Andy Hopper

Sir

Andy Hopper

CBE FRS FIET FREng
Sir; Andy Hopper; CBE FRS FIET FREng
Born	Andrew Hopper; 9 May 1953; Warsaw, Poland
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Swansea University (BSc); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Acorn Computers; Active Badge; Virtual Network Computing; RealVNC;
Spouse	Alison Gail Smith (m. 1988)
Awards	Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (1989); Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (1996); Mountbatten Medal (2004); Fellow of the Royal Society (2006); CBE (2007); MacRobert Award (2013); Bakerian Medal (2017);
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer Technology
Institutions	University of Cambridge; Swansea University;
Thesis	Local area computer communications networks (1978)
Doctoral advisor	David Wheeler
Doctoral students	Andy Harter
Website	www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ah12

Sir Andrew Hopper CBE FRS FIET FREng (born 9 May 1953) is a British-Polish computer technologist and entrepreneur. He is treasurer and vice-president of the Royal Society, Professor of Computer Technology, former Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology, an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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