The 1992 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Information Science and Engineering
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Maurice Vincent Wilkes

U.K. / June 26, 1913-2010
Computer Engineer; Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge

A computer engineer who has made an enormous contribution to the research and development of computers for practical use. He was responsible for the development of EDSAC, the first stored program computer to go into service, the prototype of the modern computer, and has conducted a great deal of highly original research into computer architecture necessary to realize high-performance computers.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
1913
Born in England
1934
Graduated from St. Johns College, Cambridge (Mathematical Tripos)
1937
Ph.D., Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
1945-1980
Head, Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University
1980
Professor Emeritus, Cambridge University
1980-1986
Senior Consulting Engineer, Digital Equipment Corporation, Massachusetts
1989-present
Consultant on research strategy, Olivetti

AWARDS AND HONORS
1956
Fellow of the Royal Society, London
1967
Turing Award (ACM)
1969
Honorary Member of Information Processing Society of Japan
1980
Eckert-Mauchly Award (ACM/IEEE)
1981
McDowell Award (IEEE)
1981
Faraday Medal (IEEE)

MAJOR WORKS
1949
The EDSAC, an Electronic Calculating Machine. J.Sci. Instr.26 (with Renwick, W.)
1951
The Best Way to Design an Automatic Computing Machine. Report of Manchester University Computer Inaugural Conference
1951
Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer. Addison-Wesley Press. (with Wheeler, D.J. et al.)
1956
Automatic Digital Computers. Methuen
1968
Time-Sharing Computer System. Macdonald
1984
Memoirs of a Computer Pioneer. MIT Press