Abe SilversteinNASA engineer who directed early space-flight development, planned Apollo/Ranger/Mariner/Surveyor/Voyager and named the Apollo program; director of NASA Lewis Research Center. · 1908Abraham LempelCo-created the LZ family of data-compression algorithms. · 1936Abraham SinkovPioneering U.S. Army cryptanalyst. · 1907Abraham WaldFounded statistical decision and sequential analysis theory. · 1902Adele GoldbergComputer & information scientistAdi ShamirRSA Cryptography (Co-inventor) · 2002Alan HoffmanPioneer of combinatorial optimization and linear programming duality; von Neumann Theory Prize (1992) · 1992Alan OppenheimComputer & information scientistAlan PerlisFirst-ever Turing Award laureate (1966); pioneer of programming-language design and ALGOL · 1966Alexander KhinchinCo-established the Wiener-Khinchin theorem in signal theory. · 1894Alfréd RényiContributions to information theory and probability. · 1921Alfred TarskiFoundational logician; theory of truth and decidability. · 1901Amir PnueliIsraeli Turing Award laureate (1996) who introduced temporal logic for verifying computer programs · 1996Amir ShinarWaze Co-founder · 2006Amnon ShashuaCo-founded Mobileye, pioneering camera-based driver-assistance and collision-avoidance systems. · 1999André CitroënIndustrialist and engineer, founder of the Citroën automobile company; pioneered mass car production in Europe. · 1919Andrei BroderInvented MinHash deduplication powering web search; Kanellakis Award (2012, 2020) · 2012Andrew GroveCo-founder and CEO of Intel; pioneered the microprocessor industry · 1936Andrew TanenbaumCreated the MINIX operating system. · 1944Andrew ViterbiInvented the Viterbi decoding algorithm. · 1935Anna KarlinTheorist of online and randomized algorithms for web caching; Kanellakis Award (2020) · 2020Arthur AshkinPhysicist; invented optical tweezers, Nobel Prize 2018 · 1922Arye KohaviInvented the Watergen atmospheric water generator that extracts drinking water from air. · 2009Avi WigdersonFoundational work on complexity and randomness; Turing Award laureate. · 1956Avrim BlumFoundational theorist of machine learning; Kanellakis Award (2021) · 2021Azriel RosenfeldComputer & information scientistBarbara LiskovPioneered data abstraction; Turing Award laureate. · 1939Basil HirschowitzGastroenterologist who invented the fiberoptic endoscope. · 1925Béla JuleszVision scientist who invented random-dot stereograms · 1928Benjamin RubinMicrobiologist who invented the bifurcated needle used to eradicate smallpox · 1917Bernard LownCo-inventor of the defibrillator; co-founded IPPNW (Nobel Peace Prize 1985) · 1985Bob KahnCo-invented the TCP/IP protocols that run the Internet. · 1974Boris TrakhtenbrotComputer & information scientistBradley EfronStatistics; invented the bootstrap resampling method · 1938Bruce SchneierComputer & information scientistCharles KelmanInvented phacoemulsification, transforming cataract surgery · 1930Cornelius LanczosDevised Krylov-subspace methods and early Fast Fourier Transform work. · 1893Corrado BohmComputer & information scientistCynthia DworkCo-inventor of differential privacy, the standard for protecting personal data; Gödel Prize (2017), Knuth Prize (2020) · 2006Cyrus DermanDeveloper of Markov decision processes for sequential decisions; von Neumann Theory Prize (2002) · 2002Dan BonehIsraeli-born pioneer of pairing-based cryptography securing the modern web; Gödel Prize (2013) · 2013Dan BricklinCo-invented VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet. · 1951Daniel GoldinNinth and longest-serving NASA Administrator (1992-2001); known for the 'faster, better, cheaper' program approach. · 1940Daniel GuggenheimIndustrialist-philanthropist who created the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics (1926), financing early American aviation research and university aeronautics schools. · 1856Daniel KaneComplexity theorist and mathematician; Gödel Prize laureate (2026) · 2026Danny CohenPioneered real-time internetworking and voice-over-IP. · 1937Daphne KollerComputer & information scientistDario AmodeiComputer & information scientistDavid AtlasMeteorologist who invented and developed weather radar and Doppler weather radar · 1924David ChaumPioneer of digital cash and cryptographic privacy protocols. · 1955David GelernterComputer & information scientistDavid