Computer Scientist Heroes
LEONARD ADLEMAN------ELIZABETH FEINLER------MARC HANNAH
Leonard Adleman was born on December 31, 1945. He graduated from the University of California with a B.A. in mathematics. He would soon obtain a Ph. D in EECS a couple years later. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was instrumental in computer sciences because he invented the RSA encryption algorithm. This made privately messaging or communicating over secure lines, well, secure. The internet was constantly being attacked, so he found a way to fix it. This however was not the only thing he did. He was also responsible for creating the field DNA of computing, and fun fact, he coined the term, "Computer Virus", which is an internationally used term. (PICTURED TO THE TOP LEFT)
Electrical engineer and computer-generated images creator Marc Regis Hannah was born on ,October 13, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois to Huber and Edith Hannah. He accompanied the Illinois Institute of Technology, with resources from a grant awarded by AT&T’s Bell Laboratories. Hannah earned his B.S. scope in electrical engineering in 1977 before continuing to Stanford University where he obtained his M.S. degree in 1978 and his Ph.D. degree in 1985.In 1982, Hannah co-organized Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) accompanying Jim Clark and five others, a enterprise that continued to be famous for its computer graphics electronics. In 1986, he was named the association’s principal expert for the production of computer programs like Personal IRIS, Indigo, Indigo2, and Indy graphics. This allowed a computer user to easily see an image from multiple angles. He revolutionized the movie making industry as well as the video game industry during his time. This software was great at rendering 3D images.(PICTURED TO THE MIDDLE LEFT)
Elizabeth Feinler was born on March 2, 1931. She graduated from West Liberty University with a B.S Degree in chemistry. She would later go on to do some graduate work in biochemistry at Perdue University. Elizabeth Feinler was a pioneer when it came to computer science. She managed the ARPANET, the DDN, the NIC. These early stages of the modern day internet was astronomically huge during her prime. The ARPANET in simple terms was the internet in its infancy, and was used to research and educational purposes. It helped share information over great distances without the need for dedicated phone connections lines between each computer on a network. The DDN was an application wildly used by the military to send important data across.(PICTURED TO THE BOTTOM LEFT)
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