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