HarelComputer & information scientistDavid KlenermanChemist who co-invented next-generation DNA sequencing (the technology behind Illumina/Solexa). · 1959David MintzInvented Tofutti (1981), the first commercial non-dairy tofu ice cream · 1981David ParnasComputer & information scientistDavid SarnoffBroadcasting pioneer who founded NBC and led RCA · 1926David ZuckermanExpert in randomness extractors and derandomization; Gödel Prize (2025) · 2025Dean KamenInvented the Segway personal transporter and the first wearable insulin pump. · 2001Denis GaborNobel laureate in Physics (1971) for inventing holography. Hungarian-Jewish physicist. · 1947Dennis GaborHolography · 1947Derek de Solla PriceComputer & information scientistDonald GlaserPhysicist; invented the bubble chamber, Nobel Prize 1960 · 1926Dorit AharonovComputer & information scientistDouglas LenatComputer & information scientistDov MoranIsraeli engineer and entrepreneur who invented the USB flash drive (DiskOnKey, M-Systems, patent filed April 1999). · 1999Eduardo SontagComputer & information scientistEdward FeigenbaumFather of expert systems and Turing Award laureate. · 1936Edward FredkinPioneer of reversible computing; devised the Fredkin gate. · 1934Edward OttChaos theorist and co-inventor of chaos control; Richardson Medal (2017) · 1941Edwin LandPolaroid Camera · 1947Egon BalasHolocaust survivor who founded disjunctive programming in integer optimization; von Neumann Theory Prize (1995) · 1995Ehud ShabtaiWaze Navigation App Founder · 2006Eli BihamComputer & information scientistElie MetchnikoffDiscovered phagocytosis and cellular immunity; Nobel 1908 (NOT the inventor of yogurt; he popularized the probiotic/lactic-acid longevity theory) · 1908Emil PostPioneered the theory of computation and recursive functions. · 1897Emile BerlinerGramophone · 1887Eric BenhamouCEO of 3Com and chairman of Palm · 1955Erich von StroheimSilent-era titan ('Greed') and actor ('Sunset Blvd.'); born to a Jewish family in Vienna despite his invented aristocratic persona · 1885Ernest CourantCo-invented strong focusing, the basis of modern particle accelerators; Fermi Award (1986); son of Richard Courant · 1986Eugene GarfieldCreated citation indexing and the journal impact factor. · 1925Éva TardosHungarian-American founder of algorithmic game theory; Gödel Prize (2012), Knuth Prize (2023) · 2012Frank HeartComputer & information scientistFrank RosenblattInvented the perceptron, a foundation of neural networks. · 1928Fred SchneiderFormalized safety and liveness in concurrent systems; Dijkstra Prize (2018) · 2018Gábor TardosHungarian mathematician; Gödel Prize (2020) for the algorithmic Lovász Local Lemma · 2020Gabriel LippmannInvented interference method of color photography; Nobel Physics 1908 · 1908George DantzigDeveloped the simplex algorithm for linear programming. · 1914George LowNASA engineer who steered the Apollo Moon program; National Medal of Science (1983) · 1969George NemhauserLeading figure of integer programming and its applications; von Neumann Theory Prize (2012) · 2012Georges CharpakPhysicist; invented the multiwire proportional chamber particle detector, Nobel Prize 1992 · 1924Gerald SussmanComputer & information scientistGerhard NeumannGE Aircraft Engine chief/VP (1963-1980); drove jet-engine innovations including the variable-stator compressor (J79) and high-bypass turbofans (TF39, CF6, CFM56). · 1917Gil SchweidComputer & information scientistGil ShwedCheck Point Software and Stateful Firewall · 1993Gordon PlotkinComputer & information scientistGrzegorz RozenbergComputer & information scientistGustav BuckyRadiologist who invented the Bucky grid, greatly improving the clarity of X-ray images. · 1880Hagit AttiyaIsraeli authority on shared-memory distributed computing (Technion); Dijkstra Prize (2011) · 2011Hans BerlinerComputer & information scientistHans GoldschmidtChemist who invented the thermite (aluminothermic) process · 1861Hans MotzPhysicist; invented the undulator, precursor of the free-electron laser · 1909Harold AbelsonComputer & information scientistHarold KushnerComputer & information scientistHarold von BraunhutCreated Sea-Monkeys and X-Ray Specs, holding 195 patents for mail-order novelties. · 1957Harry GuggenheimAviator and philanthropist; first president of the Guggenheim aeronautics fund and financial backer