American computer scientist, co-creator of the Self programming language — which directly influenced JavaScript and modern language design. In Stanford, he taught programming languages and computer architecture, from 1985 to 1990. In 1991, he joined Sun Microsystems and became a distinguished engineer. In 2006 he was recognized as an ACM Distinguished Engineer and in 2010 a Fellow.[1] From 2007 to 2017, he worked at IBM Research, where he was a member of the Dynamic Optimization Group, and investigated new paradigms including ensemble and subjective programming. From 2017 to 2022, he worked at Apple, where he sped up Swift language compilation. Currently retired, he builds apps for his personal use on various Apple platforms. Ungar holds over 20 US patents.

The engineer who designed the Apple I and Apple II. Electronics genius who made computers accessible to everyone.

Co-creator of Netscape browser. Co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

One of the fathers of modern computing. Invented object-oriented programming and the GUI concept at Xerox PARC.

Co-founder of OpenAI and key architect behind GPT. One of the most influential researchers in deep learning.

Godfather of deep learning. Turing Award winner for his work on neural networks. Left Google in 2023.

Inventor of the World Wide Web. Made the internet accessible to everyone through HTTP and HTML.

Creator of the Linux kernel and Git. One of the most impactful figures in modern software.

Creator of Extreme Programming, JUnit, and Test-Driven Development. Foundational figure in the Smalltalk and software-patterns community.

Chief AI Scientist at Meta and Turing Award laureate. Pioneer of convolutional neural networks and deep learning.

Former Chief Scientist at ThoughtWorks. Authority on software architecture, refactoring, and microservices. His landmark books shaped a generation of engineers.