Bush, Vannevar: As We Are Thinking Commentary on Bush's classic 1945 article 'As We May Think', which many view as the first clear description of hypermedia; by a class from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Emeagwali, Philip Biography of an African American inventor, a pioneer in computing and the Internet. [PDF]
Information Sciences Hall of Fame Biographical details for many of the people who have played an important part in the foundation of Information Science.
Licklider, J.C.R.; 1915-1990, In Memoriam In the 1960s, Licklider published his ideas on the future role of multiaccess interactive computing: 'Man-computer Symbiosis', and 'The Computer as a Communication Device'. Downloads in 5 formats.
Naur, Peter Introduction to the works of Peter Naur, legendary Danish computer scientist, key in the creation of Algol 60, the N in BNF. Online papers, bibliography, book. English, Dansk.
Raymond, Eric Open Source spokesman and author of the New Hacker's Dictionary. Resume, writings, speaking engagements, FAQ, and links.
Tarjan, Robert E. Algorithm and data structure researcher (see also Knuth and Dijkstra)
The Faces in Front of the Monitors Pictures of people who have made a mark in any of the following: programmable computer systems, computer networks, the Internet or the security involved with those systems.
Thompson, Ken The father of the Unix operating system
Wheeler, David Wikipedia biography of one of the pioneers of the Edsac computer at Cambridge, who helped to develop programming language. Includes links to obituaries.
Winograd, Terry One of the foreground figures in research into human/computer interaction and natural language systems
Winograd, Terry Growing biography, with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
Wired Magazine Archive: People A collection of interviews with notable IT people, including computing and Internet pioneers.
