News: obituaries
The computer scientist whose technology helped millions to prove their identity
25 June 2024
John Daugman - a pioneering computer scientist whose iris recognition algorithm helped change the lives of millions of people - died earlier this month at the age of 70. More …
A farewell to Jack Lang
7 May 2024
We're saddened by the death of Jack Lang, an enthusiastic supporter of the next generation of computer scientists and company founders who had a long association with this Department. Jack died on 23rd April, aged 76. More …
Ross Anderson, 1956 - 2024
3 April 2024
Ross made significant contributions across many areas of computer security and beyond, including cryptology; cryptographic protocols; cybercrime; hardware security and tamper resistance; information hiding and steganography; peer-to-peer networking; the security of application programming interfaces; the usability of computer security methods; the economics of information security; the connection between security and human behaviour; and many more. He was one of the founders of the field of security economics which explored how ideas from economics can be used to improve our understanding of computer security as well as better inform public policy. More …
Death of computer science pioneer Sandy Fraser
25 July 2022
We're sad to record the death of Dr Alexander Fraser, a computer science pioneer whose work was fundamental to the development of the internet we use today. More …
Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, 1927–2018
11 February 2019
The Department was saddened by the death of Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Bt KBE FRS, on 26 December 2018, at the age of 91. More …
Professor Mike Gordon FRS
1 September 2017
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Mike Gordon FRS. Mike Gordon joined the Computer Laboratory in 1981 and he made magnificent contributions to the Department in many different ways. He will be sadly missed. More …
A tribute to Negar Miralaei
30 October 2016
Staff and students at the Computer Laboratory were deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of Negar Miralaei. Negar was a fourth year PhD student soon to submit her dissertation. Her supervisor Dr Timothy Jones said "Negar loved to travel, and seized the opportunities she was given to attend conferences and workshops across Europe and the United States. She also loved visiting different parts of the UK in her spare time, making her way as far as the Scottish Highlands and, more recently, Northern Ireland. She would always come back full of excitement about her trips and tell me all the amazing things she had seen. It was difficult to believe that the first time she had set foot outside Iran was when she went to Turkey to apply for her British visa to come to Cambridge. Negar had many friends, and was well liked by everyone she worked with. She was a generous, kind person and friendly to everyone she met. Within the Computer Lab we will all miss her optimism and warm smile. There's a huge hole now where she used to be.” All at the Computer Laboratory extend their heartfelt condolences to Negar's family and friends at this sad time. More …