Zach Toma's Favorite Computer Science Heroes

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Alan Turing

Birth Date: June 23rd 1912

Death Date: June 7th 1954

Summary of CS Accomplishments

Alan Turing was recruited to NPL London to create an electronic computer, which became the first electronic stored-program all-purpose digital computer. Turing is known to the CS community as the founding father of AI. During WWII, Turing decoded messages from the Germans to which helped Great Britain win the war.

Sources

Harvard https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2012/turing-biography/
Biography.com https://www.biography.com/scientists/alan-turing
Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing/Computer-designer

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Marc Hannah

Birth Date: October 13th 1956

Death Date: Still Lives

Summary of CS Accomplishments

Marc Hannah co-founded Silicon Graphics, Inc. This brought 3d graphics from computers to screens. He was a pioneer for 3d computer graphics and he worked on 3d animation in movies such as Jurassic Park and "Terminator". His work with computer graphics paved the path for future computer scienctist working on 3d graphics.

Sources

Encyclopedia https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/hannah-marc-1956
The History Makers https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/marc-hannah-41
J.M. Addington https://www.jmaddington.com/2023/02/african-american-innovators-in-tech-marc-regis-hannah/

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Larry Page

Birth Date

Larry Page was born on March 26, 1973.

Death Date

Larry Page is still alive.

Summary of CS Accomplishments

Larry Page co-founded google which is the most used web browser in the world. Larry Page created the patent US20170249664A which made advertisments more effictive on different web browsers. He created tons of patents which made it more efficent when people searched items up on google.

Sources

Britannica https://www.britannica.com/money/Larry-Page
University of Michigan https://news.umich.edu/google-co-founder-u-m-alum-larry-page-to-present-commencement-address/
Insights https://insights.greyb.com/larry-page-patents/