The London Hopper Colloquium is an annual one day event for researchers across the UK who are building a career in computing. It is modelled on the American Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, which aims to bring the research and career interests of women in the spotlight. These annual American meetings are held as a tribute to Admiral
Grace Murray Hopper – pioneer of one of the first high-level computer language COBOL and was one of the first programmers of Harvard Mark I computer. She inspired many young U.S. Naval computing students at the time and still continues to do so years after her death.
This year, the 13th London Hopper Colloquium was organised by UCL and the BCS Academy on Thursday 25 May 2017 at the BCS headquarters in London. We are delighted to announce that Elisabetta Mori, a PhD student at Middlesex, was chosen to present her work in a research spotlight on the day. Ms Mori’s research focuses on the LEO (Lyons Electronic Office) computers developed by the catering firm J. Lyons and Co in the 1950s. In particular, she is investigating the social, political and business circumstances that contributed to the success and later decline of LEO Computers, as well as the technical developments and
hardware design.
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