Sir Andy Hopper is a computer technologist and entrepreneur. His interests include computer and data systems, the use of digital technologies for ensuring well-being of the planet, and the establishment of digital commons as innovation and societal utilities. Most recently, he has been concerned with implementing innovation and business models to achieve these goals. He is Chairman of CommonAI.
Andy Hopper has pursued industrial and academic careers simultaneously. In the industrial context, he co-founded over a dozen companies, three of which floated on stock markets, and was CEO of an industrial research laboratory. In the academic context, he was Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology (2004-2018) and a Trustee of the University of Cambridge (2011-2014).
Andy Hopper has pursued industrial and academic careers simultaneously. In the industrial context, he co-founded over a dozen companies, three of which floated on stock markets, and was CEO of an industrial research laboratory. In the academic context, he was Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology (2004-2018) and a Trustee of the University of Cambridge (2011-2014).
Professor Hopper received the BSc degree from University College Swansea (1974) and the PhD degree from the University of Cambridge (1978). He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (1996) and of the Royal Society (2006) where he served as Vice-President and Treasurer (2017-2023). He was President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (2012-2013). He is a recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award (2013) and the Royal Society Bakerian Medal (2017). He was appointed a CBE (2007) and knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours (2021).
Professional position
- Professor of Computer Technology, Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
Subject groups
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Engineering and Materials Science
Computer engineering (including software)
Awards
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Bakerian Medal and Lecture
For his outstanding research in computer technology, with significant economic impacts, in particular his work in computer networking and sentient computing systems with an aim to providing sustainability.
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Clifford Paterson Medal and Lecture
On 'Progress and research in the communications industry'.
