PHILIP EMEAGWALI
Name: Philip Emeagwali
Born: 1954
Philip Emeagwali (born in 1954) is a Nigerian-born computer scientist/geologist
who was one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a prize from the IEEE,
for his use of the Connection Machine supercomputer - a machine featuring over
65,000 parallel processors - to help analyze petroleum fields.
Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria in 1954. He dropped out of school in
1967 because of the Nigerian civil war. When he turned fourteen, he was
conscripted into the Biafran army. After the war he completed a high-school
equivalency through self-study and came to the United States to study at
university under a scholarship. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics
from Oregon State University in 1977. He received a master's degree in
environmental engineering from George Washington University in 1981, and another
master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park in
1986. He also received a post-master's degree in ocean, coastal and marine
engineering from George Washington University in that year. He was also working
as a civil engineer at the Bureau of Land Reclamation in Wyoming during this
period.
Name: Philip Emeagwali
Born: 1954
Philip Emeagwali (born in 1954) is a Nigerian-born computer scientist/geologist
who was one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a prize from the IEEE,
for his use of the Connection Machine supercomputer - a machine featuring over
65,000 parallel processors - to help analyze petroleum fields.
Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria in 1954. He dropped out of school in
1967 because of the Nigerian civil war. When he turned fourteen, he was
conscripted into the Biafran army. After the war he completed a high-school
equivalency through self-study and came to the United States to study at
university under a scholarship. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics
from Oregon State University in 1977. He received a master's degree in
environmental engineering from George Washington University in 1981, and another
master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park in
1986. He also received a post-master's degree in ocean, coastal and marine
engineering from George Washington University in that year. He was also working
as a civil engineer at the Bureau of Land Reclamation in Wyoming during this
period.