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===Faculty===
* [[Vinton Cerf]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Douglas Engelbart]], [[Turing award]]-winning computer scientist, inventor of the computer mouse, former researcher, inducted into [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]]
* [[Edward Feigenbaum]], [[Turing award]]-winning computer scientist, father of expert system, coinventor of [[Dendral]]
* [[Robert Floyd]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Gene Golub]], former faculty, a leading authority in numerical matrix analysis, inventor of the algorithm for Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
* [[Leonidas J. Guibas]], Allan Newell award -winning pioneer in data structures and geometric algorithms
* [[John L. Hennessy]], pioneer in RISC, President of Stanford
* [[Sir Antony Hoare]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[John Hopcroft]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Alan Kay]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[John Koza]], pioneer in genetic programming
* [[Daphne Koller]], professor in CS, co-founder of [[Coursera]]
* [[Donald Knuth]], professor emeritus, computer science pioneer, creator of [[TeX]], author of [[The Art of Computer Programming]], [[Turing award]] winner
* [[Barbara Liskov]], the first woman earning a ph.d in CS (from Stanford), [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Edward McCluskey]], professor in EE, IEEE John Von Neumann Prize winner
* [[John McCarthy (computer scientist)|John McCarthy]], responsible for the coining of the term [[Artificial Intelligence]], and inventor of the [[Lisp programming language]] and [[time sharing]], [[Turing award]] winner
* [[Robert Metcalfe]], former faculty, co-inventor of [[Ethernet]], inducted into [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]]
* [[Robin Milner]] former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Allen Newell]] [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Andrew Ng]], faculty in CS, winner of 2010 Computers and Thought Award
* [[John Ousterhout]], faculty in CS, winner of Grace Murray Hopper award
* [[Amir Pnueli]] postdoc, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Ronald Rivest]] former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Raj Reddy]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Tim Roughgarden]], faculty in CS, winner of Grace Murray Hopper award
* [[Arthur Samuel]], former faculty, a pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program appears to be the world's first self-learning program, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI).
* [[Dana Scott]] former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Robert Tarjan]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[Sebastian Thrun]] director of Stanford AI LAB, team leader of Stanford driverless car racing team, whose entry [[Stanley (vehicle)|Stanley]] won 2005 DARPA grand challenge.
* [[Jeff Ullman]], professor in CS, IEEE John Von Neumann prize winner
* [[Niklaus Wirth]] former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist, inventor of PASCAL
* [[Terry Winograd]], faculty in CS, winner of 2010 Computers and Thought Award
* [[Andrew Yao]], former faculty, [[Turing award]] -winning computer scientist
* [[William Yeager]], inventor of multi-protocol internet router