David Hartley (computer scientist)
Dr David Hartley | |
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| Born | 14 September 1937 Halifax, Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
| Known for | EDSAC 2 Autocode CPL Titan Multiple Access System Director of University of Cambridge Computing Service (23 years) UK Government Committees (inc. advisor to Prime Minister) Granta Backbone Network Establishment of the United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association (UKERNA) President, British Computer Society (1999) Chairman, Computer Conservation Society (2007) EDSAC Replica Project |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Computing Service Computer Laboratory United Kingdom Educational and Research Association (now JANET) Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) Clare College, Cambridge The National Museum of Computing (TNMoC) British Computer Society Computer Conservation Society |
| Thesis | Automatic Programming for Digital Computers (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Maurice Wilkes |
David Fielding Hartley FBCS (born 14 September 1937) is a computer scientist and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He was Director of the University of Cambridge Computing Service from 1970–1994, Chief Executive of United Kingdom Joint Academic Network (JANET) 1994–1997, and Executive Director of Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) 1997–2002. He is now much involved with the National Museum of Computing.
He was involved in the development of the programming language CPL, whose influence can be traced on to C, and C++. He was president of the British Computer Society from 1999 to 2000 and chairman of the Computer Conservation Society from 2007 to 2011.