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Series of Oral Histories with Pearcey Medallists and Hall of Fame 2000-2020
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Boell, Sebastian KarlPhilipson, Graeme
Thorne, Peter
Riemer, Kai
Peter, Sandra
Wang, Belinda
Abstract
The Pearcey Foundation’s Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding life-time contribution to information and communication technology (ICT) in Australia in business, research, the media and government. The Foundation is named after Dr Trevor Pearcey, pioneering on of the world's first ...
See moreThe Pearcey Foundation’s Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding life-time contribution to information and communication technology (ICT) in Australia in business, research, the media and government. The Foundation is named after Dr Trevor Pearcey, pioneering on of the world's first digital computer, CSIRAC, in Sydney in 1949/50. The dataset consists of a collection of oral histories with individuals admitted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame between 2000 and 2020. Individuals talk about their personal biography and contributions to the ICT sector in Australia. They reflect on the role of government and other aspects in supporting innovations in ICT in Australia. This submission contains the subset of interviews without an embargo. study analyses key aspects collectively recognized by this outstanding group of individuals. It provides insights on factors that shaped ICT innovations in Australia, positive as well as negative, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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See moreThe Pearcey Foundation’s Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding life-time contribution to information and communication technology (ICT) in Australia in business, research, the media and government. The Foundation is named after Dr Trevor Pearcey, pioneering on of the world's first digital computer, CSIRAC, in Sydney in 1949/50. The dataset consists of a collection of oral histories with individuals admitted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame between 2000 and 2020. Individuals talk about their personal biography and contributions to the ICT sector in Australia. They reflect on the role of government and other aspects in supporting innovations in ICT in Australia. This submission contains the subset of interviews without an embargo. study analyses key aspects collectively recognized by this outstanding group of individuals. It provides insights on factors that shaped ICT innovations in Australia, positive as well as negative, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Date
2023-10-18Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0Faculty/School
The University of Sydney Business School, Discipline of Business Information SystemsDepartment, Discipline or Centre
The Pearcey FoundationShare