Susan J. Eggers is an American computer scientist known for her work on computer architecture and compilers. Eggers is best known for her important work in developing and helping to make practical use of simultaneous multithreaded (SMT) processors, one of the most significant advancements in computer architecture in the past 30 years.
Randy Howard Katz was born in 1955. He is an American computer scientist. He is a retired professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the department of electrical engineering and computer science.
John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist and chairman of Alphabet Inc. Hennessy helped start MIPS Technologies and Atheros. He served as the 10th president of Stanford University from 2000 to 2016.
William James Dally (born August 17, 1960) is an American computer scientist and educator. He currently serves as the chief scientist and senior vice president at Nvidia. He previously worked as a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University and MIT.
Mark Alan Horowitz is an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is the Yahoo! Founders Professor in the School of Engineering and the Fortinet Founders Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.
Oyekunle Ayinde “Kunle” Olukotun is a British-born Yoruba Nigerian computer scientist. He holds the title of Cadence Design Systems Professor at the Stanford School of Engineering and is a professor in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. He also leads the Stanford Pervasive Parallelism Lab.
Earl Willard Killian was born on August 3, 1920, and died on September 21, 2022. He was an American college sports head coach and athletic director. He coached the men’s soccer, men’s basketball, and baseball teams at Towson University.
Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a Royal Navy officer, navigator, and mapmaker who led the first journey around the coast of mainland Australia, which was then called New Holland. He is also credited with being the first person to use the name “Australia” to describe the entire continent, including Van Diemen’s Land (now called Tasmania). He believed this name was more pleasant to hear than earlier names like Terra Australis.
Patrick Joseph Cowley was born on October 19, 1950, and passed away on November 12, 1982. He was an American composer and recording artist who created music in the disco and high-energy dance genres. He is most famous for working with the disco singer Sylvester.
Wolfgang Tillmans was born on August 16, 1968. He is a German fine-art photographer known for paying close attention to his surroundings and exploring how photography works. Tillmans was the first photographer and the first person from a country other than Britain to win the Turner Prize.