Title
2019 CHM Fellow Awards : ceremony
Catalog Number
102792116
Type
Moving image
Description
Since 1987, the Computer History Museum Fellow Awards have honored distinguished technology leaders who have forever changed the world with their accomplishments. This prestigious award recognizes each Fellow’s role in the advancement of computing history, as well as the impact of their contributions. The Fellows have truly bettered our lives and our society. The Computer History Museum is proud to have a part in highlighting and preserving the stories of these esteemed technology heroes for future generations. The 2019 Fellow Award Honorees: Leslie Lamport, for his contributions to the analysis and design of distributed computer systems, and for the initial creation of the LaTeX document production system. Louis Pouzin, for the pioneering design and implementation of packet communication networks that led the way to the Internet. Katherine Johnson, for her exceptional calculations during the US space programs that brought the first humans to the Moon. James Gosling, for the conception, design, and implementation of the Java programming language.
Date
2019-05-04
Participants
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Cagle, Yvonne, Speaker
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Horvitz, Eric, Speaker
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Johnson, Katherine
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Lamport, Leslie, Speaker
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Lewin, Dan'l, Speaker
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Pouzin, Louis, Speaker
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Stuermer, Thomas, Speaker
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Duration
01:20:03
Format
MOV
Collection Title
CHM Fellows 2019
Credit
Computer History Museum
