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List of the most influential people in Computer Science,

#11651

Priti Shankar

#104411

Overall Influence

1947 - 2011 (64 years)

Priti Shankar was an Indian teacher, researcher, and educationist whose research focused on the areas of compiler design, formal language theory and algorithmic coding theory. Early life and career Priti Shankar was born in a Goan family. Her father, Innocencio Monteiro, was a Brigadier in the Indian Army while her mother, Sophia, was a mathematics and French teacher.

#11652

Jeffry Lansman

#168588

Overall Influence

Jeffry B. Lansman is an American neuroscientist, Professor Emeritus of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a member of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Weill Institute of Neuroscience, and Cardiovascular Research Institute.

#11653

Tom Proulx

#136546

Overall Influence

1961 - Present (65 years)

Thomas Proulx is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was a co-founder and first programmer of Intuit and a pioneer of usability testing in the 1980s. He was the main programmer of the first version of Quicken and TurboTax. He co-founded Intuit in 1983, and was later involved with NetPulse.

#11654

Peter Richardson

#183002

Overall Influence

#11655

Arleen Schloss

#32073

Overall Influence

1943 - Present (83 years)

Arleen Schloss is an American performance artist, video/film artist, sound poet, director and curator of the lower Manhattan art, video, performance art and music scenes. Schloss began through A's – an interdisciplinary loft space that became a hub for music, exhibitions, performance art, films and videos. In the 1990s A's became A's Wave where website works and other forms of digital media were shown.

#11656

Wilma Dierkes

#182024

Overall Influence

Wilma K. Dierkes is a University of Twente Associate Professor and chair of the Elastomer Technology and Engineering group known for her research on elastomer sustainability. Education Dierkes completed an undergraduate degree in chemistry at Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany in 1990. After a period working in industry, she returned to study for a PhD in polymer science at University of Twente, completing her doctorate in 2010. She completed postgraduate study in environmental science at Foundation Universitaire Luxembourgeoise, Arlon, Belgium.

#11657

Sun Ninghui

#173688

Overall Influence

1968 - Present (58 years)

Sun Ninghui is a Chinese computer scientist who is a researcher and the current director of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Biography Sun was born in Shanghai, in March 1968, while his ancestral home in Shou County, Anhui. He secondary studied at Fanchang County No.1 High School. He earned the highest marks in his county during the 1985 National College Entrance Examination. He holds a bachelor's degree from Peking University, and obtained his master's and doctor's degrees from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences under the direction of Li Guojie .

#11658

Matthew Palmer

#12151

Overall Influence

1964 - Present (62 years)

Matthew Simon Russell Palmer is a New Zealand judge, legal academic and former public servant. Palmer graduated with a BA in Economics & Political Science from University of Canterbury in 1983. This was followed by a LLB in 1987. Then a LLM & JSD from Yale Law School in 1993.

#11659

Wilfred Fairclough

#62354

Overall Influence

1907 - 1996 (89 years)

Wilfred Fairclough was an English artist, engraver and printmaker. Early life and education Fairclough was born in Blackburn in 1907 and was educated at All Saints. In 1931 he secured a place at the Royal College of Art where he studied under Malcolm Osborne and Bob Austin, mastering his craft as a printmaker. He was elected an associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in January 1934, winning the Prix de Rome Scholarship in Engraving. He was thus able to travel despite the Depression, working in Rome and subsequently in Spain on the eve of the civil war. In the summer of 1936 he married fellow artist, Joan Vernon Cryer.

#11660

David Hare

#25721

Overall Influence

1917 - 1992 (75 years)

David Hare was an American artist, associated with the Surrealist movement. He is primarily known for his sculpture, though he also worked extensively in photography and painting. The VVV Surrealism Magazine was first published and edited by Hare in 1942.

#11661

John Nesheim

#117962

Overall Influence

1942 - Present (84 years)

John Nesheim is an American author, and venture capitalist who completed his career by teaching entrepreneurship for Cornell University and other universities in Asia and Europe. His research findings are used by entrepreneurs, investors, governments, universities, corporations, and Wall Street. Nesheim is the author of the book High Tech Startup.

