Here is a list of figures from digital history to choose from for Site 2: Digital Pioneers. These will be assigned on a first-come, first serve basis.

  • Alan Turing (scientist, engineer, used computer to save UK from the Nazis, subject of film The Imitation Game)
  • Grace Hopper (admiral, scientist, devised theory of independent programming languages and term “debug”) – Tobrise
  • Ada Lovelace (mathematician, invented the concept/method of a programmable computer)
  • Ikutaro Kakehashi (engineer, inventor of several electronic instruments, co-creator of MIDI format)
  • Vangelis (composer, early adopter/master of synth-driven music, wrote scores for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire) – Joseth
  • Cory Arcangel (artist, hacked/appropriated video game consoles)
  • Nam June Paik (artist, creator of “art robots” and founding member of EAT – Emerging Arts in Technology)
  • Katherine G. Johnson (mathematician, NASA physicist, subject of film Hidden Figures) – Jasmine
  • Susan Kare (designer, created set of standard icons still used today) – Cesar
  • A. Michael Noll (artist/inventor, developed first computer graphics programs at Bell Labs)
  • William Gibson (writer, invented Steampunk and Cyberpunk genres, conceived of World Wide Web)
  • Wayne Sutton (entrepreneur, mentor and promoter of Black representation in US Tech)
  • Jonathan Ive (designer, responsible for many of Apple’s most iconic products) – Lyonel
  • Wendy Carlos (composer, co-developer of Moog synthesizer, wrote music for multiple Kubrick films includingĀ The Shining) – Anthony
  • Robert Moog (musician, inventor, founder of Moog Music, CUNY grad!)
  • Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (interactive/conceptual artist, created a massive networked art installation in Mexico City to celebrate the Millennium) – Kimmerly