Meeta the Computer Science Superheroes!


Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in West Virginia.

Her Alma Maters were West Virginia University and West Virginia State.

She worked as a "human computer" for NASA.

Her Mathematical Calculations Allowed For the Success of the first Manned US Spaceflights,Including but not limited to the flight of John Glenn.

She was the main character of hit film "Hidden Figures," portrayed by Taraji Henson.

She also helped to break the glass ceiling at NASA.

She passed away in 2020, at the age of one hundered and one.

Sources:
NASA.gov
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Ivan Sutherland

Ivan Sutherland was born in 1938 in Nebraska.

He professored at several prestigous universities, including Harvard.

He invented the digital sketchpad!

He recieved the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Turing award in 1988 thanks to his achievements in computer graphics.

Quoted the phrase, "It's not an idea unitl you write it down."
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Vint Cerf

Vint Cerf was born in 1943 in Connecticut.

Attended Stanford and UCLA.

Vint Cerf created the internet in its earliest stages in 1973.

To this day, he has been a major player in the advancement of internet technologies.

He even helped to work on the interplanetary internet with NASA in 2016.

He has recieved numerous awards for his many achievements.