Sir Andrew Hopper CBE FIET FREng FRS
Professor Emeritus of Computer Technology,
University of Cambridge
Commissioner, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Chairman, lowRISC Community Interest
Company
EDUCATION
University College of Swansea
1971 - 1974 BSc in Computer
Technology
University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory (Trinity
Hall)
1974 - 1977 PhD Title: Local
Area Computer Communication Networks
ACADEMIC
University of Cambridge
1977 - 1997 Research
Assistant, Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Reader (Computer
Laboratory)
1997 - 2004 Professor of
Communications (Department of Engineering)
2004 - 2023 Professor of Computer Technology
(Computer Laboratory)
2004 - 2018 Head of Department of
Computer Science and Technology (Computer Laboratory)
2011 - 2014 Council (Trustee), committees: Finance, University Assistants Joint Board
2023 - Professor Emeritus of Computer Technology (Department of Computer Science and Technology)
Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge
1981 - 2011 Fellow, Director
of Studies
Computer
Laboratory Graduate Association Business Club (CL Ring)
2004 - 2018 Chairman
Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Electronics
Communication and Information Technology
2005 - 2021 Chairman Advisory Board
(2005-2018 Member)
University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science
2008 - 2014 Advisory
Board
Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, School of Computer
and Communications Sciences
2011 - 2018 Advisory Board
Goodenough College, London
2023
-
Fellow
INDUSTRIAL
Orbis
Ltd
sold to Acorn Computer 1979
1978 - 1981 Director
Acorn Computer plc - IPO London USM 1982, spun
out ARM 1990
1979 - 1985 Research
Director
1996 - 1999 Director
Qudos Ltd
1985 - 1989 Director
Olivetti Research Ltd (AT&T Laboratories Cambridge Ltd)
1986 - 2002 Managing Director
(1994-2002 Vice-President)
Advanced Telecommunications Modules Ltd (Virata Inc) IPO
NASDAQ 1999, secondary raised $550M
1993 - 2001 Director
Telemedia Systems Ltd (IPV Ltd)
1995 - 2003 Chairman
(2000-2003 Director)
Adaptive Broadband Ltd - sold to California
Microwave 1998
1998 - 2001 Director
Cambridge Broadband Ltd (CBNL Ltd)
2000 - 2005 Chairman
Level 5 Networks Ltd (Solarflare Inc) - sold to Xilinx
2019
2002 - 2008 Director
RealVNC Ltd Queen's Awards: Innovation 2011, Int.
Trade 2011 & 2013, MacRobert 2013, sold to Livingbridge 2021
2002 - 2021 Chairman
Ubisense plc (IQGeo plc) IPO London AIM 2011, Queen's
Awards: Innovation 2012, Int. Trade 2012
2003 - 2015 Chairman
(2003-2006 Director)
Adventiq Ltd sold
to Adder Technology 2009
2005 - 2009 Chairman
TxtEz Ltd
2012 - 2014 Chairman
lowRISC Community Interest Company
2019
-
Chairman
PROFESSIONAL
Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly
IEE)
1981
- Member,
Fellow,
committees: Sector, Finance/Investment, Audit, Nomination,
Remuneration
2003
-
2006 Ordinary Trustee
2009
-
2012 Vice-President, Deputy
President
2012 - 2013 President
Royal Academy of Engineering
1996
- Fellow,
committees: Membership, Awards, International, Enterprise
2007 - 2010 Council
(Trustee)
2016 - 2019 Chairman Launchpad
Competition
Fraser Research Princeton
2003 - 2010 Trustee
Cambridge Wireless
2005 - 2008 Director
Royal Society
2006
- Fellow,
committees: Sectional, Innovation, Awards Nomination, Industry,
Science Policy
2009 - 2011 Council (Trustee)
2017 - 2023 Treasurer and
Vice-President, committees: Policy, Emerging Technologies,
Remuneration, Planning/Resources, Investment
Academia Europaea
EDSAC Replica Project
2012
-
Trustee
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
2018
-
Commissioner
(Trustee), committees: Finance/Investment
OTHER
Amadeus Capital Partners
2001 - 2005 Advisory Board
Cambridge Gateway Fund
2001 - 2006 Advisory
Board
Technology Strategy Board (Innovate
UK), Emerging Technologies and Industries Steering
Group
2009 - 2012 Chairman
BP plc
2011 - 2017 Technology
Advisory Council
2015 - 2017 Castrol
innoVentures Advisory Board
UK Government
2008
Capability Review Department of Innovation, Universities and
Skills
2020 - 2021 Innovation Expert Group
1999 Royal Society - Clifford
Paterson Prize Lecture
2003 Royal Academy of Engineering -
Silver Medal
2004 Association for Computing Machinery
- SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contribution Award
2004 Institution of Electrical Engineers -
Mountbatten Medal
2005 University of Wales Swansea - Honorary
Fellowship
2007 Appointed CBE for "services to the
computer industry"
2010 Queen's University Belfast - Honorary
Degree
2011 Trinity Hall, Cambridge - Honorary
Fellowship
2013 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge -
Honorary Fellowship
2013 Royal Academy of Engineering - MacRobert
Award
2014 Science Council - named as one of
UK's "100 leading practicing scientists"
2016 Association for Computing Machinery
- SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Paper Award
2017 Royal Society - Bakerian Premier Medal
and Lecture
2021 Knighted for "services to computer
technology"
PERSONAL
Born 9 May 1953, Warsaw, Poland, UK citizen since
1964
Married, two children, pilot with ~6000 hours flight time