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Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010 [11]) was an English computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers, and who invented microprogramming, a method for using stored-program logic to operate the control unit of a central processing unit's circuits.
Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks (19 August 1904 – 8 September 1963) was an English automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company. He was the founder of the Land Rover marque and responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the first Land Rover ...
The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer. [1] Inspired by John von Neumann's seminal First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, the machine was constructed by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in England.
Published in 1951, it was written by Maurice Wilkes, David Wheeler, and Stanley Gill of Cambridge University. The book was based on the authors' experiences constructing and using EDSAC, one of the first practical computers in the world.
The Association for Computing Machinery SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award is given annually for outstanding contribution to computer architecture by a young computer scientist or engineer; "young" defined as having a career that started within the last 20 years. [1]
Pages in category "Maurice Wilkes Award winners" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Maurice Wilkes (1913–2010) was a computer scientist at the University of Cambridge. Maurice Wilkes may also refer to: Maurice Wilks (1904–1963), automotive and aeronautical engineer; Maurice Canning Wilks (1910–1984), Irish landscape painter
2000 Maurice Wilkes; 2001 David Caminer [1] 2002 David Cleevely; 2004 Hermann Hauser [2] 2005 Subhash Bhatnagar; 2006 Tony Hey [3] 2007 Tim Berners-Lee [4] 2008 Alex Balfour [5] 2009 John Carey [6] 2010 Steve Furber [7] 2011 Mike Short [8] 2012 Kevin Warwick [9] 2013 Robin Saxby [10] 2014 Jim Morrish [11] 2015 Robert Pepper [12]