Honor Roll
| Name Sort descending | Noted For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn G. Gref | Developed the Rapid Development Methodology (RDM) that was employed in the development of a number of C3 systems | Developer of the Rapid Development Methodology (RDM), Gref is a technologist and systems engineer who has done pioneering work in missile systems; command, control and communications (C3) systems… |
| M. Kenneth Oshman | Co-founded ROLM Corporation, a telecommunications equipment company | Co-founder of ROLM Corporation, a telecommunications equipment company, Oshman helped establish the firm in 1969 and served as its CEO, President, and director until its merger with IBM in 1984.… |
| Maja Mataric | Socially Assistive Robotics Pioneer | A founding pioneer of the field of socially assistive robotics, Matarić held the Chan Soon-Shiong Endowed Chair and served as Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of… |
| Makoto Murata | Participant in the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) XML Working Group that designed XML1.0, a markup language specification | Participant in the W3C XML Working Group that designed XML 1.0, Murata is a Japanese computer scientist who joined the group in 1997. Jon Bosak, James Clark, and Tim Bray were also members of the… |
| Malcolm (Doug) Douglas McIlroy | Seminal work on software componentization and development of the Unix pipeline implementation | Renowned for seminal work on software componentization and the Unix pipeline implementation, McIlroy is also known for developing several Unix tools, such as spell, diff, sort, join, graph, speak… |
| Mamoru Hosaka | Seminal computer research and development in Japan | A pioneer of seminal computer research and development in Japan, Hosaka was born in 1920 and graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1942, majoring in aeronautical engineering. After 1946, he… |
| Manuel Blum | For his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory and its application to cryptography and program checking. | Recipient of the 1995 Turing Award for his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory and its application to cryptography and program checking, Blum is a computer… |
| Marc Andreessen | Founder, Netscape and other Internet ventures | Founder of Netscape and co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser, Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He also chaired Opsware, a software company… |
| Marc Canter | Founder, Macromedia | Founder of the company that became Macromedia, Canter has also served as CEO of Broadband Mechanics, which produced People Aggregator, a social networking tool with source available (but not under… |
| Marc Russell Benioff | Founder and CEO, SalesForce.com | Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com, Benioff is credited with "turning the software industry on its head" by using the Internet to "revamp the way software programs are designed and distributed." He… |
| Marc Snir | Leader of the research group responsible for major contributions to the IBM SP scalable parallel system and to the IBM Blue Gene system | Leader of the research group responsible for major contributions to the IBM SP scalable parallel system and to the IBM Blue Gene system, Snir is a parallel computing expert whose research and… |
| Marcel Joseph Vogel | Inventor of the magnetic coating for the IBM 24” hard disk drive systems still in use | Inventor of the magnetic coating for the IBM 24" hard disk drive systems still in use, Vogel worked as a research scientist at the IBM San Jose Research Center for 27 years. He is sometimes… |
| Marcelli Wein | A member of the pioneer group that initiated Computer Graphics projects at the NRC developing the use of interactive graphics systems and computer animation | A member of the pioneer group that initiated Computer Graphics projects at the NRC, developing the use of interactive graphics systems and computer animation, Wein is an international leader in… |
| Marcia Neugebauer | First Solar Wind Measurements | Among the first researchers to yield direct measurements of the solar wind, Neugebauer made foundational contributions to space physics, including work that shed light on the solar wind's physics… |
| Marcian (Ted) Edward Hoff | Inventor of the microprocessor | Inventor of the microprocessor, Hoff joined Intel in 1967 as employee number 12, and is credited with coming up with the idea of a universal processor instead of custom-designed circuits. His… |
| Margaret A. Loftus | Developer of a query language for the database setup for Standard & Poor's 6400 computer | Developer of a query language for the database setup for Standard & Poor's 6400 computer, Loftus began her career with Control Data Corporation (CDC) in 1965 in both their Palo Alto,… |
| Margaret Hamilton | Award-winning American NASA computer scientist and mathematician who worked to develop the Apollo program | Award-winning NASA computer scientist and mathematician who developed the Apollo program's on-board flight software, Hamilton is also recognized as the individual who coined the term "software… |
