Philip Emeagwali
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Philip Emeagwali | |
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Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science Oregon State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Philip Emeagwali (born 23 August 1954) is a Nigerian computer scientist. He is known for making controversial claims about his achievements that are disputed by the scientific community, claims such as he invented the Internet[1][2][3] and created the world's fastest computer.[4][5][6][7][8]
Biography
Philip Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria on 23 August 1954.[9] He was raised in Onitsha in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. His early schooling was suspended in 1967 as a result of the Nigerian Civil War. At age 13, he worked in the Biafran army. After the war he completed high-school equivalence through self-study.[10][11]
Later on he married Dale Brown Emeagwali, an African-American microbiologist.[12]
Education
He traveled to the United States to study under a scholarship following completion of a course at the
Court case and the denial of degree
Emeagwali studied for a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan from 1987 through 1991. His thesis was not accepted by a committee of internal and external examiners and thus he was not awarded the degree.[17] Emeagwali filed a court challenge, stating that the decision was a violation of his civil rights and that the university had discriminated against him in several ways because of his race. The court challenge was dismissed, as was an appeal to the Michigan state Court of Appeals.[18][19]
"Supercomputing"
In 1989, Emeagwali won the $1000
Emeagwali's simulation was the first program to apply a pseudo-time approach to reservoir modeling.[1] He was cited by
Debunked controversial claims
Emeagwali has made several controversial claims about his achievements that are disputed widely by scientific community and journalists.[4][1][6][7][3]
His claim of being a father of the Internet, of having invented the Connection Machine, of possessing 41 patented inventions, of winning "the Nobel Prize of Computing" and of being a "doctor" and/or "professor" have been conclusively debunked with widely documented evidence.[7][2][8][5] Speaking during a visit to Switzerland in April 2009, Mr. Emeagwali said he was the first to program a hypercube "to solve a grand challenge defined as the 20 gold-ring problems in computing. That discovery, in part, inspired the reinvention of supercomputers as an Internet." He claimed that by his effort, he was able to set three world records and improve on Newton's second law of motion.[25]
Though he self-identifies as "Prof Emeagwali" or "Dr Emeagwali", he is neither a
Accolades
- Price/performance–1989
Selected publications
- Emeagwali, P. (2003). How do we reverse the brain drain. speech given at.[28]
- Emeagwali, P. (1997). Can Nigeria leapfrog into the information age. In World Igbo Congress. New York: August.
References
- ^ a b c "Is Nigerian creator of the Internet or a fraud?". Business Daily Africa. 2020-12-25. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c ""Father Of The Internet" Fraudulent Claims: Will The Real Philip Emeagwali Stand Up? | Sahara Reporters". saharareporters.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c "Philip Emeagwali Is Not The Creator Of The Internet! - Dubawa". dubawa.org. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c "Nigerian Journalist Honored For Exposing Philip Emegwali | Sahara Reporters". saharareporters.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e Kperogi, Farooq A. "Intellectual 419: Philip Emeagwali and Gabriel Oyibo Compared". Notes From Atlanta. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c d "Re: - Phillip Emeagwali's Fraudulent Activities Have Tainted the LSAT". groups.google.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e "How Philip Emeagwali Lied His Way To Fame | Sahara Reporters". saharareporters.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b c d says, lekan AJISAFE. "DEEPENING DEMOCRACY: Fraud and the Emeagwali Narratives | Nigeria Content Online". Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ISBN 0822503735.
- ^ Braimah, Ayodale (2017-12-31). "Philip Emeagwali (1954- ) •". Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Names". The African Library. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-998-6.
- ^ "Philip Emeagwali: African American Inventor". www.myblackhistory.net. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Black History- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University2020". www.famu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Emeagwali's insistence on degrees muddles defence". Next. November 21, 2010. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c Gray, Madison. "Philip Emeagwali, A Calculating Move". Time Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Philip Emeagwali – Nigerian British Awards". Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ a b "PHILIP EMEAGWALI V UNIV OF MICH BOARD OF REGENTS". Justia Law. 1999-10-29. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ a b "Dr. Phillip Emeagwali born". African American Registry. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ a b "Meet the high school dropout who invented world's 1st supercomputer". Pulse Nigeria. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ 247ureports (2022-08-27). "31 Anambra Personalities of Repute". 247 Ureports. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Philip Emeagwali – Nigerian British Awards". Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ Bill Clinton, Remarks to a Joint Session of the Nigerian National Assembly in Abuja, August 2000(transcript) Archived December 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CNNfyi.com - Chasing the Dream". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ cbwclondon (2010-11-09). "The Lies of Philip Emeagwali". Congress of Black Women of Canada. Archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ Kperogi, Farooq A. "Our image as a nation of scammers (II)". Notes From Atlanta. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Special Report 1989 Gordon Bell Prize". IEEE. pp. 100–104, 110. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- .
External links
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- emeagwali.com – Emeagwali's autobiography.
- Digital Giants: Philip Emeagwali (BBC)
- Biography of Emeagwali from IEEE (Archive, as of May 26, 2009).