Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1914, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) and died in 2000. She was an actress and inventor who made significant contributions in both fields. In the Hollywood Golden Age, she became a renowned film star, known for her beauty and performances in movies such as ‘Algiers’ (1938) and […]
Mary Jackson (1921-2005) was a pioneering African American aerospace engineer at NASA during the mid-20th century. She was one of the first black women to work at NASA and the first black woman to become an engineer at the agency. Jackson was a member of a small group of African American women who worked as […]
Katherine Johnson was a mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Katherine, an African-American, was born in 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia and died in 2020. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned […]
Dorothy Vaughan, mathematician and computer scientist, made significant contributions to the United States aeronautics and space programs with her work at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and later at NASA. Dorothy, an African American, was born in 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri and died in 2008. Vaughan was a part of the West […]
Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer who is best known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Ada was born Augusta Ada Byron in 1815 and died in 1852. She was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Milbanke. Ada’s contributions to the […]
Mary Allen Wilkes is a notable figure in the field of computer science, known for her pioneering work in the development of early computer operating systems. Mary was born in 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, and went on to earn her Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Logic from Wellesley College in 1959. Later, she shifted her […]
Evelyn Boyd Granville is a prominent figure in mathematics and was one of the first African-American women to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. Evelyne was born in 1929, in Washington DC, USA. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Yale University in 1949, making her, along with Euphemia Lofton Haynes, one of the first two […]
Barbara Liskov is a highly influential computer scientist who has made substantial contributions to the field. Born in 1939, in Los Angeles, Liskov is best known for her work in programming languages, programming methodology and distributed systems. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & CONTRIBUTIONS Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP): Barbara Liskov introduced the Liskov Substitution Principle in a […]
