Computer scientists biography

Since I published my second book, that memoir on a scenic route into computer science, several people have asked me “why?” and “what makes yours stand out from the crowd?”. The answer to the latter is easy: there is no crowd. (The brief answer to ‘why’ is mentioned in the Introduction chapter). Let me elaborate a little.

In the early stage of writing the book, I dutifully did do my market research to answer the typical starter questions like: What books in your genre or on your topic are already out there? How crowded is the field? Will your prospective book be just another one on that pile? Will it stand out as different? And if so, is that an interesting difference to at least some readership segment so that it will have potential to be sold beyond a close circle of friends and family? So, I searched and searched and searched, in late 2020 and again twice in 2021, and even now when writing this post. Memoirs by female computer scientists, by male

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List of pioneers in computer science

Achievement
date PersonAchievement 1977 Adleman, LeonardRSA algorithm and making public-key cryptography useful in practice. 1944 Aiken, HowardConceived and co-designed the Harvard Mark I. 830~ Al-KhwarizmiThe term algorithm is derived from the algorism, the technique of performing arithmetic with Hindu–Arabic numerals popularised by al-Khwarizmi in his book On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals.^[1][2][3]1970, 1989 Allen, Frances E.Developed bit vector notation and program control-flow graphs; first female IBM Fellow (1989); first female recipient of the ACM's Turing Award (2006). 1954, 1964, 1967 Amdahl, GenePioneer of mainframe computing; designed IBM 704; chief architect of IBM System/360.^[4][5] Formulated Amdahl's law; also worked on IBM 709 and IBM 7030 Stretch.^[6]1939 Atanasoff, JohnBuilt the first electronic digital comput

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John McCarthy (computer scientist)

American forskare (1927–2011)

John McCarthy
McCarthy at a conference in 2006
Born	(1927-09-04)September 4, 1927 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 24, 2011(2011-10-24) (aged 84) Stanford, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of Technology (BS) Princeton University (PhD)
Known for	Artificial intelligence, Lisp, circumscription, situation calculus
Awards	Turing Award (1971) Computer pionjär Award (1985) IJCAI Award for Research överlägsen kvalitet eller utmärkt prestation (1985) Kyoto Prize (1988) National Medal of Science (1990) Benjamin Franklin Medal (2003)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Princeton University
Doctoral advisor	Donald C. Spencer
Doctoral students	Ruzena Bajcsy Ramanathan V. Guha Barbara Liskov Hans Moravec Raj Reddy

John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011