Computerpioneer

Computer Pioneers

By amaralamb

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    All about Charles Babbage-Concept of programmable computer
    --Father ofthe Computer

  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace
    All about Ada Lovelace-Worked on Analytical Engine
    -Her dad was a poet

  • Edith Clark

    Edith Clark
    All about Edith Clark-Civil Engineering
    -Taught math

  • George Stibitz

    George Stibitz
    -father of 1st modern digital computer
    -Has a mathmatical PHD

  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper
    All about Grace Hopper-one of the 1st programmers
    -Retired from the navy

  • Alan Turning

    Alan Turning
    -Made the Turning Machine
    -He was prosecuted for homosexual acts

  • Adam Osborne

    Adam Osborne
    -First Portable Computer
    -Went to U of B

  • Barbara Liskov

    Barbara Liskov
    -Came up with operating system venus
    -Professor at massachusetts

  • Alan Kay

    Alan Kay
    -Programming
    -Started reading at the age of 3

  • Gary Thuerk

    Gary Thuerk
    -Sent out mass email
    -Father of Spam

  • Ahay Bhushan

    Ahay Bhushan
    -Electrical Engineering
    -educated at MIT

  • Al Alcorn

    Al Alcorn
    -Made 1st video arcade game
    -Game was called pong

  • Anita Borg

    Anita Borg
    -Founded Womens institute of tech
    - Founder of sisters

  • Alan Cooper

    Alan Cooper
    -American Software designer
    -Father of visual basic

  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates
    All about Bill Gates-Founder of Microsoft
    -He was a college dropout