#11662

Antonio De Maio

#183046

Overall Influence

#11663

John D. Owens

#177314

Overall Influence

John D. Owens is an American computer engineer, known for his work in GPU computing. He is Child Family Professor of Engineering and Entrepreneurship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Davis.

#11664

Frederick Colwell

#103911

Overall Influence

Frederick Colwell is a microbial ecologist specializing in subsurface microbiology and geomicrobiology. He is a professor of ocean ecology and biogeochemistry at Oregon State University, and an adjunct and affiliate faculty member at Idaho State University.

#11665

Nanako Shigesada

#154407

Overall Influence

1941 - Present (85 years)

Nanako Shigesada is a Professor Emeritus at Nara Women's University in Japan, most notable for her work in the fields of mathematical biology and theoretical ecology. Her established career in academia has seen many of her journals published to acclaim, as well as contributing to the education of researchers at Kyoto University and Doshisha University. Shigesasda has served as the Research Supervisor for the Basic Research Program PRESTO in the research area "Innovative Models of Biological Processes and its Development", supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency from 2007-2013. She...

#11666

James H. Morris

#183063

Overall Influence

#11667

Isaac Julien

#71012

Overall Influence

1960 - Present (66 years)

Sir Isaac Julien is a British installation artist, filmmaker, and Distinguished Professor of the Arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Early life Julien was born in the East End of London, one of the five children of his parents, who had migrated to Britain from St Lucia. He graduated in 1985 from Saint Martin's School of Art, where he studied painting and fine art film. He co-founded Sankofa Film and Video Collective in 1983, and was a founding member of Normal Films in 1991.

#11668

Robert Gross

#183079

Overall Influence

#11669

Gang Pan

#183084

Overall Influence

#11670

George Herbert Swift Jr

George Herbert Swift Jr

#141493

Overall Influence

1926 - 2014 (88 years)

George Herbert Swift, Jr was an American mathematician and computer scientist. Swift attended the University of Oregon, earning a master's degree in mathematics in 1951, before attending the University of Washington, where he earned a PhD in mathematics in 1954 under Edwin Hewitt on irregular Borel measure. He began at Duke University in 1954 as an instructor before being IBM hired him in 1956; he would spend 32 years with the company, where he contributed to the development of the IBM 5100. He retired in 1988 from IBM to teach full-time in mathematics as well as computer science.

#11671

Shin Aoki

#183092

Overall Influence

#11672

Francisco González Bree

#77372

Overall Influence

1968 - Present (58 years)

Francisco González Bree , also known as Paco Bree, is a corporate executive, professor, writer, researcher, artist and a professional in the field of creativity and innovation. In addition to his academic contribution, he is business advisor and regular collaborator in different media such as El Español, on matters related to innovation and creativity, and the importance of these issues in companies, people and society.

#11673

Peter Green

#183113

Overall Influence

#11674

Petros Pizanias

Petros Pizanias

#150663

Overall Influence

1947 - Present (79 years)

Petros Th. Pizanias is a professor of history, researcher in the Academy of Athens and tutor of modern European history at the Hellenic Open University. Background His parents were Theodore Pizanias, a tailor and Anastasia Pizanias, a housewife. They originally came from the island of Kalymnos and the city of Piraeus, respectively. He is married to Alice Vaxevanoglou, with whom he has a son, Stefanos Pizanias, who is physicist.

#11675

Christoph Bode

#183117

Overall Influence

#11676

Marvin Stein

#104604

Overall Influence

1924 - 2015 (91 years)

Marvin Stein was a mathematician and computer scientist, and the "father of computer science" at the University of Minnesota. Early life Marvin Stein was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924 to Russian-Jewish immigrants. The family later moved to Los Angeles, California to treat Stein's mother's tuberculosis. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1941, and immediately entered University of California, Los Angeles. His studies were interrupted and in 1942 he served in the US Army Signal Corps as a tabulating machine operator, and had a short stint working at IBM. He returned to school...

