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Brian Randell

British computer scientist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1936 · age 90

Brian Randell is a British computer scientist, and emeritus professor at the School of Computing, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. He specialises in research into software fault tolerance and dependability, and is a noted authority on the early pre-1950 history of computing hardware.

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2011Fellow of the Learned Society of WalesAward2008ACM FellowAward2002IEEE Emanuel R. Piore AwardAward2000Turing TalkAward1999Honorary Doctorate from INP ToulouseAward1991Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes IAward1936Born

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