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Danny Hillis

1956 - Today

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William Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering. Hillis was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for advances in parallel computers, parallel software, and parallel storage. More recently, Hillis co-founded Applied Minds, and Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and artists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danny Hillis is the 117th most popular computer scientist (up from 230th in 2019), the 6,527th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,420th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Danny Hillis ranks 117 out of 245. Before him are John Hopcroft, Jacques Vallée, Jan Koum, Robert Fano, Kenneth E. Iverson, and Lynn Conway. After him are Rasmus Lerdorf, Adele Goldberg, Eugene Kaspersky, Eugene Garfield, Liviu Librescu, and Gil Amelio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Danny Hillis ranks 275. Before him are John Romita Jr., Ann Dowd, Catherine Colonna, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gianni De Biasi, and Marie Colvin. After him are Anne Veski, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Hanka Paldum, Schelte J. Bus, Vladimir Lisin, and Isabel Pantoja.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danny Hillis ranks 6,528 out of 20,380. Before him are Marlon Wayans (1972), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Mark Moses (1958), Bobby Bland (1930), Marie Colvin (1956), and Glenn Hardin (1910). After him are Ted DiBiase (1954), Mykelti Williamson (1960), Anya Taylor-Joy (1996), Roy Thinnes (1938), William Jordan (1898), and Lizabeth Scott (1922).

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