computer pioneers

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage

    The invention of the analytical engine, which contained Arithmetic logic unit, flow control, and memory. Was the basic general purpose of the computer.
  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace

    written instructions for the first computer program
  • Edith Clarke

    Edith Clarke

    She computed for  AT&T, who applied mathematical methods to the problems of long-distance electrical transmissions
  • Reynold b. Johnson

    Reynold b. Johnson

    A long-time employee of IBM, Johnson is said to be the "father" of the disk drive
  • Barbara Liskov

    Barbara Liskov

    She led the Venus operating system project, a small, low-cost and interactive timesharing system
  • Alan Kay

    Alan Kay

    He is one of the earliest pioneers of personal computing, and graphical interfaces.
  • Vinton Cerf

    Vinton Cerf

    Cerf is the co-inventor of the architecture and basic protocols of the Internet
  • Anita Borg

    Anita Borg

    Formed the institute for women and technology
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    Inventor & Co-Founder of Apple
  • James Gosling

    James Gosling

    Major contributions to advances in the technology for construction of distributed computing system trough invention of the java language system