| Margaret R. Fox | Member of the technical staff of the Electronic Computer Laboratory | Member of the technical staff of the Electronic Computer Laboratory at the National Bureau of Standards, Fox graduated from Wisconsin State College in 1940 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in… |
| Maria Azua | SVP Cloud Services Fidelity | Serving as SVP of Distributed Hosting and Cloud Enablement Services at Fidelity Investments, Maria Azua built a career focused on cloud technology and advanced innovation. Prior to Fidelity, she… |
| Maria Klawe | Harvey Mudd College President | Known for her advocacy for women in STEM fields, Klawe served as the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College from 2006 to 2023. Prior to that role, she served as Dean of the School of Engineering… |
| Maria Mitchell | First Professional Female Astronomer | The first woman elected Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mitchell was also the first internationally known… |
| Maria Petrou | Image Recognition Techniques Developer | A prolific developer of novel image recognition techniques, Petrou was a Greek-born British scientist who specialized in artificial intelligence and machine vision. She taught at Surrey University… |
| Marian Adam Rejewski | Solver of the plugboard-equipped Enigma machine, the main cipher device used by Germany | Solver of the plugboard-equipped Enigma machine, the main cipher device used by Germany, Rejewski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who accomplished this feat in 1932. His success, along… |
| Marian Croak | VoIP Inventor | Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2022 for her work with voice over IP (VoIP), Croak is an African American engineer whose VoIP-related inventions have shaped modern… |
| Marie desJardins | Currently doing research to understand how to know which agents—for example, restaurant or movie reviews, or travel services— in an online community are trustworthy and which are not | Researcher focused on understanding trust among agents in online communities, desJardins has led the Multi-Agent, Planning and Learning Lab (MAPLE) at UMBC, which focuses on developing A.I.… |
| Marie Wieck | German Pianist and Composer | The younger half-sister of Clara Schumann and daughter of renowned piano teacher Friedrich Wieck, Marie Wieck was a German pianist, singer, piano teacher, and composer. |
| Marissa Ann Mayer | Early employee of Google, head of Google search; CEO of Yahoo | CEO of Yahoo and early Google executive, Mayer served as Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google, acting as a gatekeeper for their product release process, determining when… |
| Mark Allen Weiss | Writer of highly-acclaimed Data Structures textbooks which have been used at hundreds of universities worldwide | Writer of highly acclaimed Data Structures textbooks used at hundreds of universities worldwide, Weiss has served as a Professor and Associate Director in the School of Computing and Information… |
| Mark E. Dean | Co-developer of the interior architecture (ISA systems bus) that enables multiple devices, such as modems and printers, to be connected to personal computers | Co-developer of the ISA systems bus that enables multiple devices such as modems and printers to be connected to personal computers, Dean is an American inventor and computer engineer whose work… |
| Mark Edwin Kriegsman | Developed large scale rule-based, statistical, and text-processing AI systems | Developer of large-scale rule-based, statistical, and text-processing AI systems, Kriegsman is an American entrepreneur, computer programmer, inventor, and writer. His fascination with computers… |
| Mark Elliot Zuckerberg | Founder, Facebook | Co-founder of Facebook, Zuckerberg is an American entrepreneur best known for creating the popular social networking site. He co-founded Facebook with fellow classmates Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo… |
| Mark Eugene Russinovich | Co-developer of the website sysinternals.com, writer & publisher of several popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities including Autoruns, Filemon, and RootkitRevealer | Co-developer of the website sysinternals.com, Russinovich wrote and published dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities including Autoruns, Filemon, and RootkitRevealer. He… |
| Mark H. Kryder | Spear header of the breakthroughs that have increased hard-disk densities (and accelerated their corresponding drop in price) | Spearheader of the breakthroughs that increased hard-disk densities and accelerated their corresponding drop in price, Kryder is also author of "Kryder's Law," in which he pointed out that if… |
| Mark N. Wegman | Co-inventor of the Static single assignment form, which is used in the analysis portion of most if not all modern optimizing compilers | Co-inventor of Static Single Assignment (SSA) form, which is used in the analysis portion of most if not all modern optimizing compilers, Wegman is an American computer scientist known for his… |
| Mark P. McCahill | Developed POPmail and GOPHER | Developer of POPmail and Gopher, McCahill is an American programmer involved in developing and popularizing a number of Internet technologies from the late 1980s onward. |
