The Most Famous
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS from Greece
This page contains a list of the greatest Greek Computer Scientists. The pantheon dataset contains 245 Computer Scientists, 3 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 12th most number of Computer Scientists behind India, and Netherlands.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Greek Computer Scientists of all time. This list of famous Greek Computer Scientists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Joseph Sifakis (b. 1946)
With an HPI of 51.26, Joseph Sifakis is the most famous Greek Computer Scientist. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Joseph Sifakis (Greek: Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης) is a Greek-French computer scientist. He received the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and E. Allen Emerson, for his work on model checking.
2. Christos Papadimitriou (b. 1949)
With an HPI of 45.43, Christos Papadimitriou is the 2nd most famous Greek Computer Scientist. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Christos Charilaos Papadimitriou (Greek: Χρήστος Χαρίλαος "Χρίστος" Παπαδημητρίου; born August 16, 1949) is a Greek-American theoretical computer scientist and the Donovan Family Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.
3. Michael Dertouzos (1936 - 2001)
With an HPI of 43.89, Michael Dertouzos is the 3rd most famous Greek Computer Scientist. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Michael Leonidas Dertouzos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Λεωνίδας Δερτούζος; November 5, 1936 – August 27, 2001) was a professor in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001. Dertouzos predicted the expansion of computer use very early, and was one of the pioneers in many areas of technology. These included his contributions to the Web particularly through his visionary approach to ubiquitous computing.
4. Mihalis Yannakakis (b. 1953)
With an HPI of 33.75, Mihalis Yannakakis is the 4th most famous Greek Computer Scientist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Mihalis Yannakakis (Greek: Μιχάλης Γιαννακάκης; born 13 September 1953 in Athens, Greece) is a professor of computer science at Columbia University. He is noted for his work in computational complexity, databases, and other related fields. He won the Donald E. Knuth Prize in 2005.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Greek computer scientists born between 1936 and 1953. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Greek computer scientists include Joseph Sifakis, Christos Papadimitriou, and Mihalis Yannakakis. The most famous deceased Greek computer scientists include Michael Dertouzos. As of April 2024, 1 new Greek computer scientists have been added to Pantheon including Mihalis Yannakakis.
Living Greek Computer Scientists
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Joseph Sifakis
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Christos Papadimitriou
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Mihalis Yannakakis
1953 - Present
HPI: 33.75
