Dec 2, 2025 · The discipline of computer science includes the study of algorithms and data structures, computer and network design, modeling data and information processes, and …

Computer science is the study of computers, including their design (architecture) and their uses for computations, data processing, and systems control. This is a list of computer scientists …

Dennis M. Ritchie (born September 9, 1941, Bronxville, Eastchester, New York, U.S.—found dead October 2011, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) was an American computer scientist and co …

Marvin Minsky (born August 9, 1927, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 24, 2016, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American mathematician and computer scientist, one of the most …

Dec 15, 2025 · Vinton Cerf (born June 23, 1943, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) is an American computer scientist who is considered one of the founders, along with Robert Kahn, of the …

Allen Newell was an American computer scientist and one of the pioneers of the science of artificial intelligence (AI). Newell and his longtime collaborator Herbert A. Simon won the 1975 …

Oct 20, 2025 · The most influential computer scientists include Alan Turing, the World War II code breaker commonly regarded as the “father of modern computing”; Tim Berners-Lee, inventor …

Larry Page (born March 26, 1973, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, created the online search engine Google, …

Here is a list of women and nonbinary people who have made important contributions to the field of computer science.

Oct 20, 2025 · John McCarthy, American mathematician and computer scientist who was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence (AI); his research involved the formalization of …