Honor Roll
| Name Sort descending | Noted For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Gehl | Internet marketing strategist, software developer, and e-commerce columnist and seminar speaker | Internet marketing strategist, software developer, and e-commerce columnist and seminar speaker, Gehl has been a featured contributor to a number of industry publications, including Entrepreneur… |
| Derrick (Dick) Henry Lehmer | He was part of the Computations Committee formed to prepare the ENIAC for utilization following its completion and was active in the building of the California Digital Computer (CALDIC) | Part of the Computations Committee formed to prepare the ENIAC for utilization following its completion, Lehmer was also active in the building of the California Digital Computer (CALDIC). An… |
| Dewang Mehta | Credited with a large portion of India's momentous rise as a "software giant" | Credited with a large portion of India's momentous rise as a "software giant," Mehta transformed the country's fledgling software industry into a global force. Born in Umreth, Gujarat, India, he… |
| Dharma P. Agrawal | Leader of the University of Cincinnati - BlueTooth (UCBT) Bluetooth package – Bluetooth is widely used in cell phones, PDAs, laptops, headsets, printers, etc. | Leader of the University of Cincinnati - BlueTooth (UCBT) Bluetooth package, Agrawal was a communications scientist who specialized in wireless sensor networks. He served as the Ohio Board of… |
| Diana Marculescu | Developer of novel power management techniques to improve the performance delivered per unit of energy consumed for computer hardware and software | Pioneer in energy-aware computing, Marculescu developed novel power management techniques to improve the performance delivered per unit of energy consumed for computer hardware and software. She… |
| Diane B. Greene | Co-founder and former CEO of VMware leading the company through an IPO and to a $2B run-rate | Co-founder and former CEO of VMware, Greene led the company through an IPO and to a $2B run-rate. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Annapolis, Md. She received her Bachelor's degree… |
| Diane P. Pozefsky | Leader of the IBM team that developed the barrier-breaking APPN and AnyNet architectures which broke the barriers between the TCP/IP networking technologies | Leader of the IBM team that developed APPN and AnyNet architectures, which broke the barriers between TCP/IP and SNA networking technologies, Pozefsky was named an IBM Fellow in 1994 in… |
| Dilma M. Da Silva | Leader of the architecture and implementation of file system support on the IBM K42 research operating system a high performance, open source, general-purpose research operating system kernel for cache-coherent 64-bit multiprocessors | Leader of the architecture and implementation of file system support on the IBM K42 research operating system, Da Silva has been a Research Staff Member of Advanced Operating Systems at IBM T.J.… |
| Dimitri P. Bertsekas | He is known for his research work, and for his fourteen textbooks and monographs in theoretical and algorithmic optimization and control, and in applied probability | Known for his fourteen textbooks and monographs in theoretical and algorithmic optimization and control, and in applied probability, Bertsekas is an applied mathematician and computer scientist… |
| Dines Bjørner | Team member on the Vienna Development Method (VDM) which led to the first European validated Ada compiler | Team member on the Vienna Development Method (VDM), which led to the first European validated Ada compiler, Bjørner is a Danish computer scientist who has specialized in research into domain… |
| Dinesh Verma | Leader of an international team of 22 research organizations which was selected to form the International Technology Alliance in Network Sciences | Leader of an international team of 22 research organizations selected to form the International Technology Alliance in Network Sciences, Verma is an IBM Fellow, researcher, and Department Group… |
| Ding Wen Lim | At age 9, he is deemed the world's youngest iPhone developer | Deemed the world's youngest iPhone developer at age 9, Lim is a programmer from Singapore responsible for the app Doodle Kids. Born September 21, 1999, he was thrust into the media spotlight in… |
| Ding-Hua Hu | Contributed significantly to Taiwan’s rise as a global power in the semiconductor industry | A key contributor to Taiwan's rise as a global power in the semiconductor industry, Hu's career has spanned academia, government, industry, and venture capital. Born in Chengdu City of Sichuan… |
| Ding-Yuan (DY) Yang | Led Winbond to develop its technology emerging as one of the Asian IC industry's top innovators into the mid-1990s | Led Winbond Electronics Corporation to emerge as one of the Asian IC industry's top innovators into the mid-1990s, Yang has been a central figure in Taiwan's semiconductor development. One of the… |
| Don Cassel | Developer of one of the first online interactive courses at Humber College for Microsoft Access using WebCT; a significant tool for developing and delivering distance learning for the college | Developer of one of the first online interactive courses at Humber College for Microsoft Access using WebCT, Cassel created a significant tool for developing and delivering distance learning for… |
| Don Coppersmith | Co-designer of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), which has served as the cryptographic standard used in financial and Internet applications since 1977 enabling secure communications and commerce | Co-designer of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), Coppersmith is one of the world's leading researchers in cryptography. He was part of the IBM team that developed DES. Used in financial and… |
