Birth: July 9th 1922
Death: N/A (still alive today)
Major Academic Events: Kathleen graduated successfully, earning a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics
and a PhD in Applied Mathematics
from the University of London in 1950. She then
went on to work as a research assistant at Birkbeck College, which is where she made her
main
accomplishments.
Contributions to Computer Science: Kathleen joined forces with her husband in his research, and them and their
group were on the path to create the first computer systems at Birkbeck College. Together, the team created the ARC
(Automatic Relay Computer), the SEC (Simple Electronic Computer), and the APE(X)C (All-purpose Electronic (Rayon)
Computer), which were remarkable achievements given the size of the team and the resources they had access to. In 1957,
Kathleen helped found the School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Birkbeck College and in 1958,
she published a book on programming the APE(X).
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Birth: September 9, 1941, Bronxville, Eastchester, New York, U.S.
Death: October 2011, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Major Academic Events: In 1963, Ritchie earned a bachelor's degree in Physics and in 1968, he earned a PhD in Mathematics from Harvard University. In 1967, he joined Bell Labs where he first worked on the Multics operating system (OS).
Contributions to Computer Science: In the early 1970s, Ritchie worked at Bell Labs' Computing Sciences Research Center where he created the C programming language and codeveloped the UNIX operating system, both of which were fundamentals to creating our current technological advancements. He is also the cowinner of the 1983 A.M. Turing Award, which is the highest honor in computer science. In 1998, Ritchie was also awarded the U.S. National Medal of Technology for his contribution to the development of UNIX. Finally, he was awarded the Japan Prize in 2011.
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Birth: June 23, 1943, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Death: N/A (still alive today)
Major Academic Events: In 1965, Cerf attended Stanford University in California where he earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics. Soon after graduating, he then worked for IBM as a systems manager. In 1970, Cerf attended UCLA where he earned a master's degree in Computer Science, and in 1972, he also successfully earned a PhD in Computer Science. After that, he returned to Stanford where he then joined the faculty in computer science and electrical engineering.
Contributions to Computer Science: Vinton Cerf is widely known as the co-creator of the Internet. He is the co-designer of TCP/IP protocols and the structure of the Internet. While at UCLA, he co-contributed to writing the communication protocol for the ARPANET (very first version of the internet) along with monitoring the performance of it. Cerf was also vice president of the MCI Communications Corporations where he led the effort to develop and deploy MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service that was connected to the Internet. Vinton Cerf received many honors and awards for his work, including the U.S. National Academy of Engineering's Charles Stark Draper Prize in 2001, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, and the A.M. Turing Award in 2004.
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