Giorgio Napolitano is known for his dedication to the cause of Parliamentary democracy and his contribution to the rapprochement between the Italian Left and European Socialism.
One of Canada's most renowned writers, Margaret Atwood is a prolific writer who has produced more than forty volumes of poetry, fiction, children's books, political essays, and cultural criticism.
Amitav Ghosh is an lndian-Bengali novelist whose work offers a panoramic treatment of twentieth-century history from a postcolonial perspective.
Prof. Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles is known as a "Father of the Internet".
Dr. Gordon E. Moore is a visionary. His prediction in 1965, widely known as "Moore's Law", stated that the number of transistors on a chip will double about every two years.
Prof. Michael O. Rabin, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, Boston, and at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is one of the world's most prominent computer scientists.