of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry experiments. · 1890Hedy LamarrFrequency Hopping (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth) · 1942Henry SamueliCo-founder of the semiconductor company Broadcom and electrical-engineering professor; son of Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors. · 1954Herbert ScarfDevised the first algorithm for computing economic equilibria; von Neumann Theory Prize (1983) · 1983Herbert ZeigerPhysicist; co-inventor of the maser · 1925Herman GoldstineCo-architect of the ENIAC, the first electronic computer; National Medal of Science (1983) · 1983Herman LukoffComputer & information scientistHilary PutnamContributions to computability and mathematical logic. · 1926Howard BrombergOne of the principal designers of COBOL. · 1929Hugo KrawczykArgentine-Israeli co-inventor of HMAC, the authentication securing most internet traffic; Kanellakis Award (2024) · 2024Hymen LipmanPatented the first pencil with an attached eraser (1858) and started the first US envelope company. · 1858I.J. GoodEarly work on the Fast Fourier Transform and Bayesian methods. · 1916Ilya SutskeverCo-created foundational deep-learning and GPT models. · 1986Irit DinurIsraeli mathematician who gave the celebrated combinatorial proof of the PCP theorem; Gödel Prize (2019) · 2019Irving GrossInvented the walkie-talkie, pager and CB radio. · 1918Irwin JacobsCo-founded Qualcomm and pioneered CDMA wireless communications. · 1933Itzhak BentovInventor who developed the steerable cardiac catheter used in angiography · 1923Jacob W. DavisInvented the use of copper rivets to reinforce trouser stress points, the innovation that created modern blue jeans (1873 patent with Levi Strauss). · 1873Jacob WolfowitzContributions to information and statistical decision theory. · 1910Jacob ZivCo-created the LZ family of data-compression algorithms. · 1931Jean IchbiahChief designer of the Ada programming language. · 1940Jean SammetCOBOL designer; created the FORMAC computer-algebra system. · 1928Jeffrey HoffsteinComputer & information scientistJerome F. LedererFounder and first director of the Flight Safety Foundation; 'father of aviation safety' and later head of NASA manned-spaceflight safety. · 1902Jerome WiesnerComputer & information scientistJoel EngelCo-developed the cellular telephone network architecture. · 1936John G. KemenyCo-invented the BASIC programming language · 1926John KemenyCo-invented the BASIC programming language. · 1926John KlensinComputer & information scientistJohn McCarthyCoined 'artificial intelligence'; created LISP; Turing Award laureate. · 1927Jon KleinbergPioneer of network analysis; invented the HITS link-ranking algorithm for web search; Nevanlinna Prize (2006) · 2006Jonathan RothbergInventor of high-speed next-generation DNA sequencing (454 sequencing) and semiconductor sequencing. · 1963Joseph FriedmanInvented the bendy (flexible) drinking straw (patented 1937) after watching his little daughter struggle with a straight straw; founded the Flex-Straw Company · 1937Joseph HalpernPioneer of reasoning about knowledge in distributed systems; Gödel Prize (1997) · 1997Joseph SilvermanCo-invented the NTRU cryptosystem. · 1955Joseph WeizenbaumELIZA - Early Natural Language Processing · 1966Joshua Lionel CowenFounder of Lionel Corporation (electric toy trains); early flashlight/battery work · 1877Judea PearlArtificial Intelligence and Bayesian Networks · 2011Julian BussgangComputer & information scientistJulius Edgar LilienfeldPatented the field-effect transistor concept in the 1920s, decades before Bell Labs · 1925Kenneth AppelComputer & information scientistKenneth PerlinComputer & information scientistKobbi NissimIsraeli co-inventor of differential privacy; Gödel Prize (2017) · 2017Larry EllisonFounder of Oracle · 1977Larry PageCo-founder of Google · 1998Laszlo BiroInvented the modern ballpoint pen (the 'biro'), patented in the late 1930s. · 1899Laurence WolseyAuthority on integer programming theory and practice; von Neumann Theory Prize (2012) · 2012Lawrence FogelPioneer of evolutionary computation. · 1928Lazăr EdeleanuChemist, first to synthesize amphetamine and inventor of the Edeleanu process · 1861Lenore BlumComputer & information scientistLeo GerstenzangInvented the cotton swab (Q-tips) in 1923, after watching his wife wrap cotton around a