COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Michael Dertouzos

1936 - 2001

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Dertouzos has received more than 713,751 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Michael Dertouzos is the 162nd most popular computer scientist (down from 124th in 2019), the 832nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 718th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Michael Dertouzos ranks 162 out of 245. Before him are Martin Fowler, James H. Clark, Bertrand Meyer, Tim Paterson, Steve Russell, and Andy Hertzfeld. After him are Bruce Schneier, Hal Abelson, Gary McKinnon, Grady Booch, Rob Pike, and Jean E. Sammet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Michael Dertouzos ranks 501. Before him are Charlie Daniels, Eugenio Bersellini, Lize Marke, Tommy Steele, Ivo Stefanoni, and Marino Klinger. After him are Eleonore Schwarz, Leon O. Chua, Nils Nilsson, Carl Kaufmann, René Ferrier, and Dick Cavett. Among people deceased in 2001, Michael Dertouzos ranks 289. Before him are William T. Stearn, Les Brown, Marita Petersen, Tatyana Averina, Michael Ritchie, and Josef Peters. After him are Billy Liddell, Corinne Calvet, Madhavrao Scindia, Norman Granz, Helia Bravo Hollis, and Aleksandr Volodin.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Michael Dertouzos ranks 832 out of 1,024. Before him are Nikos Dendias (1959), Evripidis Bakirtzis (1895), Kostas Katsouranis (1979), Georgios Bartzokas (1965), Nikos Kotzias (1950), and Panagiotis Pavlidis (1900). After him are David Smith (null), Eleftheria Arvanitaki (1957), Kostas Manolas (1991), Dimitris Saravakos (1961), Stefanos Tsitsipas (1998), and Katy Garbi (1961).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Greece

Among computer scientists born in Greece, Michael Dertouzos ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Sifakis (1946), and Christos Papadimitriou (1949). After him are Mihalis Yannakakis (1953).

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