Norman Margolis

Listed among Jewish computer and information scientists, this figure corresponds to Norman H. Margolus, a Canadian-American physicist and computer scientist at MIT known for inventing the block cellular automaton and the Margolus neighborhood and for co-proving the Margolus–Levitin theorem, a fundamental limit on the speed of computation set by physics. His work advanced reversible and low-energy computing. His surname is of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, though his personal religious identity is not detailed in public biographies.