COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Chieko Asakawa

1958 - Today

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Chieko Asakawa (浅川 智恵子, Asakawa Chieko) is a blind Japanese computer scientist, known for her work at IBM Research – Tokyo in accessibility. A Netscape browser plug-in she developed, the IBM Home Page Reader, became the most widely used web-to-speech system available. She is the recipient of numerous industry and government awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chieko Asakawa is the 205th most popular computer scientist (down from 194th in 2019), the 2,311th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,857th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Chieko Asakawa ranks 205 out of 245. Before her are Christian Engström, Fei-Fei Li, Ilya Sutskever, Andrew Morton, Pat Hanrahan, and Lex Fridman. After her are Rodney Brooks, Sophie Wilson, Stuart J. Russell, Daphne Koller, Bram Moolenaar, and Craig Federighi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Chieko Asakawa ranks 644. Before her are Ron Simmons, Brenda Phillips, Stefano Sposetti, Mitch Albom, Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin, and Tom Lanoye. After her are Regina Maršíková, Daley Thompson, Anissa Jones, Alyson Reed, Bipin Rawat, and Bernard Blancan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chieko Asakawa ranks 2,311 out of 6,245. Before her are Kyohei Yumisaki (1992), Masakazu Suzuki (1955), Taiten Sato (1983), Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (1957), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), and Kenji Kitahara (1976). After her are Tetsuya Harada (1970), Yūki Kaji (1985), Arina Tanemura (1978), Sayaka Murata (1979), Yuji Tsukada (1957), and Ryuji Ito (1990).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Japan

Among computer scientists born in Japan, Chieko Asakawa ranks 4. Before her are Satoshi Nakamoto (1975), Ken Kutaragi (1950), and Yukihiro Matsumoto (1965).

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