It is impossible to overstate Brian Kernighan’s (EngPhys 6T4) contributions to the very core of the modern software industry. He was part of the research group that developed the Unix operating system and the C programming language at Bell Labs in the early 1970, where he coined the name Unix itself, helped develop a variety of languages and tools, and co-authored the book “The C Programming Language”. Unix is the foundation of all modern computer operating systems, including Linux, macOS, iOS and Android, and C is one of the world’s most widely-used programming languages and the parent of many modern computer languages. Kernighan is also the inventor of the classic “Hello, World” program, which has become the de facto way for all programming language textbook authors to introduce language syntax examples to readers.