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Leornard M. Adleman Date of Birth
Education
Went to Cal Berkley for his bachelor’s in mathematics in 1968
Also went to Cal Berkley for his doctorate in computer science in 1976
Contributions to Computer Science
Created the RSA security algorithm the first public-key encryption system with Ron Rinvest and Adi Shamir in 1977
In his 1994 paper “Molecular Computation of Solutions to Combinatorial Problems” he described the first successful example of DNA computing
He has been credited with the first use of virus to describe malware
Jobs
Started in the MIT mathematics department at first as an instructor in 1976
One year after that he was promoted to assistant professor still at MIT
In 1979 he was promoted to an associate professor at MIT
In 1980 he moved to USC as an associate professor
In 1983 he was promoted to a full professor at USC
Now he is the Distinguished Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer Science at USC
Awards
Won the Paris Kenellakis Theory and Practice Award in 1996
Won the IEEE Kobayashi Award for Computer and Communications Award in 2000
Won the 2002 A.M. Turing Award
Member of national academy of engineering since 1996
Member of the national academy of sciences since 2007
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Alan Turing Date of Birth
Date of death
Education
University of Cambridge for mathematics 1931-1934
Contributions to Computer Science
Helped decode the German Egnima in WWII
After WWII he designed the Automatic Computing Engine that, "was the first complete specification of an electronic stored-program all-purpose digital computer
," according to Britannica
Made the Turing Machine
Jobs
Awards
Became a member of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge in 1951
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee Date of Birth
Education
Graduated from the University of Oxford in 1976
Contributions to Computer Science
Invented the World Wide Web
Heped to create hypertext
Jobs
Worked at CERN in 1980
After that, he started working at Image Computer Systems Ltd.
Returned to CERN in 1984
Awards
Was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004
Won the Millennium Technology Prize in 2004
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