Timeline of computing 2020–2029

This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing from 2020 to the present. For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the History of computing.

2020

Deaths

2020

  • January 2  Robert M. Graham, American computer scientist (b. 1929)
  • January 3  Joseph Karr O'Connor, American computer scientist (b. 1953)
  • January 8  Peter T. Kirstein, British computer scientist (b. 1933)
  • February 11  Yasumasa Kanada, Japanese computer scientist (b. 1949)
  • February 16
  • February 18  Bert Sutherland, American computer scientist (b. 1936)
  • April 7
  • April 11   John Horton Conway, British mathematician (b. 1937)
  • April 25  Thomas Huang, American computer scientist (b. 1936)
  • May 9  Timo Honkela, Finnish computer scientist (b. 1962)
  • July 10  Michael M. Richter, German mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1938)
  • July 26  Bill English, American computer engineer and co-developer of the computer mouse (b. 1929)
  • August 4  Frances Allen, American computer scientist, first woman to win the Turing Award (b. 1932)
  • August 11  Russell Kirsch, American computer scientist and inventor of the first digital image scanner (b. 1929)
  • August 25  Rebeca Guber, Argentine mathematician and computer scientist (b.1926)

See also

COVID-19

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