Stephen B. Furber#
| Membership Number: | 2521 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/staffspotlights/steve-furber http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk//people/sfurber |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1990 ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK (Head of Department: 2001-2004)
- 1981-1990 Hardware designer, design manager, then head of Advanced R&D Acorn Computer Ltd, Cambridge, UK
- 1978-1981 Rolls-Royce Research Fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK
- 1974-1980 PhD (aerodynamics), University of Cambridge, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Computer engineering
- Low-power system design
- Asynchronous digital systems
- Systems-on-chip
- Networks-on-chip
- Neural systems engineering
Honours and Awards
- 2008 CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), "for services to computer science"
- 2008 Elected Member of Academia Europaea
- 2007 Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Faraday Medal
- 2005 Elected Fellow of the IEEE
- 2004-2009 Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2003 Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal
- 2002 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, UK
- 1999 Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
