Alexei Efros, recipient of the 2016 ACM prize in computing, works to harness the power of visual complexity.
Leah Hoffmann
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the formative years of the world wide web, and the challenges it now faces.
Mathematics led Subhash Khot, developer of the unique games conjecture, to computer science without his ever having seen a computer.
Takeo Kanede, recipient of the 2016 Kyoto prize for advanced technology for pioneering contributions to computer vision and robotics, sees respect as an important part of quality of life technology initiatives.
Stefan Savage's innovative research has focused on strengthening the security, privacy, and reliability of networks.
Q&A: Finding New Directions in Cryptography
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman on their meeting, their research, and the results that billions use every day.
Q&A: A Graphics and Hypertext Innovator
Andries van Dam on interfaces, interaction, and why he still teaches undergraduates.
Mary Jane Irwin on building advanced circuits, special processors, and a hardware description language, while advocating for women in computer science.
Dan Boneh on pairing-based cryptography, multilinear maps, and how an 1,800-year-old "intellectual curiosity" became the foundation of all secure network traffic.
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