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  2. List of pioneers in computer science - Wikipedia

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    Eccles, William and Jordan, Frank Wilfred. Patented the Eccles–Jordan trigger circuit, [23] the so-called "bistable flip-flop ", a building block of all digital memory cells. Built from vacuum tubes, their concept was essential for the success of the Colossus codebreaking computer . 1943, 1951.

  3. Vinod Dham - Wikipedia

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    B.Tech, MS [1] Alma mater. Delhi College of Engineering ( Delhi Technological University ); Delhi University, University of Cincinnati. Vinod Dham is an Indian-American engineer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is known as the 'Father of the Pentium Chip' for his contribution to the development of Intel's Pentium micro-processor.

  4. Rangaswamy Narasimhan - Wikipedia

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    Rangaswamy Narasimhan. Rangaswamy Narasimhan (April 17, 1926 – September 3, 2007) was an Indian computer and cognitive scientist, regarded by many as the father of computer science research in India. [1] [2] He led the team which developed the TIFRAC, the first Indian indigenous computer [3] [4] and was instrumental in the establishment of ...

  5. Bill Inmon - Wikipedia

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    Biography. William H. Inmon was born July 20, 1945, in San Diego, California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Yale University in 1967, and his Master of Science degree in computer science from New Mexico State University . He worked for American Management Systems and Coopers & Lybrand before 1991, when he founded ...

  6. Vint Cerf - Wikipedia

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    Vinton Gray Cerf was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on June 23, 1943, the son of Muriel (née Gray) and Vinton Thurston Cerf. [13] [14] Cerf attended Van Nuys High School with Jon Postel and Steve Crocker. While in high school, Cerf worked at Rocketdyne on the Apollo program for six months and helped write statistical analysis software for the ...

  7. John McCarthy (computer scientist) - Wikipedia

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    Hans Moravec. Raj Reddy. John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence. [1] He co-authored the document that coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), developed the programming language family Lisp ...

  8. List of people considered father or mother of a field - Wikipedia

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    Sir George Cayley [98] [99] Founding father of modern aerodynamics; first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight— weight, lift, drag, and thrust; modern airplane design is based on those discoveries. American landscape architecture. Frederick Law Olmsted [100] Olmsted designed Central Park in New York City.

  9. Alan Turing - Wikipedia

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    Early life and education Family English Heritage plaque in Maida Vale, London marking Turing's birthplace in 1912. Turing was born in Maida Vale, London, while his father, Julius Mathison Turing was on leave from his position with the Indian Civil Service (ICS) of the British Raj government at Chatrapur, then in the Madras Presidency and presently in Odisha state, in India.