toothpick to clean their baby. · 1923Leo HirshfieldInvented the Tootsie Roll (1896), the individually-wrapped chewy chocolate candy named after his daughter 'Tootsie.' · 1896Leo MarksWWII cryptographer who developed one-time pad ciphers. · 1920Leo SternbachChemist who invented the benzodiazepines, including Librium and Valium. · 1908Leon HenkinComputer & information scientistLeonard AdlemanCo-invented RSA public-key cryptography and pioneered DNA computing. · 1945Leonard HerzenbergGeneticist who invented the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS), transforming cell biology. · 1931Leonard KleinrockPacket-Switched Networks (Internet Foundation) · 1961Leonid KantorovichFounded linear programming; Nobel laureate in economics. · 1912Leonid LevinCo-discovered NP-completeness (Cook-Levin theorem). · 1948Leopold MannesCo-invented Kodachrome (1935) with Leopold Godowsky Jr. — two concert musicians who did chemistry in hotel bathrooms between recitals; later president of the Mannes School of Music · 1935Leslie LamportFoundational work on distributed systems; Turing Award laureate. · 1941Leslie ValiantCreated the PAC model of machine learning; Turing Award laureate. · 1949Lotfi ZadehInvented fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory. · 1921Manfred ClynesNeurophysiologist and inventor who coined the term 'cyborg' · 1925Manuel BlumComputational Complexity Theory · 1995Marius NachtCheck Point Software Co-founder · 1993Mark PinskerMajor contributions to information theory. · 1925Mark ZuckerbergFounder of Facebook · 2004Marshall RosenbluthCo-created the Metropolis Monte Carlo algorithm. · 1927Martin CooperLed the Motorola team that built and demonstrated the first handheld cellular mobile phone (1973). · 1973Martin DavisFoundational work in computability and mathematical logic. · 1928Martin HellmanCo-invented public-key (Diffie-Hellman) cryptography. · 1945Marvin GlassToy designer whose studio created Operation, Mouse Trap, Lite-Brite, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots and Ants in the Pants. · 1960sMarvin MinskyCo-founder of artificial intelligence; Turing Award laureate. · 1927Max FleischerPioneering animator who created Betty Boop, invented the rotoscope, and brought Popeye and Superman to the screen. · 1930Max NewmanLed the design of the Colossus code-breaking computer. · 1897Micha SharirIsraeli pioneer of computational geometry; Knuth Prize laureate (2025) · 2025Michael ArbibComputer & information scientistMichael RabinIntroduced nondeterministic and randomized algorithms; Turing Award laureate. · 1931Michael SipserComputer & information scientistMichel MirowskiInvented the automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator · 1924Mikhail GurevichSoviet aircraft designer, co-founder of the Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) bureau — the 'G' in MiG; designed the MiG-1/MiG-3 fighters and early Soviet jets through the MiG-25. · 1893Mitchell KaporCo-founded Lotus and co-created Lotus 1-2-3. · 1950Moni NaorIsraeli cryptographer (Weizmann Institute); Gödel Prize (2014) · 2014Moshe VardiIsraeli-American pioneer of logic in computer science; Gödel Prize (2000), Knuth Prize (2021) · 2000Nati LinialIsraeli theorist of locality in distributed graph algorithms; Dijkstra Prize (2013) · 2013Naum ShorCo-developed the ellipsoid method for convex optimization. · 1937Neil ImmermanProved the Immerman-Szelepcsényi theorem; founder of descriptive complexity; Gödel Prize (1995) · 1995Nir ShavitIsraeli expert in multiprocessor computing; Gödel Prize (2004) · 2004Noam NisanIsraeli pioneer of algorithmic game theory and complexity; Gödel Prize (2012), Knuth Prize (2016) · 2012Noga AlonIsraeli combinatorialist; Gödel Prize (2005), Knuth Prize (2022) · 2005Norbert WienerFounded cybernetics and statistical communication theory. · 1894Norman AbramsonCreated ALOHAnet, precursor to Ethernet and wireless networks. · 1932Oded GoldreichIsraeli cryptographer who laid the foundations of modern cryptography; Knuth Prize (2017) · 2017Oded RegevIsraeli inventor of Learning With Errors, the basis of post-quantum cryptography; Gödel Prize (2018) · 2018Paul BaranCo-invented packet switching, a foundation of the Internet. · 1926Paul BenioffProposed the first quantum-mechanical model of a computer. · 1930Pavel PevznerPioneer of the genome-assembly