Charles Babbage (The Father of Computing)

12/26/1791 - 10/18/1871

Charles was the man behind the idea of the digital computer. During 1810-1814 he attended Peterhouse Cambridge and Trinity College (Both high ranked colleges in Cambridge, England) During his time in college, he also developed the first calculator but could only perform simple equations, earning him the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. It was only a matter of time though before he begin development for the Analytic Engine that would soon become the first digital computer in 1837.


Margaret Hamilton (The Woman Behind the Moon Landing's Success)

8/17/1936

Margaret has a diverse range of education, attending Hancock High School, University of Michigan, and Earlham College. She studied mathematics and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1958. Margaret was one of the very few women to assist on the Apollo 11 mission, the first moon landing. In fact, The Apollo 11 mission almost ended in failure, but Margaret's flight software prevented that. For her contributions to the moon landing and also neutralizing the predicament of the failure of Apollo 11 and software engineering, she was gifted the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


Joy Buolamwini (For Equal Rights and Tech)

1989

She has two master's degrees from Oxford University and MIT. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL) to create a world that has more unbiased and intelligible technology. Her MIT Thesis, Gender Shades, revealed a lot of racial and gender bias in A.I programs from Fortune 500 companies.









Work Cited

Forbes - Joy Buolamwini

mitmedialabpeople - Joy Buolamwini

Carnegie - Joy Buolamwini

britannica - Charles Babbage

computerhistory - Charles Babbage

College of Science and Engineering & University Libraries - Charles Babbage

britannica - Margaret Hamilton

amightygirl - Margaret Hamilton

solarsystem - Margaret Hamilton