#11677

Yasuhiro Takeuchi

#183158

Overall Influence

#11678

Ray Duch

#155859

Overall Influence

1953 - Present (73 years)

Raymond M. Duch is an Official Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and Director of the Nuffield Centre of Experimental Social Sciences , which has centres in Oxford, Santiago and Pune . He is also currently the Long Term Visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Toulouse School of Economics. Duch has served as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Experimental Political Science. In 2015, Duch was selected as a member of the UK Cabinet Office Cross-Whitehall Trial Advice Panel to offer Whitehall departments technic...

#11679

Johannes A. Jehle

#84739

Overall Influence

1961 - Present (65 years)

Johannes A. Jehle is a German scientist for insect virology, and plant protection. The focus of his research is the use of microorganisms and viruses for biological control of insect pests and the development of sustainable methods for plant protection. He heads the Institute for Biological Plant Control of the Julius Kühn-Institut in Darmstadt and is an adjunct Professor at the Technical University Darmstadt. He was President of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology in 2016/2018.

#11680

Feng Gao

#183171

Overall Influence

#11681

Sarah Nash Gates

Sarah Nash Gates

#104201

Overall Influence

1949 - 2015 (66 years)

Sarah Nash Gates was a Seattle-based costume designer, and theatre arts professor at the University of Washington. She served as the president of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology from 1991 to 1994. From 1994 to 2014 she served as the executive director of the School of Drama at the University of Washington.

#11682

May Murr

#41518

Overall Influence

1929 - 2008 (79 years)

May Murr, sometimes written as Mayy Murr was a Lebanese professor, historian, writer, poet, and political activist. Before taking up writing, May Murr taught several subjects at several universities and institutions in Lebanon such as the Lebanese University and the Lebanese Army Military Academy, in which she taught mathematics, literature, history, history of art and geography.

#11683

Hysen Bytyqi

#97104

Overall Influence

1968 - Present (58 years)

Hysen Bytyqi is a Kosovo agricultural scientist who introduced animal breeding to Kosovo. He is professor of animal science and pro-rector of education and student matters at the University of Pristina

#11684

J. G. Scaife

#118092

Overall Influence

1934 - 1991 (57 years)

John Graham Scaife FRSE was a 20th-century British pioneer of molecular parasitology. Life Scaife was born in Leeds on 23 September 1934. He was educated at Leeds Modern School, where he performed in plays with Alan Bennett.

#11685

Kenneth Ludmerer

#69307

Overall Influence

1947 - Present (79 years)

Kenneth M. Ludmerer is a professor of history and of biostatics at Washington University in St. Louis. Ludmerer began as an instructor of internal medicine to the chief resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, from 1976-79. In 1979, he became both a professor of medicine in the medical school, and a professor of history in the Arts & Sciences department. He is the author of three books in print, including two influential and award-winning books on the history of medical education in the United States.

#11686

Thomas Nyström

#183189

Overall Influence

1962 - Present (64 years)

#11687

Robert J. Beck

#24553

Overall Influence

1961 - Present (65 years)

Robert J. Beck is an educator and scholar of international law and international relations. Education Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and educated at Marquette University High School, Beck received an Honors B.A. , Phi Beta Kappa, from Marquette University in 1983. He received MA and PhD degrees in International Politics from Georgetown University's Department of Government. Beck also participated in law institutes at New York University's School of Law, the University of Virginia's School of Law, and Dartmouth College.

#11688

Ailsa Hall

#173512

Overall Influence

Ailsa Jane Hall is a British researcher who is Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews. Her research considers the impact of contaminants on the risk of mortality in marine mammals.

#11689

Stephen Brooks

#57243

Overall Influence

Stephen Gallup Brooks is a Professor of Government in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. Academic career Brooks was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Yale University . He has taught at Dartmouth College since 2001. Brooks is well known in the international relations community for his contributions to international political economy and American grand strategy. Along with William Wohlforth, he has authored a number of articles related to American foreign policy and has advocated for continued American primacy around the world.

