Meet the Computer Science Superheroes!
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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, as well as the color barrier.
She passed away in 2020, at the age of one hundered and one.
More about Katherine Johnson:
NASA.gov
Britannica
nyhistory.org
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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."
More About Ivan Sutherland:
Britannica
ACM Award Winners
Computer.org
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Vinton Cerf
Vinton "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.
More about Vint Cerf:
Britannica
Internet Hall of Fame
NIST
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