Victor Poor Digital designer
Poor shrugged off his contributions to computer networking.
From This is True for 19 August 2012
computing
Computer and Internet pioneers and visionaries
Robert Ledley Cross-sectional imager
Ledley invented the CAT scanner, and brought computers to medicine.
From This is True for 29 July 2012
Arfa Karim Randhawa Computer prodigy
Karim was a computer prodigy.
From This is True for 15 January 2012
Jack Goldman Innovation enabler
Goldman was the chief scientist for Xerox, and the head of PARC.
From This is True for 25 December 2011
Dennis Ritchie Operating system pioneer
He created the software than runs on most computers today.
From This is True for 9 October 2011
Jean Bartik Pioneering computer programmer
Bartik was the first computer programmer.
From This is True for 27 March 2011
Gary Chapman Technology Ethicist
Chapman founded and directed UT’s 21st Century Project.
From This is True for 19 December 2010
H. Edward Roberts PC inventor
Many industry historians consider Roberts “the father of the personal computer.”
From This is True for 4 April 2010
Rajeev Motwani Data-mining expert
A computer scientist, Motwani was an expert in data mining — and mentored a couple of students at Stanford.
From This is True for 14 June 2009
Edward Lorenz The chaotic
Where did the idea of the “butterfly effect” come from? Lorenz.
From This is True for 13 April 2008