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2 unusual facts about British Computer Society


CAP computer

R.Needham was awarded a BCS Technical Award in 1978 for the CAP (Capability Protection) Project.

Real Time Club

A selection of offices held by former RTC chairmen: Geoff McMullen and Stanley Gill served as President of the British Computer Society.


Mike Cowlishaw

Mike Cowlishaw is a retired IBM Fellow, a Visiting Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (roughly the equivalent of the NAE in the USA), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE), and the British Computer Society.

Mountbatten Medal

The Mountbatten Medal Advisory Panel, comprising the Presidents of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the British Computer Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering, meets in June, each year, to consider nominations for the Mountbatten Medal and to agree two names to be put before HRH The Duke of Kent, who then makes the final decision.


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