra | Instrumental in the launch of the IBM System/360 | Instrumental in the launch of the IBM System/360, Haanstra served as Chairman of the influential SPREAD Task Group (Systems Programming, Research, Engineering and Development) and President of the… |
| John W. Thompson | Chairman, Microsoft | Chairman of Microsoft, Thompson is also a former vice-president at IBM and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Symantec Corporation. Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors… |
| John Warner Backus | Team leader that invented FORTRAN | Leader of the team that invented FORTRAN, the first widely used high-level programming language, Backus also invented the Backus-Naur form (BNF), the almost universally used notation to define… |
| John Whitaker Fairclough | Co-designer of Pegasus, which pioneered what was called a general register-set architecture, and is used in modern microprocessors that are a million times more powerful | Co-designer of Pegasus, which pioneered what was called a general register-set architecture now used in modern microprocessors that are a million times more powerful, Fairclough had a brilliant… |
| John Wilder Tukey | Known for his contributions to the spectral analysis of random processes and the fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm | Known for his contributions to the spectral analysis of random processes and the fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm, Tukey left a profound mark on modern statistics and signal processing.… |
| John William Mauchly | Co-inventor, ENIAC | Co-inventor of ENIAC, the first general purpose electronic digital computer, Mauchly worked alongside J. Presper Eckert to design EDVAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in… |
| Jon (Mad Dog) Hall | Executive Director of the Linux International organization | During his time with Digital Equipment Corporation that he initially became interested in Linux, and was instrumental in obtaining equipment and resources for Linus Torvalds to accomplish his… |
| Jon Casey | Strategic and tactical innovator in semiconductor packaging and chip package interaction technologies | A strategic and tactical innovator in semiconductor packaging and chip package interaction technologies, Casey became an IBM Fellow in 2013. He contributed to IBM's development of the industry's… |
| Jonathan (Joe) Betts-LaCroix | Co-creator of the world's smallest Windows PC | Co-creator of the world's smallest Windows PC, Betts-LaCroix co-founded OQO Corporation, which the Guinness World Records credited with creating that device. He is also an American scientist and… |
| Jonathan (Jony) Paul Ive | Lead designer and conceptual mind behind many of Apple's products, including the iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad, with a fifth generation iPod being one of his most recognized industrial designs | Lead designer and conceptual mind behind many of Apple's most iconic products, including the iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad, Ive is widely recognized as one of the most… |
| Jonathan Bruce Postel | Significant contributor to development of the Internet | A significant contributor to the development of the Internet, Postel was involved in early work on the ARPANET while at UCLA. He later moved to the Information Sciences Institute at the University… |
| Jonathan J. Rubinstein | Instrumental in the development of the iPod | Instrumental in the development of the iPod, Rubinstein is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer who played a central role in creating the portable music and video device first… |
| Jonathan Sachs | Co-founder of Lotus 1-2-3 | Co-creator of Lotus 1-2-3, Sachs co-founded Lotus Development Corporation with Mitch Kapor in 1982. He left Lotus in 1985 and began developing photo-editing software for his own Cambridge,… |
| Jonathan Schmidt | VP of Datapoint Corporation where his core group created the industry's first commercial LAN (ARCNET) | VP of Advanced Product Development at Datapoint Corporation, Schmidt led the core group that created the industry's first commercial LAN (ARCNET). Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of… |
| Jorma J. Rissanen | Known for inventing the arithmetic coding technique of lossless data compression, and the minimum description length principle | Known for inventing arithmetic coding and the minimum description length principle, Rissanen was an IBM researcher from 1960 who received his Ph.D. from the Helsinki University of Technology in… |
| Jose Luis Moreira da Encarnacao | Had a major role in the advancement of computer graphics | Developer of the GKS Standard (Graphical Kernel System), Encarnação has made foundational contributions to computer graphics. He has served as Professor Emeritus of Technical University Darmstadt… |
| Josep Torrellas | Leader of the Illinois Aggressive COMA Intelligent Memory project - selected as one of the design studies that DARPA, NSF, NSA and NASA supported in a nationwide effort to accelerate the arrival of a petascale machine | Leader of the Illinois Aggressive COMA Intelligent Memory project — selected as one of the "Eight Point-Design Studies" that DARPA, NSF, NSA, and NASA supported in a nationwide effort to… |
| Joseph (J. C. R.) Carl Licklider | Lead the development that lead to ARPANet | Pioneer who led the development that led to ARPANet, Licklider was known simply as J.C.R. or "Lick" and was an American computer scientist considered one of the most important figures in computer… |
| Joseph (J. J.) John Thomson | Discovered the electron and isotopes, inventor of the mass spectrometer and his experimentation of cathode rays ultimately used in computer monitors | Discoverer of the electron and isotopes, and inventor of the mass spectrometer, Thomson was a British physicist and Nobel laureate born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England. His early education… |
| Joseph (Joe) A. Piscopo | Founder of Pansophic Systems in 1969 - producer of Panvalet, a source program management system, and Easytrieve, a report writer | 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… |
