- BR/19
- Subfonds
- Feb 1980 - Oct 1996
Professor Randell was a trustee and a member of the Board of Directors for the Museum at Harvard University, Boston, USA.
Professor Randell was a trustee and a member of the Board of Directors for the Museum at Harvard University, Boston, USA.
Researcher at International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
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.
International Federation For Information Processing (IFIP)
International Federation For Information Processing (IFIP) is the multinational organisation for Information Technology. Professor Randell was a founder member of Working Groups 2.3 (Programming Methodology) and 10.4 (Dependability and Fault Tolerance). He also refereed papers for IFIP conferences and helped organise some IFIP events. For additional correspondence relating to IFIP, see BR/3/24, especially BR/3/24/14, 23, 33, 40.
Professor Randell was a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a member of its Safety Critical Systems Task Force. He was also a member of the Editorial Board of the British Computer Journal, the journal of the BCS, for records of which 1972 - 1991 see BR/3/22/3.
Records relating to other organisations of which Professor Randell was a member, or with which he corresponded. Arranged alphabetically.
Professor of Computing Science at Newcastle University
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.
United Kingdom Department Of Trade And Industry (DTI)
Professor Randell contributed to the work of a number of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) committees and activities.
Science And Engineering Research Council (SERC)
From 1994 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Professor Randell contributed to the work of a number of meetings and panels.
Health And Safety Commission Advisory Committee On The Safety Of Nuclear Installations (ACSNI)
Professor Randell was a member of the Advisory Committee and of its Study Group on the Safety of Operational Computer Systems.
Professor Randell contributed to a number of European Union initiatives. See BR/8 and BR/9 for the ESPRIT and Information Society Technologies Research Programmes.