algorithms behind modern DNA sequencing; Kanellakis Award (2018) · 2018Peter EliasInvented convolutional error-correcting codes. · 1923Peter SwerlingCo-developed early optimal filtering and estimation theory. · 1929Peter WeinbergerComputer & information scientistPhil SpectorRecord producer who invented the 'Wall of Sound' ('Be My Baby', 'River Deep — Mountain High'); shaped the sound of 1960s pop · 1963Philip WolfeCo-created the Frank-Wolfe algorithm of nonlinear optimization; von Neumann Theory Prize (1992) · 1992Philippe KahnBuilt and demonstrated the first camera phone that instantly shared photos (1997). · 1997Radia PerlmanInvented the spanning-tree protocol enabling modern Ethernet. · 1951Ralph H. BaerInvented the home video game console (the 'Brown Box'/Magnavox Odyssey, 1972) and the electronic memory game Simon (1978). · 1972Raymond KurzweilInvented omni-font OCR and text-to-speech systems. · 1948Reuven RubinsteinComputer & information scientistRichard BellmanInvented dynamic programming. · 1920Richard KarpFoundational work on NP-completeness; Turing Award laureate. · 1935Richard LeiblerCo-developed the Kullback-Leibler information divergence. · 1914Richard StallmanComputer & information scientistRobert AdlerCo-invented the wireless television remote control (Zenith Space Command, 1956). Austrian-Jewish émigré physicist. · 1956Robert FanoPioneer of information theory and data compression. · 1917Robert FischellPhysicist and prolific inventor of implantable medical devices, including cardiac and neurological implants. · 1929Robert FrankstonCo-invented VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet. · 1949Robert GoldComputer & information scientistRobert KahnCo-designed the TCP/IP protocols of the Internet. · 1938Robert KronfeldAustrian gliding champion and sailplane designer; first pilot to fly a glider across the English Channel (1931), held world distance and altitude records. · 1904Robert ShostakCo-formulated the Byzantine Generals problem of fault-tolerant computing; Dijkstra Prize (2005) · 2005Robert TarjanPioneered graph and data-structure algorithms; Turing Award laureate. · 1948Roland MorenoInventor of the smart card (carte a puce) · 1974Rolf LandauerEstablished the thermodynamics of computation (Landauer's principle). · 1927Ronald FaginFounder of finite model theory (Fagin's theorem) and database theory; Gödel Prize (2014) · 2014Samson AbramskyComputer & information scientistSamuel BlumCo-invented the ultraviolet excimer laser (IBM, 1981), the basis of LASIK eye surgery; National Inventors Hall of Fame. · 1981Samuel von BaschPhysician who invented the sphygmomanometer for non-invasive blood pressure measurement. · 1837Semyon LavochkinSoviet aircraft designer, founder of the Lavochkin bureau; designed the La-5 and La-7, among the best Soviet WWII fighters. · 1900Sergey BrinCo-founder of Google · 1998Seymour PapertCo-created the Logo language and constructionist learning. · 1928Shafi GoldwasserCryptography and Complexity Theory · 2012Sheldon WeinbaumBioengineer of cellular fluid mechanics; National Medal of Science (2023) · 2023Shimon UllmanIsraeli pioneer of computational vision (Weizmann Institute); Rumelhart Prize (2008) · 2008Simcha BlassModern Drip Irrigation Systems · 1959Simon RamoFather of the US intercontinental ballistic missile; co-founded TRW; National Medal of Science (1979) · 1979Solomon GolombDevised pseudorandom sequence generation used in communications. · 1932Solomon KullbackCo-developed the Kullback-Leibler information divergence. · 1907Solomon MarcusComputer & information scientistStanford R. OvshinskyInvented the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery and pioneered amorphous-silicon devices. · 1982Stanley MazorCo-inventor of the Intel 4004, the first microprocessor; Kyoto Prize (1997) · 1997Stanley N. CohenGeneticist who co-invented recombinant DNA technology using plasmids, founding genetic engineering · 1935Stephen CrockerComputer & information scientistStephen GrossbergPioneer of neural network theory. · 1939Stephen UngerPioneered parallel and cellular computing architectures. · 1931Stephen WarshallComputer & information scientistStephen WiesnerFounded quantum cryptography and conjugate coding. · 1942Stephen WolframCreated Mathematica and the Wolfram Language. · 1959Steve CrockerCreated the RFC series and helped