| Joseph (Joe) Frederick Traub | Co-pioneer of information-based computational complexity; collaborating in creating significant new algorithms | Co-pioneer of information-based computational complexity, Traub was the Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute… |
| Joseph (Joe) M. Tucci | CEO, EMC | CEO of EMC Corporation, Tucci is more popularly known as Joe Tucci. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of EMC, having taken on the role of… |
| Joseph (Josh) A. Fisher | Creator of VLIW architectures which allows programs to explicitly specify instructions that will be executed at the same time (i.e., in parallel) allowing for higher performance | Creator of VLIW architectures, which allow programs to explicitly specify instructions to be executed in parallel for higher performance, Fisher is an American computer scientist also noted for… |
| Joseph (Rod) Rodney Canion | Co-founder of the Compaq Computer Corporation | Co-founder of Compaq Computer Corporation, Canion is a native of Houston who graduated from the University of Houston in 1966 and 1968 with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in electrical… |
| Joseph Hardin | Leader of the (CHEF) project that is developing an open source framework and tools for course management systems, workgroup support, and support of online research | Leader of the Comprehensive Collaborative Framework (CHEF) project, which developed an open source framework and tools for course management systems, workgroup support, and support of online… |
| Joseph Henry | Inventor and first secretary of the Smithsonian Institute and a founding member of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science | Inventor of the electromagnetic relay that formed the basis of the electrical telegraph, Henry was also the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a founding member of the National… |
| Joseph Marie Jacquard | Inventor the earliest programmable loom | Inventor of the earliest programmable loom, Jacquard transformed weaving with his automatic patterned-silk loom, though his early inventions operated poorly and were largely unsuccessful. … |
| Joseph Smagorinsky | He was among the earliest researchers who sought to exploit new methods of numerical weather prediction to extend forecasting past one or two days | Among the earliest researchers who sought to exploit new methods of numerical weather prediction to extend forecasting past one or two days, Smagorinsky was also the first Director of the National… |
| Joseph Weizenbaum | Computer scientist at MIT | Creator of ELIZA, the pioneering natural language processing program that prompted his growing skepticism about artificial intelligence, Weizenbaum died March 5 in Berlin. He was 85. Joseph… |
| Josephine M. Cheng | Developer of IBM's database technology for the web, allowing people to access huge amounts of data via the Internet that was previously accessible only through proprietary systems | Developer of IBM's database technology for the web, allowing people to access huge amounts of data via the Internet previously accessible only through proprietary systems, Cheng has been an IBM… |
| Joshua Lederberg | American molecular biologist known for his work in genetics, artificial intelligence, and space exploration | American molecular biologist known for his work in genetics, artificial intelligence, and space exploration, Lederberg was just 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physiology or… |
| Joshua Schachter | Creator of Delicious and GeoURL, and co-creator of Memepool | Creator of Delicious, GeoURL, and co-creator of Memepool, Schachter holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He released the first version… |
| Joy Buolamwini | Algorithmic Justice League Founder | Founder of the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL), Buolamwini founded an organization dedicated to challenging bias in decision-making software through art, advocacy, and research. Her work… |
| Joyce K. Reynolds | Co-developer of protocols underlying the Internet, most notably those introducing and specifying the Telnet protocol | Co-developer of protocols underlying the Internet, Reynolds was most notably the author or co-author of the RFCs introducing and specifying the Telnet protocol. She was active in the… |
| Jozef Gruska | Theory of quantum computing and organizing activities | A pioneer in the theory of quantum computing and organizing activities in the field, Gruska graduated in mathematics from Commenius University in Bratislava and received a Ph.D. in Computer… |
| Juan R. Rodriguez | Pioneer in the development of advanced computer data storage technologies | Pioneer in the development of advanced computer data storage technologies across four decades, Rodriguez co-founded Storage Technology Corporation in 1969 along with three other IBM engineers:… |
| Judea Pearl | One of the pioneers of probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence and the development of Bayesian networks; also developer of a theory of causal and counterfactual inference based on structural models | A pioneer of the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence and the development of Bayesian networks, Pearl is an Israeli American computer scientist and philosopher. His work demonstrated… |
| Judith (Judy) L. Estrin | Leader of the team that developed one of the first commercial local area network systems, Z-net | Leader of the team that developed one of the first commercial local area network systems, Z-net, Estrin is an American business executive and technology entrepreneur who co-founded seven companies… |
| Jules I. Schwartz | Author of JOVIAL, the first computer software designed for use by the military | Author of JOVIAL, the first computer software designed for use by the military, Schwartz composed this high-order programming language in 1959 for use in the electronics of military aircraft.… |
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