Honor Roll
| Name Sort descending | Noted For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Liuson | Microsoft Developer Division President | As President of Microsoft's Developer Division since November 2021, Liuson oversaw business and software development for Visual Studio and the .NET Framework, including Visual Studio Code, all… |
| Julian Bigelow | Built one of the first true stored-program digital computers | Builder of one of the first true stored-program digital computers, Bigelow transformed the course of computing history. He obtained a master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,… |
| Julie Spicer England | Texas Instruments Vice President | Inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 1998, Julie Spicer England was an American chemical engineer and business executive who served as Vice President of Texas… |
| Julius Blank | Co-developer of an inexpensive method for manufacturing silicon chips; building the chips from scratch, beginning with the machinery for growing silicon crystals | Co-developer of an inexpensive method for manufacturing silicon chips, building them from scratch beginning with the machinery for growing silicon crystals, Blank was a semiconductor pioneer and a… |
| Jun Murai | Considered to be "the father of Japan's Internet" | Considered "the father of Japan's Internet," Murai is a Japanese computer scientist and professor at Keio University. He founded JUNET, a computer network established by three universities — Tokyo… |
| Juris Hartmanis | Co-authored with Richard E. Sterns, their seminal paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory | Co-author of the seminal paper that established the foundations for computational complexity theory, Hartmanis received the 1993 ACM Turing Award with Richard E. Stearns "in recognition of their… |
| Justin Rattner | Visionary of the Department of Energy ASCI Red System, the first computer to sustain one trillion operations per second (one teraFLOPS); and the fastest computer in the world between 1996 and 2000 | Visionary of the Department of Energy ASCI Red System, the first computer to sustain one trillion operations per second (one teraFLOPS) and the fastest computer in the world between 1996 and 2000… |
| Kang-Won Lee | Collaborator on wireless networks, mobile computing, network management, and policy technologies research | Collaborator on wireless networks, mobile computing, network management, and policy technologies research, Lee has been a Research Staff Member at IBM since 2000 and led the Wireless Networking… |
| Kanianthra Mani Chandy | Co-Proposer of a new solution to Dining philosophers problem; an example problem often used in concurrent algorithm design to illustrate synchronization issues and techniques for resolving them | Co-proposer of a new solution to the Dining Philosophers problem, Chandy is recognized for his contributions to concurrent algorithm design and distributed computing. Along with J. Misra, he… |
| Kapali P. Eswaran | Founding members of the IBM System R Project, which formed the genesis of relational database technology | One of the founding members of the IBM System R Project — the genesis of relational database technology — Eswaran is also recognized as one of the inventors of the SQL language. He graduated from… |
| Kara Swisher | Internet Business Journalism Pioneer | Among the earliest journalists to cover the business of the internet, Swisher has reported on the technology industry since 1994. In 2014, she co-founded Recode with Walt Mossberg as part of Vox… |
| Karen Banks | Global Internet Access Connector | Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 as a "Global Connector," Banks is a British computer networking pioneer recognized for expanding internet access to underserved communities… |
| Karen Quintos | Dell's First Chief Customer Officer | Dell Technologies' first Chief Customer Officer, Quintos led a global organization devoted to customer strategy and advocacy. Forbes listed her among the most influential CMOs in the world, and… |
| Karen Spärck Jones | One of her most important contributions was the concept of inverse document frequency (IDF) weighting in information retrieval which is used in most search engines today | Pioneer of inverse document frequency (IDF) weighting in information retrieval, Spärck Jones introduced a concept now used in most search engines today. A British computer scientist, she… |
| Karl Alexander Müller | Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials | Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials, Müller is a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. In 1986 they showed… |
| Karl Ferdinand Braun | Inventor of the cathode-ray tube and significant contributor to the field of radio and television technology | Inventor of the cathode-ray tube, Braun built the first such device in 1897 — known as the "Braun Tube" in German-speaking countries. During the development of radio, he also worked on wireless… |
| Karl Ganzhorn | Directed IBM development in Europe | Director of IBM development in Europe, Ganzhorn founded and led the German laboratory of IBM at Böblingen. He initiated major development efforts in semiconductor memories, computer systems, and… |
