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computer scientist

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

noun

computer scientists plural
  1. a specialist in or student of computer science.


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The tech leaders included Eric Schmidt, former Google chief executive; Reid Hoffman, a LinkedIn co-founder; Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist; Yann LeCun, a computer scientist; and Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Professor Alan Woodward, a computer scientist at Surrey University, compared it with building a big block of flats rather than houses in a city.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

“I would say that, absent the Trump branding, most industry experts would say that the phone is not a good value at that price point,” Edwards, also Quandary Peak’s principal computer scientist, told Salon.

From Salon May 21, 2026

Adams kindled a professional interest in tech in 2001 after a computer scientist who designed algorithms for air-traffic control invited him to visit MIT’s Media Lab.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

“Programming with cards,” one computer scientist from that era remembers, “did not teach you programming. It taught you patience and proofreading.”

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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