𝓒𝓢𝓢 𝓢𝓾𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓮𝓼

𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎 𝐵𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝐿𝑒𝑒

Birth:

June 8, 1955|Currently 68 years old

Major Academic Events:

• ★ Graduated in 1976 from the University of Oxford.
• ★ Designed computer software for two years at Plessey
  Telecommunications Ltd
• ★ Software engineering consultant at CERN
  (a European particle lab)

Contributions to Computer Science:

★ His major contribution was that he invented the World
Wide Web to share information from scientists to
universities worldwide

𝓖𝓵𝓪𝓭𝔂𝓼 𝓦𝓮𝓼𝓽

Birth:

October 27, 1930|Currently 93 years old

Major Academic Events:

• ★ She was the valedictorian of her high school graduating
  class, which got her a full scholarship to Virginia State College
  (now Virginia State University)
• ★ She earned a degree in math in 1952, returned for a
  master's degree too, and graduated in 1955. She earned
  another master's degree in 1973 from the University of
  Oklahoma and got a PhD in public administration and
  policy affairs from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 2000

Contributions to Computer Science:

★ Her major contribution was working on Seasat
and Geosat, which lead to her creating an early model of
the GPS, which could precisely calculate the orbits of
satellites. Because of her making this, the GPS
system can make accurate calculations of any place on Earth.

𝓗𝓮𝓭𝔂 𝓛𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓻

Birth:

November 9, 1914

Death:

January 19, 2000

Major Academic Events:

Hedy Lamarr was tutored privately from the age of four.
When she turned ten, Lamarr could speak four
languages, play piano proficiently, and dance.

Contributions to Computer Science:

In 2014, Hedy Lamarr developed her frequency hopping
technology, leading to the creation of WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and
other wireless communications. This landed her in
the National Inventors Hall of Fame.