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Nigel Roberts FBCS
is a British computer scientist and former
politician from the British Channel Islands. He
is a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer
Society.In 1996 he founded the Island Networks
group of companies — which includes
CHANNELISLES.NET, registry operator of the .GG
and .JE top level domains for Guernsey and
Jersey. Whilst a student at Essex, he was one of
the group of undergraduate students who conceived
and developed the world's first multi-user
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Mike Brady,FRS, FEng, FIEE,
FInst.P is BP Professor of Information
Engineering at the University of Oxford.
Following a PhD in Mathematics and a spell
lecturing Computer Science at Essex University,
appointed Senior Research Scientist of the MIT
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1980. In
1985, left MIT to take up a newly created
Professorship in Information Engineering. Author
of over 250 articles in computer vision,
robotics, medical image analysis, and artificial
intelligence, and the author or editor of nine
books. Has been awarded honorary degrees by the
universities of Essex, Manchester, Southampton,
Liverpool, and by the French CNRS. Member of the
UK Government’s Cabinet Office Advisory
Council on Science and Technology (1990-5).
Member of the UK National Technology Foresight
Steering Group. Currently, Special Advisor to the
House of Commons Select Committee on Science and
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Professor Sid Watkins
became involved with F1 way back in 1978 Bernie
Ecclestone asked him to help out with some
medical problems. Professor Watkins obliged and
later that year he was appointed Grand Prix
Surgeon. Twenty years down the
road, he boasts the title of "Chairman of
the Expert Advisory Safety Committee of the
FIA". Read Book
Review Here. |
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Professor
Peter Lawrenson, award-winning
electrical engineer, President from 1992-3 of the
Institution of Electrical Engineers |
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