Kevin Hughes

Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Kevin Hughes

Name: Kevin Hughes

Born: Unknown

Computer-related contributions

  • One of the pioneers of the World Wide Web, started Hawaii's first web server at Honolulu Community College in May 1993.
  • Joined EIT (Enterprise Integration Technologies) in Palo Alto, California as their webmaster.
  • One of only six inductees in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame announced at the first international conference on the World Wide Web in 1994.
  • Developed the "imagemap" and created one of the first campus websites, including novel (at the time) ideas such as a virtual tour of a campus museum.
  • Developed seminal technologies for numerous commerce websites and designed the original public domain icons that come with the Apache HTTP Server.

Significant publications

  • From Webspace to Cyberspace (1995).
  • Entering The World-Wide Web: A Guide to Cyberspace (1994).

Honors and awards

  • Youngest recipient of the University of Hawaii's Distinguished Alumni Award (2002).

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