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…Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer, Columbia University alumni, Columbia University, UniversityofVirginia
John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language...
William A. Welch

William A. Welch

male, deceased (1941)
UniversityofVirginia, engineer, ecuador, yellow fever, harriman state park, environmentalist
Major William Addams Welch (August 20, 1868 - May 4, 1941) was an American engineer and environmentalist who would have a major impact on the state...
David Britz

David Britz

male, 29 years old
UniversityofVirginia, Nanotechnologist, Materials science, University of Oxford, National Science Foundation, carbon nanotube…university of nottingham, Guinness Book of World Records, engineer
David Alexander Britz (November 23, 1980) is an American scientist and engineer who is best known for his contributions to the field of materials...
Missy Cummings

Missy Cummings

female
Women in the United States Navy, Women engineer, University of Virginia alumni, Systems Engineer, fighter pilot, Systems Engineering…Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, virginia tech, UniversityofVirginia
Mary (Missy) Cummings was one of the United States Navy's first female fighter pilots. She attended the United States Naval Academy, graduating...
Anup K. Ghosh

Anup K. Ghosh

male
darpa, Frank Byron Rowlett Award, Information Assurance, information operations, Hobart Newell Award, Computer security specialist…District of Columbia Council of Engineering, UniversityofVirginia, Young engineer
Dr. Anup K. Ghosh has served as a Senior Scientist and Program Manager in the Advanced Technology Office (ATO) of the Defense Advanced Research...

Harlan James Smith

male, deceased (1991)
Harvard University, McDonald Observatory, Delta Scuti variable, Yale University, Great Observatories program, Committee on the Large Space Telescope…University of Texas, National Academy of Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago, Association of Universities
Harlan James Smith (August 25, 1924-October 17, 1991) was an American astronomer. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Paul and Anna...
Jason Rudolph

Jason Rudolph

male
BS, UniversityofVirginia, Marquette University, author, Java, evangelist…software engineer, Principal Software Engineer
Jason Rudolph Committer / Evangelist Jason Rudolph is a Principal Software Engineer at Relevance , a leading consultancy and training organization...
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