| Karl Kempf | Headed up group of fellow mathematicians at Stanford University which calculated fair contract prices allowing the company to minimize their obligation and maximize the available equipment supply by designing a financial contract giving Intel the option to buy a specific piece of machinery at a specific time – He also helped to pioneer the use of computer chips in race cars | Pioneer in applying advanced mathematics to industrial and engineering challenges, Kempf is best known for heading a group of mathematicians at Stanford University who built computer models… |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Invention of MP3 data format | Inventor of the MP3 data format, Brandenburg developed the audio compression format together with other researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute at Erlangen. He has served as a Professor at the… |
| Kate Devlin | Founded Sex Tech Hackathon | Founder of the UK's first sex tech hackathon, held in 2016 at Goldsmiths, University of London, Devlin is a Northern Irish computer scientist whose work sits at the intersection of human sexuality… |
| Katherine (Kathy) Anne Yelick | Co-inventor of the Unified Parallel C designed for high-performance computing on large-scale parallel machines | Co-inventor of Unified Parallel C (UPC), a programming language extension designed for high-performance computing on large-scale parallel machines, Yelick is an internationally recognized expert… |
| Katherine L. Morse | Developed a compiler and operating system kernel for a neural network subprocessor | Developer of a compiler and operating system kernel for a neural network subprocessor, Morse has worked continually in computing since taking her first paid programming job at age 17, the summer… |
| Katherine Sohn | WITI Hall of Fame Inductee | Inducted into the WITI Hall of Fame in 2004, Katherine Sohn was recognized for her contributions to women in technology and information sciences. |
| Kathleen (Kathe) Spracklen | Computer chess co-programmer for the dedicated unit, Chafitz ARB Sargon 2.5; the first commercial dedicated chess computer with an Auto Respose Board (ARB) | Co-programmer of the Chafitz ARB Sargon 2.5, the first commercial dedicated chess computer with an Auto Response Board, Spracklen is an American mathematician, computer scientist, and… |
| Kathleen (Kay) McNulty Mauchly Antonelli | Orginal programming team for the ENIA | One of the six original programmers of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, Antonelli helped lay the foundations of modern computing. Kathleen (Kay) McNulty was… |
| Kathleen Booth (née Britten) | Credited with writing the first assembly language and the design of the assembler and autocode (ARC and APE(X)C) for the Birkbeck College computers | Credited with writing the first assembly language and the design of the assembler and autocode (ARC and APE(X)C) for the Birkbeck College computers, Booth made foundational contributions to… |
| Kay Brossard Magleby | Architect of HP’s first minicomputer and leader of the team that led HP into the computer industry | Architect of HP's first minicomputer and leader of the team that led HP into the computer industry, Magleby was born in Rigby, Idaho and raised in Pocatello, where he graduated from Pocatello High… |
| Keith Brown | The technical author on Microsoft Windows Security | Technical author on Microsoft Windows Security, Brown wrote the SSPI workbench tool and has been the security columnist for MSDN Magazine since 1998. |
| Keith Lonsdale | Co-developer of the Ferranti Mark I which was believed to be the world's first commercially available computer | Co-developer of the Ferranti Mark I, believed to be the world's first commercially available computer, Lonsdale worked alongside Brian Pollard and Tom Kilburn to construct the machine, a… |
| Keith Uncapher | Poineered work in the creation of packet switching and MOSIS | Pioneer of packet switching and MOSIS, Uncapher spread the ideas that later evolved into the Internet. Under his leadership, ISI provided support for emerging DARPA programs in Information… |
| Ken Coar | Co-creator of the Apache Incubator project, the gateway for open-source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects | Co-creator of the Apache Incubator project, the gateway for open-source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects, Coar is recognized primarily for his… |
| Ken E. Batcher | Design of massive parrellel processor | Designer of the Massively Parallel Processor, Batcher created one of the most significant parallel computing architectures of its era. Among the designs Batcher worked on at Goodyear were the:… |
| Ken Howery | Co-founder of PayPal | Co-founder of PayPal, Howery is an American investor who graduated from Stanford University in 1998 with a B.A. degree in Economics. That same year, he co-founded PayPal with Peter Thiel, Luke… |
| Ken Kutaragi | Developer of the PlayStation", and its successors and spinoffs, including PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3 | Known as "The Father of the PlayStation," Kutaragi developed the PlayStation and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3. He has… |
