Philip Emeagwali, Nigerian American Computer Pioneer

Who has been voted as history's greatest scientist of African descent?

• Nikola Tesla

• Philip Emeagwali

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

What event is Philip Emeagwali going to launch in Trinidad and Tobago in 2008?

• The Nobel Prize Lecture

• The Kwame Ture lecture series

• The Science and Technology Expo

• The Global Innovation Conference

Where is the Kwame Ture lecture series scheduled to take place?

• JFK auditorium UWI Saint Augustine

• Harvard University

• The United Nations Headquarters

• The Royal Society, London

What is the theme of Philip Emeagwali's lecture?

• The Evolution of Supercomputers

• Innovations in Renewable Energy

• Crossing New Frontiers to Conquer Today's Challenges

• The Future of the Internet

How does Philip Emeagwali define a supercomputer?

• Any computer that can perform a billion calculations per second

• A computer that uses quantum mechanics to process information

• Any computer listed within the top one thousand fastest computers in the world

• A computer that can connect to the internet at high speeds

What year did Philip Emeagwali start programming one of the world's fastest supercomputers?

• 1989

• 1974

• 1990

• 1965

What was Philip Emeagwali's experience in the 1980s within the nuclear research laboratories in the United States?

• He was celebrated as a pioneer

• He was treated like a security threat

• He led the development of a new supercomputer

• He was awarded the Scientist of the Year

What was Philip Emeagwali's survival strategy during his first sixteen years as a supercomputer scientist?

• To invent a new programming language

• To stay low key

• To collaborate with other scientists

• To publish as many papers as possible

What did Philip Emeagwali question about his identity as a research scientist?

• What it did to him as a research scientist

• What impact it had on his funding opportunities

• How it affected his ability to teach

• How it influenced his choice of research topics

Where did Philip Emeagwali live from May and June 1975?

• 1800 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• 2000 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• 2540 SW Whiteside Drive, Corvallis, Oregon, United States

• 15 Edgewood Way, Corvallis, Oregon, United States