Larry Page
Born: March 26th 1973
Major Achievement:
Larry Page founded and created the search engine google along with his graduate school friend Sergey Brin. They made google for a project and Larry Page was the first to come up with the idea.
Academic Achievement:
Larry Page received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan He went to graduate school at Stanford University to focus on computer science
Resources:
https://achievement.org/achiever/larry-page/ https://engineering.stanford.edu/about/history/heroes/2014-heroes/larry-page https://achievement.org/achiever/sergey-brin/ https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/sergey-brin-and-larry-page
John Mccarthy
Lived: September 4th, 1927-October 24th, 2011
Major Achievement:
John McCarthy coined the term Artificial Intelligence and was a major driving force in developing it.
Academic Achievement:
He received a bachelors in mathematics from California Institute of Technology in 1948. He also received A doctorate of mathematics from Princeton in 1951
Resources:
https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanfords-john-mccarthy-seminal-figure-artificial-intelligence-dead-84 https://computerhistory.org/profile/john-mccarthy/ https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/mccarthy_1118322.cfm
Ada Lovelace
Lived: Dec. 10, 1815 - Nov. 27, 1852
Major Achievement:
Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer. She also worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. Ada also translated Luigi Federico Menabrea's article while working on the Analytical Engine.
Academic Achievement:
Ada was educated by private tutors She was also self educated. A mathematician-logician named Augustus De Morgan advanced her studies. Ada Lovelace did not win any awards, as her contributions were not noticed until 1950s
Resources:
https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/ada-lovelace https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/adalovelace/ https://www.captechu.edu/blog/ada-lovelace-mother-of-computer-programming