#2236 Overall Influence

Alan Kay

Computer scientist

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From Wikipedia

Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design.

Source: Wikipedia

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Schools

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

University of Colorado Boulder

Public university in Boulder, Colorado, USA and flagship of the University of Colorado System

University of Colorado

Public university system in Colorado, USA

Kyoto University

National university located in Kyoto, Japan

University of Utah

Public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

University of California, Los Angeles

Public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States

Influence Rankings by Discipline

How’s this person influential?

#27 World Rank #18 USA Rank

Computer Science