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Philip Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria on 23 August 1954. [9] He was raised in Onitsha in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. His early schooling was suspended in 1967 as a result of the Nigerian Civil War. At age 13, he worked in the Biafran army. After the war he completed high-school equivalence through self-study. [10] [11]
Philip Emeagwali – 1989 Gordon Bell Prize winner; Ozak Esu – electrical engineer; Gordian Ezekwe – mechanical engineer notable for supervising the construction of the Biafran rocket during the Nigerian Civil War; Akii Ibhadode – mechanical engineer; Tele Ikuru – mechanical engineer
Philip Emeagwali: 1974–1977 1989 Gordon Bell Prize winner [53] Douglas Engelbart?–1948 Inventor of the computer mouse and winner of the National Medal of Technology [1] Bobby Henderson: 1999–2003 Activist and created Pastafarianism [2] Jensen Huang: 1980–1984 Founder of Nvidia
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. List of notable Igbo people of Nigeria Part of a series on Igbo people Subgroups Anioma Aro Edda Ekpeye Etche Ezza Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Ishielu Izzi Mbaise Mgbo Ngwa Nkalu Nri-Igbo Ogba Ohafia Ohuhu Omuma Onitsha Oratta Ubani Ukwuani List of Igbo people Igbo culture Art Performing arts Dress ...
Philip Emeagwali, internationally acclaimed computer scientist and 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for price-performance in high-performance computing applications. Michael Gribskov, served as president of the International Society for Computational Biology, professor of biological sciences and computer science at Purdue University.
Nigerian computer scientist Philip Emeagwali wrote a criticism of the documentary's website listing 48 white males out of 50 internet pioneers, with none of them being black. [6] Emeagwali said, "Since white males control the media, 96 percent of the Internet pioneers were white males.
Philip Emeagwali, computer scientist mathematician and engineer; Odafe Atogun, Nigerian writer; John Ogbu (1939–2003), Nigerian-American anthropologist and university professor; Chika Okeke-Agulu (born, September 18, 1966), art historian, professor and director of African Studies, Princeton University
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