Today In Computing

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Picture of Klara Dan von Neumann

Klara Dan von Neumann died this month.

Died: November 10, 1963

Klára Dán von Neumann was a Hungarian-American self-taught computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers. Shortly after the Second World War she helped program both the MANIAC I and ENIAC computers. Her work on ENIAC helped produce the first successful meteorological forecast on a computer. She married the famed polymath John von Neumann in 1938.

Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

Picture of Heinz Rutishauser

Heinz Rutishauser died this month.

Died: November 10, 1970

Heinz Rutishauser was a Swiss mathematician and computer scientist who made numerous contributions to computing and software. He worked on the development of Switzerland's first computer ERMETH, developed Superplan one of the world's first programming languages and contributed to the development of ALGOL 58 and 60.

Birthplace: Weinfelden, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Picture of Ambros Speiser

Ambros Speiser was born this month!

Born: November 13, 1922

Ambrosius Paul Speiser was a Swiss engineer and scientist who spent much of his career at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) but also worked for IBM between 1956 and 1966. Between 1950 and 1955 while at ETH he worked with Eduard Stiefel sent Heinz Rutishauser on the development of ERMETH the first computer in Switzerland.

Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Picture of Rasmus Lerdorf

Rasmus Lerdorf was born this month!

Born: November 22, 1968

Rasmus Lerdorf is a Danish-Canadian programmer who co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions.

Birthplace: Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, Denmark 🇩🇰

Picture of Eduard Stiefel

Eduard Stiefel died this month.

Died: November 25, 1978

Eduard Stiefel was a Swiss mathematician who made important contributions to the development of computers and programming, particularly in the area of numerical analysis. He co-invented the Gauss-Seidel method, a widely used iterative method for solving linear systems of equations, and played a key role in the development of the ERMETH computer, the first electronic computer in Switzerland.

Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Picture of Norbert Wiener

Norbert Wiener was born this month!

Born: November 26, 1894

Norbert Wiener was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a child prodigy gaining his PHD by the age of 19. Wiener is considered the originator of cybernetics, the science of communication as it relates to living things and machines. His work was an important early step towards the development of modern Artificial Intelligence.

Birthplace: Columbia, Missouri, USA 🇺🇸

Picture of Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace died this month.

Died: November 27, 1852

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and to have published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.

Birthplace: London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