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Gresham Professors - Professor Martyn Thomas

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Channel: Gresham College · 2015 · Education

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Professor Martyn Thomas talks about the Gresham Professors that have inspired him.
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-martyn-thomas-cbe
Although Professor Thomas has no predecessors as IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology, he still believe that he owes previous Gresham Professors gratitude. In this short clip he explains who has inspired him and how. 

Martyn Thomas is an internationally recognised expert in software engineering who holds visiting professorships at three top Universities including the University of Oxford. Beyond his academic posts, Professor Thomas is often called upon to be an expert witness and also to advise Parliament on cyber security matters. Gresham College is proud to have Professor Thomas as our first IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology: 
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-martyn-thomas-cbe
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rofessor Thomas will deliver the six lectures of the newest Professorship over the 2015-16 Academic year. The series will examine the place off computing in modern society, and what we should hope will be its future. From pressing issues like cyber security threats to possible futures with driverless cars and intense automation, this series is hugely important and focuses on issues that affect the entire world. Join Professor Thomas for his series entitled ‘Living in a Cyber-Enabled World’:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/living-in-a-cyber-enabled-world 

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