develop early Internet protocols. · 1944Steven RudichComplexity theorist behind the 'natural proofs' barrier; Gödel Prize (2007) · 2007Tal RabinIsraeli cryptographer of secure multiparty computation; Dijkstra Prize (2023) · 2023Terry WinogradAI pioneer (SHRDLU natural-language program); Stanford professor who advised Larry Page during the creation of Google's PageRank · 1971Uri LevineWaze Co-founder · 2006Uziel GalGerman-born Israeli firearms designer who developed the Uzi submachine gun · 1950Victor GruenModern Enclosed Shopping Mall · 1956Vinton CerfCo-designed the TCP/IP protocols underpinning the Internet. · 1943Walter MunkPhysical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean and tidal science · 1917Wassily LeontiefDeveloped input-output economic analysis; Nobel laureate. · 1905William CooperCo-creator of data envelopment analysis and goal programming; von Neumann Theory Prize (1982) · 1982William FriedmanFounder of modern statistical cryptanalysis; led the US Army team that broke Japan's 'unbreakable' PURPLE cipher in 1940 · 1891William KahanArchitect of IEEE floating-point arithmetic; Turing Award laureate. · 1933William PressComputer & information scientistYechezkel BarenholzCo-invented Doxil (PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin), the first FDA-approved nano-drug (1995), a widely used cancer chemotherapy. · 1995Yoav FreundIsraeli co-inventor of AdaBoost, a cornerstone of machine learning; Gödel Prize (2003) · 2003Yoshua BengioPioneer of deep learning and Turing Award laureate. · 1964Yossi MatiasIsraeli co-creator of streaming algorithms; Gödel Prize (2005); longtime head of Google's Israel R&D center · 2005Zora Arkus-DuntovBelgian-born American engineer, 'father of the Chevrolet Corvette'; Director of High Performance Vehicles at Chevrolet and a Le Mans class-winning driver. · 1909AIAaron IsmachInventor of the jet injector gun used in mass vaccination campaigns · 1922AWAaron WynerComputer & information scientistAAAbraham AbuchowskiBiochemist who invented PEGylation, the modification of proteins with polyethylene glycol to improve drugs. · 1949ACAbraham CharnesCo-founder of applied linear programming and data envelopment analysis; von Neumann Theory Prize (1982) · 1982AGAdele GoldstineComputer & information scientistAFAdin FalkoffCo-designed and implemented the APL programming language. · 1921ASAlexander ShapiroAuthority on stochastic programming under uncertainty; von Neumann Theory Prize (2021) · 2021ACAlexey ChervonenkisCo-created VC theory underlying statistical learning. · 1938ABAllan BorodinComputer & information scientistAIAlon ItaiIsraeli computer scientist (Technion); Dijkstra Prize (2016) for symmetry breaking in distributed systems · 2016AFAmiel FeinsteinComputer & information scientistARAmir RonenIsraeli co-founder of algorithmic mechanism design; Gödel Prize (2012) · 2012ALAmnon LotemIsraeli co-author of the optimal aggregation algorithms for databases; Gödel Prize (2014) · 2014AFAmos FiatIsraeli co-inventor of the Fiat-Shamir digital-signature technique; Kanellakis Award (2016) · 2016AJAmos Joel Jr.Invented automatic call handoff, enabling cellular telephony. · 1918AKAmos KormanIsraeli computer scientist bridging distributed computing and biology; Dijkstra Prize (2026) · 2026ABAmotz Bar-NoyIsraeli computer scientist of distributed and mobile computing; Dijkstra Prize (2011) · 2011ANArkadi NemirovskiCo-developed the ellipsoid and interior-point optimization methods. · 1947BRBarney ReiffenComputer & information scientistBABaruch AwerbuchIsraeli pioneer of distributed network algorithms; Dijkstra Prize (2008) · 2008BRBen RichSecond director of Lockheed's Skunk Works (1975-1991), 'father of stealth'; led development of the F-117 Nighthawk and worked on the SR-71, U-2 and F-22. · 1925BSBerish StrauchA pioneer of microsurgery who performed one of the earliest toe-to-thumb transplants and invented the first inflatable penile prosthesis and the Strauch Clamp. · 1933BGBernard GoldComputer & information scientistBABowen AlpernCo-authored 'Defining Liveness', the formal basis of program correctness; Dijkstra Prize (2018) · 2018CGCalvin GottliebComputer & information scientistCECarl EngelmanComputer & information scientistCWCarl WunschPhysical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean circulation studies · 1941CPCharles