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| '''Roger Needham''' was born in 1935. He died Monday, 3 March, 2003 of cancer. | '''Roger Needham''' was born in 1935. He died Monday, 3 March, 2003 of cancer. | ||
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| Mr. Needham did a PhD thesis on the application of digital computers to problems of classification. He became a highly respected ] and worked on a variety of key computing projects in ], ] and ]. | Mr. Needham did a PhD thesis on the application of digital computers to problems of classification. He became a highly respected ] and worked on a variety of key computing projects in ], ] and ]. | ||
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Roger Needham was born in 1935. He died Monday, 3 March, 2003 of cancer.
He joined University of Cambridge in 1956.
Mr. Needham did a PhD thesis on the application of digital computers to problems of classification. He became a highly respected scholar and worked on a variety of key computing projects in security, operating systems and local area networks.
He joined Cambridge's Computer Laboratory in 1962, became head of the lab in 1980 and remained there until his retirement in 1995.
Dr. Needham set up Microsoft's UK-based Research Labs in 1996.
In 2001 he received a CBE for his contribution to computing.