Computer Science

The connection between mathematics and engineering is often more apparent within computer science than in any other discipline. The scientists within this discipline can be split into two broad categories: those who work on software (the mathematicians) and those who work on hardware (the engineers).

In this section, we have scientists who were at the forefront of developing the computer science field, as well as those who accidentally found themselves pioneers due to the changing landscape of practicing science in the 20th Century.

20th century (1900 - 1949)

Grace Hopper (1906 – 1992) – American Computer scientist

Klára Dán von Neumann (1911 - 1963) – Hungarian-American Computer programmer

Mary Kenneth Keller (1913 - 1985) – American Computer scientist

Betty Holberton (1917 - 2001) – American Computer programmer

Henriette Davidson Avram (1919 - 2006) – American Computer programmer

Kateryna Yushchenko (1919 - 2001) – Ukrainian Computer Scientist

Adele Goldstine (1920 - 1964) – American Computer programmer

Kathleen “Kay” McNulty Antonelli (1921 - 2006) – Irish Computer programmer

Frances Spence (1922 - 2012) – American Computer programmer

Marlyn Meltzer (1922 - 2008) – American Computer programmer

Jean Bartik (1924 - 2011) – American Computer programmer

Ruth Teitelbaum (1924 - 1986) – American Computer programmer

Evelyn Berezin (1925 - 2018) – American Computer engineer

Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925 - 1983) - American Chemist and Bioinformatician

Jean E. Sammet (1928 - 2017) – American Computer Scientist

Charlotte Froese Fischer (1929 -) - Canadian-American Mathematician

Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931- ) – American Information Scientist

Frances Allen (1932 - 2020) – American Computer scientist

Karen Sparck Jones (1935 - 2007) – British Computer scientist

Lynn Conway (1938 - ) – American Computer scientist

Margaret Hamilton (1938 - ) – American Computer scientist

Dana Ulery (1938 - ) – American Computer scientist

Barbara Liskov (1939 - ) – American Computer scientist

Adele Goldberg (1945 - ) – American Computer scientist

Danielle Bunten Berry (1949 - 1998) – American Game designer and computer programmer

Janet Thornton (1949 - ) – British Bioinformatician

20th century (1950 - present)

Manuela Maria Veloso (1957 - ) – Portuguese Computer scientist

Sophie Wilson (1957 - ) – British Computer scientist

Anita Borg (1959 - 2003) – American Computer programmer

Danese Cooper (1959 - ) – American Computer scientist

Deborah Estrin (1959 - ) – American Computer scientist

Shafi Goldwasser (1959 -) - Israeli-American Computer Scientist

Joanne Pransky (1959 - 2023) – American Roboticist,

Carole Goble (1961 - ) – British Computer scientist

Misha Mahowald (1963 - 1996) – American Computational neurologist

Jaime Levy (1966 - ) – American Software designer

Evelyn Miralles (1966 - ) – Venezuelan-American NASA computer engineer

Cynthia Lynn Breazeal (1967 - ) – American Robotics engineer

Daphne Koller (1968 - ) – Israeli-American Computer scientist

Dana Angluin (fl. 1970s) – American Computer scientist

Ayanna Howard (1972 - ) – American Roboticist

Pardis Sabeti (1975 - ) – Iranian-American Computational Biologist

Audrey Tang (1981 - ) – Taiwanese Computer programmer

Nicola Pellow (fl. 1990s) – British Computer scientist

Daniela L. Rus (fl. 1990s) – Romanian Roboticist

Ellen Spertus (fl. 1990s) – American Computer scientist