| Nationality: |
UK |
| Date of Birth: |
1955 |
| Academic Degrees: |
| 1976 |
B.A. Queen's College, University of Oxford |
| Professional Career: |
| 1976-1978 |
Research Engineer, Plessey Telecommunications Ltd., UK |
| 1978-1980 |
Software Engineer, D.G. Nash Ltd., UK |
| 1980-198１ |
Software Consultant, UK
Consultant Software Engineer at CERN (June-December,1980)
[CERN: Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (European
Council for Nuclear Research), Geneva, Switzerland] |
| 198１-1984 |
Director in Technical Design, Image Computer Systems Ltd. UK |
| 1984-1993 |
Research Fellow, CERN |
| 1994- present |
Director, World Wide Web Consortium |
| 1999- present |
Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Computer Science, M.I.T. |
| Title: |
Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Computer Science, M.I.T. |
| Major Publications and Scientific Papers: |
- Berners-Lee, T.J., Information Management: A Proposal, Document at CERN, 1990 (Original document to propose the idea of the World Wide Web. A copy of this document is available at Timothy Berners-Lee's homepage.)
- Berners-Lee, T.J., et al, "World-Wide Web: Information Universe", Electronic Publishing: Research, Applications and Policy, April 1992
- Berners-Lee, T.J., et al, "The World Wide Web", Communications of the ACM, August 1994.
- Tim Berners-Lee with Mark Fischetti, Weaving the Web, Harper, San Francisco, 1999
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| Major Awards and Honors Received: |
- Kilby Foundation's "Young Innovator of the Year" Award (1995)
- ACM Software Systems Award (1995)
- ACM Kobayashi Award (1996)
- IEEE Computer Society Wallace McDowell Award (1996)
- Computers and Communication (C&C) Award (1996)
- Duddell Medal of the Institute of Physics (1997)
- Interactive Association's Distinguished Service Award (1997)
- MCI Computerworld/Smithsonian Award for Leadership in Innovation (1997)
- International Communication Institute's Columbus Prize (1997)
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (1997)
- Charles Babbage Award (1998)
- Mountbatten Medal of the National Electronics Council (1998)
- The Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Prize (1998)
- PC Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award in Technical Excellence (1998)
- Eduard Rhein Technology Award (1998)
- World Technology Award for Communication Technology (1999)
- Paul Evan Peters Award (2000)
- George R. Stibitz Computer Pioneer Award at the American Computer Museum (2000)
- Special Award for Outstanding Contribution of the World Television Forum (2000)
- Royal Medal of the Royal Society (2000)
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| Honorary Doctorates Received: |
- Parsons School of Design, New York (1996)
- Southampton University (1996)
- Essex University (1998)
- Open University (2000)
- Columbia University (2001)
- University of Oxford (2001)
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| Membership in Academic Institutions and Societies: |
- Distinguished Fellow, British Computing Society
- Honorary Fellow, Institute of Electrical Engineering
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow, Royal Society
- The 3Com Founders Chair, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
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