Best Computer Science Degrees, the Free Online Guide to Computer Science Education, Schools and Careers, Publishes List Honoring the 20 Most Influential Computer Scientists Living Today

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The website Best Computer Science Degrees has published new research entitled the "20 Most Influential Living Computer Scientists." Featured names include pioneers in programming, operating systems, and the Internet, among others. The BestComputerScienceDegrees.com article is meant as a tribute to these individuals and as an inspiration for those considering a career in the field. The full list can be viewed at: http://www.bestcomputersciencedegrees.com/20-influential-living-computer-scientists/.

With the prevalence of computers and software in every aspect of modern life, the website chose to research and highlight those individuals who are most responsible for the world we live in today.

The list of 20 influential computer scientists includes such names as:

• Sir Tim Berners-Lee
                
  Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.
            
• Bob Kahn and Vinton Cerf
                 
  Kahn and Cerf are known as the co-fathers of the modern Internet. Together, they influenced the development of TCP/IP for network information transfer.
                
• Linus Torvalds
                
  Torvalds is a Finnish/American engineer who developed the computer operating system known as Linux.
                
• Steve Wozniak
               
  As a co-founder of Apple, Inc., Wozniak is well-known in the world of computer science. He is the creator of the original Apple computers.
                 
• Larry Page and Sergey Brin
                
  They are Google's co-founders, and their company defines online search.
             
• Matt Mullenweg
                
  The world of online publishing got a major upgrade when Mullenweg launched the open source platform known as WordPress. The software lets non-technical users create personal websites and blogs.
                   
• Brian Kernighan
                    
  Kernighan is best known as a co-contributor to the development of the UNIX operating system in 1969. UNIX is the basis for Linux, as well as Apple's O.S.X. and many other operating systems.
                      
• Ken Thompson
                   
  Thompson was the lead designer for the group of scientists who invented UNIX. He is also the inventor of B programming language, which preceded C programming language. Thompson's most recent title is Distinguished Engineer for Google.
                    
• Rasmus Lerdorf
                    
  He invented PHP, which is one of the most powerful and popular scripting program languages in the world. PHP is currently used in over 80 percent websites.

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