3 Computer Science Superheroes


Kathleen Booth

Kathleen Booth was born on July 9th, 1922 and is still alive today. During her time at the University of London, Booth gained her bachelor's degree in Mathematics and earned her PhD in Applied Mathematics in 1950. While working at Birkbeck College, she was part of one of Britain's small computer groups. Her team had many remarkable achievements such as creating the Automatic Relay Computer, the Simple Electronic Computer, and the All-Purpose Electronic Computer. Booth is also the creator of the assembly language. Booth's impact on computer science is great because she kept on innovating computers and programmed them.

Sources

https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/32489/Kathleen-Booth
https://codedocs.org/what-is/kathleen-booth
https://medium.com/a-computer-of-ones-own/kathleen-booth-machine-learning-pioneer-7cb8b2ed70c8

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Dan Bricklin

Dan Bricklin was born on July 16th, 1951 and is still alive today. Bricklin received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. After working for 6 years, Bricklin returned to school and earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration. Alongside Bob Frankston, the two paired up to work on VisiCalc and together founded Software Arts. VisiCalc is the first spreadsheet program which was implemented into computers. It reduced the amount of time for work to be done and increased efficiency. VisiCalc is credited for the rapid growth and success of the computer industry.

Sources

https://computerhistory.org/profile/dan-bricklin/
https://www.computer.org/profiles/daniel-bricklin
http://scihi.org/dan-bricklin-visicalc/

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Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee was born on June 8th, 1955 and is currently still alive. As a kid, he grew up with parents in the computer science industry and naturally took interest in the field. He attented Oxford University and graduated in 1976. He is credited with the creation of the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web allowed users online to work together by combining their knowledge in a web of hypertext documents.

Sources

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tim-Berners-Lee/
https://internethalloffame.org/official-biography-tim-berners-lee
https://www.famousscientists.org/timothy-john-berners-lee/

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