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This dimension groups computing pioneers by the ACM subject area their work is most associated with. Wikipedia notes computer scientists can focus their work on specific areas such as "algorithm and data structure development and design, software engineering, information theory, database theory." Browsing this way collects every pioneer associated with the same ACM area.

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Era of Emergence
1965 CE 1
ACM Area
Filter Results18 entries

Algorithms and Complexity Theory

ACM Area
4 entries

Artificial Intelligence

ACM Area
3 entries

Computer Architecture

ACM Area
5 entries

Computer Graphics

ACM Area
2 entries

Computer Music

ACM Area
2 entries

Computer Networking

ACM Area
3 entries

Data Science

ACM Area
2 entries

Distributed Computing

ACM Area
1 entry

Formal Methods

ACM Area
45 entries

Information Security

ACM Area
2 entries

Mobile Computing

ACM Area
1 entry

Operating Systems

ACM Area
52 entries

Parallel Computing

ACM Area
1 entry

Programming Language Theory

ACM Area
131 entries

Service-Oriented Architecture

ACM Area
1 entry

Software Engineering

ACM Area
72 entries

Theory of Computation

ACM Area
8 entries

Web Science

ACM Area
6 entries
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Software engineering
WikipediaSoftware engineering, Origin of the term section, pioneer subcategory use
Quote, Software engineering, Origin of the term section, pioneer subcategory use
The term appeared in a list of services offered by companies in the June 1965 issue of "Computers and Automation" and was used more formally in the August 1966 issue of Communications of the ACM (Volume 9, number 8) in "President's Letter to the ACM Membership" by Anthony A. Oettinger.
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