Computer Science Superheroes

Born: 1956
Major Academic Events:

• Bachelors Degree - Electrical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (1977)
• Masters Degree at Stanford (1978)
• Ph.D. at Stanford (1985)

Contributions to Computer Science:

• Co-founded Silicon Graphics Inc. (The company developed graphics software that was used in major movies such as Aladdin, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park)
• Helped develop a geometry engine as part of his Ph.D. research
• Helped introduce technology into the public education system

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Born: July 16, 1951
Major Academic Events:

• Bricklin received his B.S. in electrical engineering/computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• He received his MBA from Harvard University in 1979
• In 2003, Bricklin was given the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award for being a technology change leader

Contributions to Computer Science:

• In 1979, Bricklin Software Arts, and began selling VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers.
• He developed a program for prototyping and simulating other pieces of software called "Dan Bricklin's Demo Program"
• Dan founded a software development company called Slate Corporations which paved the way for M icrosofts Office program

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Born: June 23,1931
Died: June 7,1954
Major Academic Events:

• Studied math at the University of Cambridge
• Elected to a fellowship at King College for work in probability theory
• Ph. D. in mathematical logic at Princeton

Contributions to Computer Science:

• Created the Turing machine, making many consider him to be the father of computer science
• Cracked the German ENIGMA code during WW2
• Made the first steps towards AI, stating the conecpt that brains just conduct algorithmic equations to think

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