| Ken Orr | Leading researcher in the development of automated tools for business requirements, database design, and advanced client/server prototyping | Leading researcher in the development of automated tools for business requirements, database design, and advanced client/server prototyping, Orr is an internationally recognized expert on business… |
| Ken Thompson | Co-creator of the UNIX operating system | Co-creator of the UNIX operating system, Thompson is an American pioneer of computer science notable for his work with the B programming language and his shepherding of the Unix and Plan 9… |
| Ken W. Kolence | Co-founder of Boole & Babbage, the first software product firm in Silicon Valley | Co-founder of Boole & Babbage, the first software product firm in Silicon Valley, Kolence is recognized as a software industry pioneer and computer executive. He received his Master's degree… |
| Kenneth (Ken) H. Perlin | Developer of computer-user interfaces such as graphical environments where users can change the scale of the viewed area in order to see more detail or less, and browse through different documents | Developer of Perlin noise and innovative computer-user interfaces such as zooming user interfaces, Perlin is one of the most respected figures in the field of computer graphics for his work both… |
| Kenneth (Ken) Levy | Under his leadership, KLA dominated new market areas in the semiconductor manufacturing instrumentation field | Founder and long-time CEO of KLA Instruments Corporation, whose leadership made KLA dominant in new market areas in the semiconductor manufacturing instrumentation field, Levy has been an… |
| Kenneth (Ken) R. Jacobs | Known as "Dr. DBA" to thousands of Oracle database administrators, and was a prominent spokesperson for Oracle | Known as "Dr. DBA" to thousands of Oracle database administrators, Jacobs has been a prominent spokesperson for Oracle and an advocate inside the company for customers' interests. Jacobs… |
| Kenneth Eugene Iverson | Development of APL programming language | Developer of the APL programming language in 1962, Iverson was a Canadian computer scientist noted for his contributions to mathematical notation and programming language theory. He was honored… |
| Kenneth Harry Olsen | Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation | Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Olsen co-founded the company in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and venture capital provided by Georges Doriot's American Research and… |
| Kenneth Ross | Founder, Ross Systems, Expert CEO | Founder of Ross Systems and serial technology CEO, Ross has worked with more than 25 companies as a company founder, board member, venture capitalist, and consultant. He founded and served as CEO… |
| Kerrie L. Holley | Co-patent owner of the computer industry’s first SOA method and SOA maturity model, which helps companies develop SOA-based applications and infrastructures | Co-patent owner of the computer industry's first SOA method and SOA maturity model, Holley is an IBM Fellow, software architect, author, researcher, consultant, and inventor recognized… |
| Kesav Vithal Nori | One of the creators of the Pascal P4 compiler | One of the creators of the Pascal P4 compiler, Nori is well-known for this work done together with Nikolaus Wirth. He has served as Executive Director and Executive Vice President of Tata… |
| Kesha Shah | Wikipedia Women Computing Timeline | Recognized in the Wikipedia Timeline of Women in Computing, Shah made notable contributions to the field of technology. Further biographical details are limited in currently available public… |
| Kevin A. Stoodley | Conceiver and developer of a dynamic compilation infrastructure known as Testarossa, which along with the J9 JVM project became the basis for all of IBM’s Java language implementations | Conceiver and developer of the Testarossa dynamic compilation infrastructure, which along with the J9 JVM project became the basis for all of IBM's Java language implementations, Stoodley has… |
| Kevin Bowyer | Developer who has made advances in numerous areas of computer vision and pattern recognition, data mining and biometrics, including iris recognition and face recognition | Developer who has made advances in numerous areas of computer vision, pattern recognition, data mining, and biometrics — including iris recognition and face recognition — Bowyer has served as the… |
| Kevin Mitnick | One of the most controversial computer hackers in the United States | One of the most controversial and most-wanted computer hackers in United States history, Mitnick was convicted of various computer- and communications-related crimes in the late 20th century.… |
| Kevin OLeary | Co-developer of SoftKey International, a software publisher of software intended for home audiences | Co-developer of SoftKey International, a software publisher of software intended for home audiences, OLeary built the company from a $10,000 seed investment from his mother into a successful CD-… |
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