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computer scientist

American  
[kuhm-pyoo-ter sahy-uhnt-ist] / kəmˈpyu tər ˈsaɪ ənt ɪst /

noun

  1. a specialist in or student of computer science.


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A renowned computer scientist who President Bill Clinton in 1996 called a “pioneer,” he was at the center of many foundational projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Artificial intelligence could change the world but the dearth of women in the booming sector will undermine pledges for inclusive technology, top computer scientist Wendy Hall told AFP on Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

British computer scientist Professor Dame Wendy Hall is attending the Summit but told me she shares these concerns.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

My colleague, computer scientist Stefan Schmid, and I, a technology law and policy scholar, show in a forthcoming accepted paper in the journal Communications of the ACM that large language models exhibit communication bias.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

The concept of a World Wide Web—a system for creating, organizing, and linking documents so they could be easily browsed over the Internet—was developed by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman