(CNN) Google is honoring computer scientist Michael Dertouzos, who predicted how the internet and the rise of personal computers would impact people's lives, with a new Doodle on what would have been his 82nd birthday.

Dertouzos was the director of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science for almost three decades and is renowned for making complicated technology accessible to the general public.

In Monday's Google Doodle, Dertouzos is depicted with a chalk in hand standing before a blackboard with illustrations of the internet and computers around him.

Promoting innovation

Dertouzos was born in Athens, Greece on November 5, 1936. His mother was a concert pianist and his father was an admiral in the Greek navy. Upon graduating Athens College, he won a Fulbright scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas. Dertouzos earned a Ph.D. from MIT and joined the faculty in 1964.

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