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University of Utah 2 Blaise Pascal Born 1623 First theorem published (age 16) Pascaline (age 19)

University of Utah 3 Blaise Pascal Pascaline was only “computer” he built Focused on mathematics and physics -probability theory -existence of vacuums

University of Utah 4 Blaise Pascal Converts to Christianity (age 32)‏ Writes religious essays -“Provincial Letters” -“Thoughts” unfinished at death Dies at age 39

University of Utah 5 Ada Lovelace Born 1815 Daughter of poet Lord Byron

University of Utah 6 Ada Lovelace Trained in mathematics at a young age Meets Charles Babbage (age 18) Wrote a “program” for Analytical Engine (age 27)

University of Utah 7 Ada Lovelace Dies of cancer (age 37)

University of Utah 8 Alan Turing born 1912 in London Interested in math/science in childhood Graduate from Cambridge,

University of Utah 9 Alan Turing Invents “Turing Machine” in 1936 (age 24) fundamental to study of computing! PhD from Princeton (1938)

University of Utah Alan Turing

University of Utah Alan Turing Codebreaking in World War II “Bombe” machine to crack Enigma cipher

University of Utah Alan Turing “Turing Test” (1950)

University of Utah Alan Turing Tragic ending Commits suicide (1954, age 41)

University of Utah John Mauchly Born 1907 in Ohio Early interest in electronics

University of Utah John Mauchly Personal life -Wife dies in a swimming accident (1946)‏ -Marries Kay McNulty (1948) one of the ENIAC programmers

University of Utah John Mauchly Post-UNIVAC -Quits Sperry Rand (1960) -Starts “Mauchly Associates” software company -Starts “Dynatrend” (1966) consulting company

University of Utah John Mauchly Back to UNIVAC! -Joins Sperry Rand as consultant (1973)

University of Utah John Mauchly Back to UNIVAC! -Joins Sperry Rand as consultant (1973) Buys two TRS-80’s (1977) Dies in 1980 (age 72)

University of Utah Presper Eckert Born 1919 to wealthy family in Philadelphia Built electronic sound systems Accepted at MIT, but went to U.Penn instead

University of Utah Presper Eckert Graduates from U.Penn (1941) Teaches summer course in electronics -Meets John Mauchly

University of Utah Presper Eckert Personal tragedy -Works so much on UNIVAC that he neglects his marriage -Wife commits suicide (1953)

University of Utah Presper Eckert Unlike Mauchly, Eckert stays with the company -Eckert & Mauchly Computer Corporation -Remington Rand -Sperry Rand -Sperry UNIVAC -Unisys Finally retires in 1989

University of Utah Presper Eckert Dies in 1995 of leukemia

University of Utah John von Neumann Born 1903 in Hungary PhD in mathematics (age 22)‏ Emigrates to USA in

University of Utah John von Neumann Joins Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1933) -Along with Einstein and Gödel Gains US citizenship (1937)

University of Utah John von Neumann Married (1930) -One daughter, Marina Professor at U. of Michigan Divorced (1937) Married (1938)

University of Utah John von Neumann Non-CS contributions: -set theory -game theory -numerical analysis -statistics

University of Utah John von Neumann Joined ENIAC project by chance -Meets Herman Goldstine on a train “First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC” (1945)

University of Utah John von Neumann Died of cancer in 1957 (age 53)‏

University of Utah Herman Goldstine Born 1913 PhD in mathematics (1936)‏ Joins army (1941) H.-Goldstine.jpg

University of Utah Herman Goldstine Post-ENIAC -Joins von Neumann at Institute for Advanced Study -Joins IBM (1958) -Retires in 1973

University of Utah Herman Goldstine Author / Historian -The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann (1972) -Numerical Analysis from the 16th to the 19th Century (1977) -A History of the Calculus of Variations from the Seventeenth Through the Nineteenth Century (1980)

University of Utah Herman Goldstine Died 2004 (age 90)

University of Utah Grace Hopper Born 1906 PhD in mathematics (1934) Taught at Vassar College (1931)‏

