Person Anderson; Ross John (1956 - 2024); professor of security engineering Anderson Ross John professor of security engineering 1956 - 2024 British Male England 15/09/1956 19560915 His home, Cambridge, England 28/03/2024 20240328

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Security Engineer Cryptology Materials Science Engineering Computer science Education: High School of Glasgow, Scotland; Trinity College, Cambridge BA, Part II Mathematics, Part II History and Philosophy of Science (1974-1978: MA (1982) Career: Pioneer and world leader in security engineering, and is distinguished for starting a number of new areas of research in hardware, software and systems. Worked for Ferranti as an avionics development engineer (1974-1975); Gap year travel in Europe, Africa and the Middle East (1979-1980); Worked on multilingual typesetting (1981-1983); self employed IT consultant working mostly in computer security (1984-1989); research student, Cambridge University (1992-1994); Senior Reserach Associate, Cambridge University (1995); University Lecturer, Cambridge University (1995-2000); Reader in Security Engineering, Cambridge University (2000-2003); Professor of Security Engineering, Cambridge University (2003 2024); died unexpectedly (2024). Awards/Medals: Lovelace Medal 2015 Spouse: Shireen Anderson, coordinator of the Christina Kelly Association, of Churchill College, Cambridge. Children: Bavani Anderson. Made pioneering contributions to many sub-disciplines of security engineering, including peer-to-peer-networks, hardware tamper resistance and cryptographic protocols. Designed of the block cipher Serpent, and worked on many applications with diverse protection requirements such as payment networks, power-line communications, goods vehicle tachographs, and clinical information systems. Committees: Cybersecurity Research Working Group 2013-2016 Sectional Committee 4: Engineering 2012-2015 Audit Committee 2011-2013 Industry Fellowships Joint Panel 2010-2012 Fellow 14/05/2009 52 Fellows Directory, Professor Ross Anderson FREng FRS,on The Royal Society website[URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/ross-anderson-10995/; last accessed: 05/12/2024) Beresford, Alastair, 3 April 2024, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Ross Anderson, 1956 - 2024, on the University of Cambridg website [URL: https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/ross-anderson; last accessed: 05/12/2024] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Anderson%2C+Ross RCN R80361 RCN R80261 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 05/12/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA9654 21/05/2009 Joanna 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes a2c1b9fd-6a58-4512-b6ba-314667a4106d