P. GinsburgLed the team that invented the first practical videotape recorder (Ampex) · 1920CRCharles RackoffCo-inventor of zero-knowledge proofs, a pillar of modern cryptography; Gödel Prize (1993) · 1993DTDan TouitouIsraeli co-inventor of software transactional memory; Dijkstra Prize (2012) · 2012DFDaniel FreedmanCo-inventor of supergravity; Dirac Medal (1993), Breakthrough Prize (2019) · 1993DSDaniel SleatorCo-invented splay trees and amortized analysis of algorithms; Kanellakis Award (1999) · 1999DSDaniel SlotnickDesigned the Illiac IV, an early parallel supercomputer. · 1931DSDaniel SpielmanBreakthroughs in coding theory and algorithm analysis. · 1970DDDanny DolevIsraeli pioneer of Byzantine fault tolerance (Hebrew University); Dijkstra Prize (2011) · 2011DPDavid PelegIsraeli founder of the locality theory of distributed computing (Weizmann Institute); Dijkstra Prize (2008, 2026) · 2008DSDavid SchaeferComputer & information scientistDSDavid SlepianComputer & information scientistDGDonald GoldfarbCo-author of the BFGS optimization method used across science and machine learning; von Neumann Theory Prize (2017) · 2017DGDov GabbayComputer & information scientistEGEddy GoldfarbInvented 800+ toys including the wind-up chattering 'Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth,' KerPlunk, Battling Tops and Stompers. · 1949EEEdward E. DavidComputer & information scientistEGEli GafniIsraeli-American theorist of asynchronous computability; Dijkstra Prize (2017) · 2017EUEli UpfalIsraeli authority on randomized algorithms; Kanellakis Award (2020) · 2020ESElias SnitzerPhysicist; invented the fiber laser and fiber amplifier · 1925EBElizabeth BorowskyCo-developed the topological theory of set consensus; Dijkstra Prize (2017) · 2017ESErnst SpiegelNeurologist who co-invented human stereotactic neurosurgery. · 1895EBEvelyn BerezinDesigned an early computerized word processor and reservation systems. · 1925FNFrancis NarinComputer & information scientistFPFrank ProschanFounder of mathematical reliability theory; von Neumann Theory Prize (1991) · 1991FJFred JelinekComputer & information scientistGPGabriel PinskiComputer & information scientistGLGeorge LernerInvented Mr. Potato Head (developed 1949, launched by Hasbro 1952). · 1952GSGerard SaltonComputer & information scientistGSGustave SolomonCo-invented Reed-Solomon error-correcting codes. · 1930HSHanan SametAuthority on spatial data structures (quadtrees) behind digital maps; Kanellakis Award (2011) · 2011HPHenry PollakComputer & information scientistHYHoward YudkinComputer & information scientistISIrvin StiglitzComputer & information scientistJWJack WolfComputer & information scientistJBJacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon (Profatius)Astronomer, physician and translator; invented the 'quadrans novus' astronomical instrument and compiled astronomical tables used by Copernicus and others · c. 1236 CEJKJános KőrnerComputer & information scientistJUJeffrey UllmanTuring Award laureate (2020); wrote the foundational textbooks on compilers and databases; Knuth Prize (2000) · 2020JHJerome H. LemelsonHeld foundational patents in machine vision, bar-code reading, and automated warehousing. · 1954JMJoel MosesCo-developed the Macsyma computer-algebra system. · 1941JSJonathan SachsCo-created the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. · 1947JTJoseph TraubComputer & information scientistLFLance FortnowComputer & information scientistLRLawrence RabinerComputer & information scientistLPLeonard PinchukBiomedical engineer, inventor of biomedical polymers and vascular stents · 1954LGLeopold Godowsky Jr.Co-invented Kodachrome (1935), the first successful color film for the masses — with fellow musician Leopold Mannes, nicknamed 'God and Man' at Kodak; son of pianist Leopold Godowsky; also a concert violinist · 1935LGLeslie GreengardCo-invented the fast multipole method. · 1958LKLiah KorIsraeli computer scientist; Dijkstra Prize (2026) · 2026LNLucien NeustadtComputer & information scientistMKManfred KochenComputer & information scientistMRMartin ReimanPioneer of heavy-traffic queueing theory; von Neumann Theory Prize (2016) · 2016MSMarvin SimonComputer & information scientistMFMatthew FranklinCo-invented identity-based encryption with Dan Boneh; Gödel Prize (2013) · 2013MBMichael Ben-OrIsraeli inventor of