| Don Hammond | Developer of time standards for space navigation, high-speed computer printers and medical ultrasound technology | Developer of time standards for space navigation, high-speed computer printers, and medical ultrasound technology, Hammond built a 50-year career on these and other significant contributions.… |
| Donald (Don) M. Eigler | Researcher who was the first to use a scanning tunneling microscope tip to arrange individual atoms on a surface | The first researcher to use a scanning tunneling microscope tip to arrange individual atoms on a surface, Eigler is noted for his achievements in nanotechnology. In September 1989, he famously… |
| Donald (Don) Nielson | Supporter of the development of the first hand-held computer terminal | Supporter of the development of the first hand-held computer terminal, Nielson joined SRI in 1959 as a Research Engineer, taking on assignments in telecommunications technology while working on… |
| Donald Becker | Co- creator of the Beowulf clustering software, to connect many inexpensive PCs to solve complex math problems | Co-creator of the Beowulf clustering software, Becker is known throughout the international community of operating system developers for his contributions to networking software. The Beowulf… |
| Donald D. Chamberlin | Best known as one of the principal designers of the original SQL language specification with Raymond Boyce. He also made significant contributions to the development of XQuery | One of the principal designers of the original SQL language specification, Chamberlin also made significant contributions to the development of XQuery. Donald D. Chamberlin was born in San… |
| Donald Ervin Knuth | Contributions to the analysis of algorithms and the design of programming languages, and in particular for his contributions to "The Art of Computer Programming" through his well-known books in a continuous series by this title | Author of the landmark series *The Art of Computer Programming*, Knuth is renowned for his contributions to the analysis of algorithms and the design of programming languages. He has served as… |
| Donald F. Ferguson | Provider of overall technical leadership for IBM WebSphere, Tivoli Software, IBM DB2, Rational Software and Lotus Software products | Chief Architect for IBM's Software Group, Ferguson provided overall technical leadership for IBM WebSphere, Tivoli Software, IBM DB2, Rational Software, and Lotus Software products. He has served… |
| Donald J. Haderle | Leader of the architecture and design of DB2, one of the first commercial RDBMSs, which led to his moniker “Father of DB2” | Known as the "Father of DB2" for leading the architecture and design of DB2, one of the first commercial relational database management systems (RDBMS), Haderle is an American computer scientist… |
| Donald Lester Bitzer | Co-inventor of the Plasma Display, and is regarded as the "father of PLATO, the first generalized computer assisted instruction system | Co-inventor of the Plasma Display and sometimes called the "father of PLATO" (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system,… |
| Donald Michael Ludlow | Principle designer and developer of the Input-Output Supervisor (IOS) component of OS/360 | Principal designer and developer of the Input-Output Supervisor (IOS) component of OS/360, Ludlow made significant contributions to IBM's landmark operating system. Born in Detroit,… |
| Donald Michie | Developer of the Machine Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine (MENACE), one of the first programs capable of learning to play a perfect game of Tic-Tac-Toe | Developer of the Machine Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine (MENACE), one of the first programs capable of learning to play a perfect game of Tic-Tac-Toe, Michie was a British researcher in… |
| Donald Peter Greenberg | Pioneer developer of software that influenced the development of many architectural software (CAAD) products still in use today - initiator of the first computer-aided architectural design studio in the U.S. in 1984 | Pioneer developer of software that influenced many architectural software (CAAD) products still in use today, Greenberg also initiated the first computer-aided architectural design studio in the… |
| Donald Valentine | An American venture capitalist who concentrated mainly on technology companies in the United States. He was Catholic and had a grandfather who was Danish. He had been referred to as the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital". | Referred to as the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital," Valentine was an American venture capitalist who concentrated mainly on technology companies in the United States. Valentine… |
| Donald W. Marquardt | Developer of an the LMA algorithm to solve fitting nonlinear chemical models to laboratory data, used in many software applications for solving generic curve-fitting problems | Developer of the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm (LMA) for solving nonlinear least squares fitting problems, Marquardt was an American statistician who re-discovered this widely used curve-fitting… |
| Donald Watts Davies | Co-inventor, packet switching | Co-inventor of packet switching and originator of the term, Davies was a British computer scientist who developed this foundational concept alongside Paul Baran in the US. Davies was born… |
