Andy Hopper
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| Born | Andrew Hopper 9 May 1953 Warsaw, Poland |
| Residence | Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Computer Technology |
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University of Cambridge Swansea University |
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Swansea University (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Thesis | Local area computer communications networks (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Wheeler |
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| Spouse | Alison Gail Smith (m. 1988) |
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Andrew Hopper CBE FRS FREng FIET (born 1953) is the Professor of Computer Technology and Head of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Hopper was educated at Quintin Kynaston School in London after which he went to study for a Bachelor of Science degree at Swansea University before going to the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1974 for postgraduate work. Hopper was awarded his PhD in 1978 for research into Local area computer communications networks supervised by David Wheeler.
Hopper's PhD, completed in 1977 at Trinity College, Cambridge, was in the field of communications networks, and he worked with Maurice Wilkes on the creation of the Cambridge Ring and its successors.
Hopper's research interests include computer networks, multimedia systems,Virtual Network Computing and sentient computing. His most cited paper describes the indoor location system called the Active Badge. He has contributed to a discussion of the privacy challenges relating to surveillance.
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