#11690

Olusegun Adewoye

#86945

Overall Influence

1947 - 2015 (68 years)

Olusegun O. Adewoye was the director general and chief executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure , Abuja, Nigeria. Early life and education Olusegun Oyeleke Adewoye was a professor of Materials Science and Engineering of Yoruba Nigerian descent. He obtained a high school certificate from Comprehensive High School, Aiyetoro, Nigeria in 1968, and BSc degree in Metallurgy from University of Manchester, Manchester, England in 1973. In 1976, he obtained a PhD degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science from University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. Professor A...

#11691

Nahid Shahmehri

#183233

Overall Influence

Nahid Shahmehri is a professor of Computer Science at Linköping University and also Senior Member of IEEE, specializing in computer and network security issues. External links

#11692

Bertrand Meyer

#183237

Overall Influence

#11693

Ursula Goltz

#181623

Overall Influence

Ursula Goltz is a German computer scientist, professor emerita at the Technical University of Braunschweig, formerly affiliated with the Institute for Programming and Reactive Systems there, and former coordinator of a German Research Foundation program on long-lasting software systems. Her research concerns the theory of concurrent computing, including the use of Petri nets to model concurrent systems. Goltz earned her Ph.D. at RWTH Aachen University in 1988, with the dissertation, Über die Darstellung von CCS-Programmen durch Petrinetze.

#11694

Archie Rand

#42645

Overall Influence

1949 - Present (77 years)

Archie Rand is an American artist from Brooklyn, New York, United States. Education and career Born in Brooklyn, Rand received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cinegraphics from the Pratt Institute, having studied previously at the Art Students League of New York.

#11695

Rakhesh Singh Kshetrimayum

Rakhesh Singh Kshetrimayum

#167783

Overall Influence

1950 - Present (76 years)

Rakhesh Singh Kshetrimayum , FIET, SMIEEE is an electrical engineer, educator and Professor in the department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Biography He earned his first class BTech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2000 and his Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2005. His doctoral advisor was Lei Zhu. He is currently a Professor of EEE at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and was the former Head of C...

#11696

M. Howard Lee

#159185

Overall Influence

1937 - 2016 (79 years)

M. Howard Lee was a Korean-born American physicist who was Regents' Professor at University of Georgia. Born in Busan, South Korea he gained a BS in chemistry in 1959 and a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy in 1967 from the University of Pennsylvania. He was then a postdoc at the Theoretical Physics Institute at the University of Alberta in Edmonton from 1967 to 1969, after which he was a member of the Center for Materials Science at MIT from 1969 to 1973. He was appointed assistant professor at the University of Georgia in 1973, becoming a full professor in 1985 and a Regents Professor in 1999.

#11697

Kalahasti P. Prasad

#168842

Overall Influence

1944 - 2010 (66 years)

Kalahasti Parvatheeswara Prasad was a researcher and educator in Electrical Engineering in the Andhra Pradesh province of India. Biography He was born at Nellore of Nellore district at a time when this was still part of Madras Presidency to Kalahasti Ramanathan Sastrulu and Kalahasti Gnanamba . He moved to Visakhapatnam to get B.E. and M.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Andhra University in 1968. He went on to get a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in digital signal processing from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1974. His work included creating...

#11698

Chandra Embuldeniya

#155514

Overall Influence

Dr Chandra Embuldeniya was the inaugural Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University in Sri Lanka and the first private sector CEO to become a vice chancellor of a national university. Dr Embuldeynia is a graduate of University of Peradeniya BSc Maths, PGD Maths, PhD . Honored by the Uva Wellassa University for the services rendered in setting up the University and an innovative new system for higher education. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo at primary and secondary levels.

#11699

Patrick Griffin

Patrick Griffin

#128090

Overall Influence

Patrick Griffin held the Chair of Education at the University of Melbourne and was for 26 years the founding Director of the Assessment Research Centre. He was the Deputy Dean of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. He has published more than 30 books and more than 240 journal articles government reports on assessment and evaluation topics that include competency development, language proficiency, industrial literacy, school literacy and numeracy profile development, professional standards portfolio assessment and online assessment and calibration.

#11700

Victor O. K. Li

#183286

Overall Influence

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