| Donn B. Parker | Information Security Researcher and Consultant, 2008 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery | A 2008 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Parker was a leading information security researcher and consultant. He received many awards in the information security field. He… |
| Donna Dubinsky | She played an integral role in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs) | A pioneer in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs), Dubinsky served as CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founded Handspring with Jeff Hawkins. She went on to co-found the brain research… |
| Dorcas Muthoni | African Technology Entrepreneur | Founder of OPENWORLD LTD at the age of 24, Muthoni was a Kenyan entrepreneur and computer scientist who established the software consulting company to advance technology's role in African society… |
| Doris L. Carver | Researching the reengineering of systems, software requirements methodologies, and formal model transformations | Researcher of system reengineering, software requirements methodologies, and formal model transformations, Carver directed the Software Engineering Laboratory at LSU, where she published over 80… |
| Dorothy Du Boisson | Operated the prototype Colossus and the “Mark 2” Colossi | Operator of the prototype Colossus and the "Mark 2" Colossi at Bletchley Park, Du Boisson is recognized for her role in the wartime codebreaking effort. She joined the WRNS in 1943 and was posted… |
| Dorothy Vaughan | First African American NASA Supervisor | The first African American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at Langley Research Center, Vaughan became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers in 1949 and was later… |
| Dorr Eugene Felt | Inventor of the Comptometer, the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator | Inventor of the Comptometer, the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator, Felt built his first prototype during the US Thanksgiving holidays of 1884. Because of his limited… |
| Doug Chance | Executive V.P. of Hewlett Packard’s Network Systems Sector | Executive Vice President of Hewlett Packard's Network Systems Sector, Chance held various engineering, marketing, and general management positions at Hewlett Packard, sharing responsibility for… |
| Douglas (Doug) Taylor Ross | Originated the term CAD for computer-aided design, and is considered to be the father of Automatically Programmed Tools (APT) a language to drive numerically-controlled manufacturing and invented SADT, Structured Analysis and Design Technique | Originator of the term CAD for computer-aided design and considered the father of Automatically Programmed Tools (APT), Ross was also the inventor of SADT, Structured Analysis and Design Technique… |
| Douglas B. Lenat | Prominent in research of artificial intelligence and machine learning | Prominent in artificial intelligence and machine learning research, Lenat was best known for the Cyc project, an attempt to build the basis of a general artificial intelligence by manually… |
| Douglas C. Engelbart | Inventor and early computer pioneer | Inventor of the computer mouse and early computer pioneer, Engelbart is best known for his work as a pioneer of human-computer interaction whose team developed hypertext, networked computers, and… |
| Douglas Donald Troxel | Developed a product called COMPAREX for mainframes which quickly became an industry standard | Developer of COMPAREX, an industry-standard mainframe product, Troxel founded SERENA Consulting in 1980 and grew it into a publicly traded software company without venture capital. Raised… |
| Douglas Gene Carlston | Founder and CEO of Tawala Systems, which enables ordinary people to use the web more easily and effectively | Founder and CEO of Tawala Systems, which enables ordinary people to use the web more easily and effectively, Carlston launched the company in September 2005, based in San Rafael, California, and… |
| Doulgas Rayner Hartree | Hartree-Fock equations of atomic physics | English mathematician and physicist, Hartree was most famous for the development of numerical analysis and its application to the Hartree-Fock equations of atomic physics and the construction of… |
| Dov (Bentchkowsky) Frohman | Inventor of the erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) which eventually led to today’s flash memory technology | Inventor of the erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), which eventually led to today's flash memory technology, Frohman is an Israeli electrical engineer and business executive, a former… |
| Dov Chevion | Co-Founded Information Processing Association of Israel (IPA) | Co-founder of the Information Processing Association of Israel (IPA), Chevion was a giant among his fellow men and women. He was respected for his strength of leadership, for his commitment toward… |
| Dudley Allen Buck | He is best known for his invention of the cryotron | Inventor of the cryotron, a superconductive computer component operated in liquid helium at a temperature near absolute zero, Buck is best known for this breakthrough in the size of electronic… |
| Duy-Loan Le | First Female Texas Instruments Fellow | The first woman and first Asian elected as a Texas Instruments Senior Fellow, Duy-Loan T. Le achieved a distinction in engineering that had never before been reached by a woman or Asian at the… |
| Ed Colligan | Led the marketing campaign at Palm, Inc. that launched the Palm family of PDAs and smartphones | Leader of the marketing campaign that launched the Palm family of PDAs and smartphones, Colligan later served as president and CEO of both Handspring and Palm, Inc. He also worked at the… |
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