Professor Randell was a member of the Advisory Board.

Professor Randell contributed to the work of a number of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) committees and activities.

From 1994 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Professor Randell contributed to the work of a number of meetings and panels.

From 1964 to 1969 Professor Randell worked for IBM at the T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, and later in California, working on computer architectures, and on operating systems and system design methodology. Some items dating from after 1969 but relating to series begun while Professor Randell was at IBM have been included here.

Professor Randell was appointed to the post in 1969. Following retirement he became Emeritus Professor in October 2001, and Senior Research Investigator in the University's Department of Computing Science.

Records relating to other organisations of which Professor Randell was a member, or with which he corresponded. Arranged alphabetically.

The Northern Informatics Applications Agency (NIAA) (initially referred to as the Regional Data Network Initiative) was initially established in 1993 to improve data networking provision in the North of England, and came into legal existence on 1 April 1995.

The Newcastle Connection software system was designed to link UNIX systems, and was then commercially licensed for use. The software was distributed by MARI (see BR/14). For reports relating to the Newcastle Connection, see also BR/3/19/16/4 and BR/3/19/16/6).

Professor Randell was included in correspondence with the Ministry as a result of his service on the CNRS, LAAS and IRISA (see BR/10 - 12).

The Microelectronics Applications Institute (MARI) was founded in 1979 as a non profit making research, development, and training organization in Newcastle, jointly owned by Newcastle University, Newcastle Polytechnic and Computer Analysts and Programmers Ltd (for which see BR/22/5/1). Professor Randell was a Director of the Company. The Advanced Microtechnology Applications Ltd (AMA) was a wholly-owned subsidiary of MARI, which acted as its trading and commercial arm. On 9 January 1990, the name of the company was changed to The Northern Regional Information Technology Research Institute. For the Newcastle Connection software system distributed by MARI see BR/15. For photographs of historical computers relating to the MARI 10th anniversary lecture see BR/3/21/3