| Authorised form of name | Anderson; Ross John (1956 - 2024); professor of security engineering |
| Dates | 1956 - 2024 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | England |
| Date of birth | 15/09/1956 |
| Place of death | His home, Cambridge, England |
| Date of death | 28/03/2024 |
| Occupation | Security Engineer |
| Research field | Cryptology |
| Materials Science |
| Engineering |
| Computer science |
| Activity | 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 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/05/2009 |
| Age at election | 52 |
| RSActivity | Committees:
Cybersecurity Research Working Group 2013-2016
Sectional Committee 4: Engineering 2012-2015
Audit Committee 2011-2013
Industry Fellowships Joint Panel 2010-2012 |
| Relationships | Spouse: Shireen Anderson, coordinator of the Christina Kelly Association, of Churchill College, Cambridge.
Children: Bavani Anderson. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN R80361
RCN R80261 |
| OtherInfo | 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. |
| Source | 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] |
| Code | NA9654 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/007344 | Anderson, Ross John | 2009 |