randomized asynchronous consensus; Dijkstra Prize (2015, 2023) · 2015MMMichael MitzenmacherAnalyzed balanced allocations and Bloom filters used across the internet; Kanellakis Award (2020) · 2020MSMichael SaksComplexity theorist; Gödel Prize (2004) for the topological analysis of asynchronous computability · 2004MSMischa SchwartzComputer & information scientistMJMurray JarvikPsychopharmacologist who co-invented the nicotine patch · 1923NKNeal KoblitzCo-invented elliptic-curve cryptography. · 1948NMNimrod MegiddoIsraeli inventor of linear-time algorithms for low-dimensional linear programming; von Neumann Theory Prize (2014) · 2014NSNoam ShazeerCo-invented the Transformer neural-network architecture. · 1976NMNorman MargolisComputer & information scientistOROmer ReingoldIsraeli cryptographer who proved SL = L; Gödel Prize (2009) · 2009PGPeter GacsComputer & information scientistPGPeter GoldmarkInvented the long-playing (LP) record and a color-television system; National Medal of Science (1976) · 1976PKPeter KirsteinComputer & information scientistPSPhilip SpiraCo-author of the distributed minimum-spanning-tree algorithm; Dijkstra Prize (2004) · 2004PRPhillip RogawayFounder of practice-oriented provable security in cryptography; Kanellakis Award (2009) · 2009PWPierre WolperPioneer of model checking with temporal logic; Gödel Prize (2000) · 2000RGRalph GomoryInvented the cutting-plane method of integer programming; von Neumann Theory Prize (1984) · 1984RSRay SolomonoffFounded algorithmic information theory. · 1926RKReuben KlamerCreated the modern version of The Game of Life (1960) and held 200+ toy patents. · 1960RMReuben MattusPolish-Jewish immigrant who created Haagen-Dazs ice cream in New York (1960), inventing its Danish-sounding name as a tribute to Denmark's rescue of Jews during WWII. · 1960RLRichard LiptonComplexity theorist; Knuth Prize laureate (2014) · 2014RGRob GlaserFounder and CEO of RealNetworks · 1962RBRobert BlumofeCo-created work-stealing scheduling (Cilk) for parallel computing; Kanellakis Award (2013) · 2013RKRobert KurshanBrought model checking to industrial hardware verification; Kanellakis Award (2005) · 2005RSRobert SchapireCo-inventor of AdaBoost and the theory of boosting in machine learning; Gödel Prize (2003) · 2003RRRonitt RubinfeldComputer & information scientistRKRudolf KompfnerPhysicist; invented the traveling-wave tube amplifier · 1909STSam TouegIntroduced unreliable failure detectors for distributed consensus; Dijkstra Prize (2010) · 2010SASaul AmarelComputer & information scientistSSScott ShenkerArchitect of internet resource sharing and software-defined networking; Kanellakis Award (2017) · 2017SSScott SmolkaPioneer of probabilistic process algebra; Dijkstra Prize (2021) · 2021SKShlomo KramerCheck Point Software Co-founder · 1993SMShlomo MoranIsraeli computer scientist; Gödel Prize (1993) for Arthur-Merlin interactive proof systems · 1993SSShlomo ShamaiComputer & information scientistSSShmuel SafraIsraeli co-author of the PCP theorem, a landmark of complexity theory; Gödel Prize (2001) · 2001SWShmuel WinogradComputer & information scientistSUSidney UdenfriendBiochemist who advanced neurochemistry and invented the fluorescence assay for serotonin · 1918SSStanley SarnoffPhysiologist and inventor of the auto-injector used for emergency drug delivery · 1917SDStuart DreyfusComputer & information scientistSHStuart HaberComputer & information scientistSGSylvan GoldmanInvented the shopping cart (1936-37) for his Humpty Dumpty grocery stores. · 1937TBToby BergerComputer & information scientistUFUriel FeigeIsraeli theorist of approximation hardness and probabilistically checkable proofs; Gödel Prize (2001) · 2001UVUzi VishkinComputer & information scientistVSVictor S. MillerCo-invented elliptic-curve cryptography. · 1947VLVladimir LevenshteinDevised the Levenshtein edit-distance metric. · 1935VVVladimir VapnikCo-invented support vector machines and statistical learning theory. · 1936WHWłodzimierz HolsztyńskiComputer & information scientistYDYefim DinitzComputer & information scientistYMYoram MosesIsraeli computer scientist; Gödel Prize (1997) for the theory of knowledge in distributed systems · 1997YAYossi AzarIsraeli theorist of online algorithms (Tel Aviv University); Kanellakis Award (2020) · 2020

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