| Mark Papermaster | Overseer of the development of IBM's blade server technology | Overseer of the development of IBM's blade server technology, Papermaster has served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in Sunnyvale, California… |
| Mark Pincus | Best known as the co-founder of Zynga, which makes online social games | Co-founder of Zynga, which makes online social games, Pincus also founded Freeloader, Inc., Tribe Networks, and SupportSoft. He has served as CEO of Zynga, which had 235 million monthly active… |
| Mark Semenovich Pinsker | Known for his entropy theory of dynamical systems which introduced the maximal partition with zero entropy, later known as Pinsker's partition | Known for his entropy theory of dynamical systems, which introduced the maximal partition with zero entropy, later known as Pinsker's partition, Pinsker studied stochastic processes under A. N.… |
| Mark Vincent Hurd | Former CEO, HP; President of Oracle | Former CEO of HP and President of Oracle, Hurd led Hewlett-Packard as its chairman, chief executive officer, and president when it was the largest information technology company in the world. He… |
| Markus Neteler | Honored with the award Sol Katz for the Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) on its commitment to the GRASS project coordination | Honored with the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) in recognition of his commitment to GRASS project coordination, Neteler has served as coordinator of the GRASS… |
| Marlyn Meltzer (née Wescoff) | One of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer, the world's first electronic computer | One of the original programmers of the ENIAC, the world's first electronic computer, Meltzer was selected for this role in 1945. A graduate of Temple University in 1942, she was hired by the Moore… |
| Marsha J. Berger | Developer of high-performance versions of the method for unsteady compressible flow, parallel versions of AMR, a steady flow version of AMR, and a number of algorithmic innovations which is the basis for a large number of activities around the world in developing adaptive methods; and developer of Cartesian mesh finite difference methods for numerical PDE's in complex geometries | Pioneer of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) and Cartesian mesh finite difference methods for numerical PDEs, Berger's block-structured AMR approach, beginning with her thesis, is now considered one… |
| Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth | Deriver of the Metropolis algorithm; cited in Computing in Science and Engineering (Jan. 2000) as being among the top 10 algorithms having the "greatest influence on the development and practice of science and engineering in the 20th century." | Deriver of the Metropolis algorithm — cited in Computing in Science and Engineering (Jan. 2000) as being among the top 10 algorithms having the "greatest influence on the development and practice… |
| Marshall T. Rose | Contributed to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet, and Internet and network applications | A network protocol and software engineer who contributed extensively to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Rose has played a central role in shaping the Internet and network applications… |
| Martha Lane Fox | Co-Founder Lastminute.com, British Government's first Champion for Digital Inclusion | Co-founder of Lastminute.com and the British Government's first Champion for Digital Inclusion, Lane Fox studied ancient and modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford, having previously attended… |
| Martha Sloan | The first woman to lead the IEEE Institute | The first woman to lead the IEEE Institute, Sloan served as IEEE president in 1993. She received a BSEE with great distinction, an MSEE, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. After two years of… |
| Martin (John) M. Atalla | Co-inventor of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), the most widely employed a type of integrated circuit and is considered to be the "Father of the PIN," because of his development of the Personal Identification Number system in information security management | Co-inventor of the MOSFET and considered the "Father of the PIN," Atalla distinguished himself as an engineer, innovator, entrepreneur, and visionary in the fields of semiconductor fabrication and… |
| Martin (Marty) Cooper | Lead inventor of the "radio telephone system" - the first handheld mobile phone for personal use | Lead inventor of the "radio telephone system" and father of the cell phone, Cooper is a pioneer and visionary in the wireless communications industry. With eleven patents in the field, he is… |
| Martin A. Goetz | Software pioneer and holder of the first software patent | Software pioneer and holder of the first software patent, Goetz played a foundational role in defining software as a standalone commercial product. In the early 1960s, the status of… |
| Martin Campbell-Kelly | Noted IT historian and professor of computer sciences | Noted IT historian and professor of computer science, Campbell-Kelly has specialized in the history of computing at the University of Warwick. Campbell-Kelly has served as a full professor… |
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