University of Utah Grace Hopper Married (1930) Divorced (1945) Never remarried

University of Utah Grace Hopper Programmed Mark I computer (1944) Joined Eckert-Mauchly (1949) Helped design COBOL (1959)

University of Utah Grace Hopper Joins Navy (1943) Retires from Navy (1966)‏ Returns to Navy (1967) Retires again (1971) Returns again (1972)

University of Utah Grace Hopper Joins Navy (1943) Retires from Navy (1966) Returns to Navy (1967) Retires again (1971) Returns again (1972) Finally retires from Navy (1986)

University of Utah Grace Hopper Later career -Consultant for DEC ( )

University of Utah Grace Hopper Died in 1992 (age 85) Buried in Arlington National Cemetary

University of Utah John Backus Born 1924 in Philadelphia Masters degree from Columbia University (1949) Joined IBM (1950)

University of Utah John Backus At IBM, wrote programs for an electromechanical calculator

University of Utah John Backus Didn’t like programming! Developed FORTRAN (1954)‏ Also helped create ALGOL -Backus-Naur Form

University of Utah John Backus Later career -Worked on FP, a functional programming language -(apology for FORTRAN?)

University of Utah John Backus Died in 2007 (age 82)‏

University of Utah John Kemeny Co-creator of BASIC (1964)‏

University of Utah John Kemeny Co-creator of BASIC (1964) President of Dartmouth College ( ) -oversaw coeducation Founded “True Basic, Inc” (1983) Died in 1992 (age 66)

University of Utah Gordon Moore Born 1929 PhD in Chemistry and Physics from Caltech (1954)

University of Utah Gordon Moore Co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor (1957) “Moore’s Law” (1965) Co-founder of Intel (1968) Retires from Intel (1997)

University of Utah Gordon Moore Philanthropy -Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (2000)

University of Utah Gordon Moore IEEE Medal of Honor (2008)‏

University of Utah Ivan Sutherland Born 1938 in Nebraska Best known for Sketchpad (1963) -PhD thesis at MIT

University of Utah Ivan Sutherland Professor at University of Utah ( ) -Established Utah as a center for computer graphics Founded Evans & Sutherland (1968)

University of Utah Ivan Sutherland Professor at Caltech ( ) Founded consulting firm Sutherland, Sproull and Associates (1980) Bought out by Sun Microsystems (1990)

University of Utah Ed Roberts Born in 1942 Founder of MITS Inventor of Altair

University of Utah Ed Roberts MITS can’t keep up with demand for Altairs... Fights with Microsoft...

University of Utah Ed Roberts Ed Roberts calls it quits (1977) -Sells MITS for $6 million Buys a farm in Georgia Goes to medical school at age 39 (1982)

University of Utah Ed Roberts Currently works as a country doctor in Cochran, Georgia -population: 4,455 Still keeps an Altair in his office!

University of Utah Steve Wozniak Born 1950 Co-founder of Apple (1976)

University of Utah Steve Wozniak Personal life -Married (1976) -Divorced (1977) -Married (1981) -Divorced (1987) -Married (1990) -Divorced (2004)

University of Utah Steve Wozniak Leaves Apple (1987)

University of Utah Steve Wozniak Leaves Apple (1987) Post-Apple life -CL9 (1987) Universal remote controls

University of Utah Steve Wozniak Leaves Apple (1987) Post-Apple life -CL9 (1987) Universal remote controls -Teaching 5 th Grade

University of Utah Steve Wozniak Leaves Apple (1987) Post-Apple life -CL9 (1987) Universal remote controls -Teaching 5 th Grade -Wheels of Zeus (2001) GPS technology

University of Utah Steve Wozniak Leaves Apple (1987) Post-Apple life -CL9 (1987) Universal remote controls -Teaching 5 th Grade -Wheels of Zeus (2001) GPS technology -Acquicor Technology (2006) A company that buys other companies

University of Utah Therefore, what? Great inventors have lives, not just inventions

University of Utah Therefore, what? Great inventors have lives, not just inventions -But sometimes their lives are not all that great.

University of Utah Therefore, what? Great inventors have lives, not just inventions -But sometimes their lives are not all that great. Your destiny is up to you.

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