John Backus

John Backus

male, deceased (2007) (San Francisco, California, United States)
Turing Award laureate, programming language creator, National Medal of Science recipient, IBM 704, Backus-Naur form, National Medal of Science…ACMTuringAward, Turing Award
John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language...
John Cocke

John Cocke

male, deceased (2002)
Charlotte, Valhalla, computer architecture, computer pioneer, computer scientist, computer hardware engineer…Turing Award laureate, Turing Award, ACMTuringAward
John Cocke was an American computer scientist recognised for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. He is...

Charles Bachman

male, 84 years old
ACMTuringAward, Bachman Information Systems, Turing Award, reverse engineering, database management systems, Integrated Data Store…Turing Award laureate
Charles W. Bachman (b. December 11, 1924 in Manhattan, Kansas) is a prominent computer scientist, particularly in the area of databases. He...
Dana Scott

Dana Scott

male, 77 years old
Turing Award laureate, University of California, Berkeley faculty, University of California, Berkeley alumni, Rolf Schock Prize laureate, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Erdős number 2…ACMTuringAward
Dana Stewart Scott (born 1932) is the emeritus "Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy, and Mathematical Logic" at Carnegie...