Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology won a 2011 contest to create the program, where seven master's degree students started this winter in a computer science master's program.

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John obtained a master's degree in Computer science, with a minor in electronics engineering at the University of Wisconsin in 1980.

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It wasn't until he got hired by NASA, after completing his master's degree in computer science, that he realized the wall never existed.

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Federighi holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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The native of India earned a master's degree in computer science from the University of Southern California and worked for various startups, including one acquired by Cisco Systems Inc.

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With two degrees from Stanford, including a master's degree in computer science, and a successful career in a male-dominated industry, Mayer is often held up as a woman to emulate.

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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of the Pacific and later a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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