CBE FREng FRS
1935 - 2003
Professor of Computer Systems, University of Cambridge
Managing Director, Microsoft Research Limited, Cambridge
For further information see an informal memoir; his formal CV; his list of publications. There is a summary biography here, and a photograph here.
A celebration meeting for Roger's 50 years in Cambridge and 5 years at Microsoft was held on February 17th 2003. The volume of 46 papers presented to him is now published as `Computer systems: theory, technology, and applications'. For full information about the book see
http://www.research.microsoft.com/NeedhamBook (archived)
The meeting itself was recorded on video, which is also available from the book site.
Other items on the book site include the texts of Roger's two books.