[ { "post_id": "230", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "2020 Highlights", "post_content_short": "The Pearcey Foundation had a busy year in 2020. Highlights include our National and State Awards, the Pearcey Oration and our monthly\n"Conversations" webinars on many areas important to Australia's ICT policy, heritage, and innovations.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/230\/pearcey-icon.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/2020-highlights\/", "post_date": "2020-12-31 11:45:00" }, { "post_id": "6", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "The IT Girl by Ann Moffatt", "post_content_short": "This is a remarkable book. It is frank, insightful and at times hard hitting.
\nIt traces the life, loves and career path, in UK and Australia, of a courageous and very competent woman from the earliest days of the computer age, through to the current times.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/6\/IT-Girl-jpeg-cover.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/the-it-girl-by-ann-moffatt\/", "post_date": "2020-12-08 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "433", "post_category_id": "45", "post_title": "The world’s biggest non-IBM IBM network", "post_content_short": "Nobody much remembers it now, but 40 years ago Australia built one of the world’s largest computer networks. In 1981 Australia’s Department\n\tof Social Security (DSS) began planning an ambitious network to connect all of its 210 Australian offices in real time.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/433\/dss.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/the-worlds-biggest-non-ibm-ibm-network\/", "post_date": "2020-11-26 02:37:00" }, { "post_id": "95", "post_category_id": "12", "post_title": "2020 Pearcey Medal", "post_content_short": "Professor Jennifer Seberry<\/strong> was presented the prestigious Pearcey Medal as part of the 2020 Pearcey National Awards. The\nPearcey Medal recognises a distinguished lifetime achievement and contribution to the development and growth of the ICT industry in\nAustralia.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/95\/Jennifer-Seberry.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-medal\/2020-pearcey-medal\/", "post_date": "2020-11-25 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "58", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "2020 Pearcey Hall of Fame", "post_content_short": "Emeritus Professor Jennifer Seberry<\/strong>, Jeff Whittle AO<\/strong> and Owen Hill<\/strong> were elevated to the\nPearcey Hall of Fame at the annual Pearcey National Awards event held on Wednesday 25th<\/sup> November 2020 over a Zoom call.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/58\/Jeff-Whittle.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-hall-of-fame\/2020-pearcey-hall-of-fame\/", "post_date": "2020-11-25 06:53:00" }, { "post_id": "43", "post_category_id": "19", "post_title": "2020 WA Award", "post_content_short": "The 2020 WA Pearcey Entrepreneur Award recipient is Greg Riebe<\/strong>, co-founder of Entrepreneurs in Residence. This Award was\npart the 29th WAITTA Incite Honorary Awards<\/a> announced on Wednesday 25 November 2020.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/43\/Greg-Riebe.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/wa\/2020-wa-award\/", "post_date": "2020-11-25 03:23:00" }, { "post_id": "210", "post_category_id": "28", "post_title": "2020 Eureka Science Award to Sydney Uni's \"Sydney Nano\"", "post_content_short": "Sydney Uni's Nano Centre<\/strong> in Department of Physics was awarded the 2020 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in\nprotecting Australia<\/strong>. \nBy harnessing the delicate interaction between light and sound, Professor Ben Eggleton and his team have produced a microchip that\nprovides a unique advantage for defence platforms.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/210\/Eureka-Prize-2020.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/2020-eureka-science-award-to-sydney-unis-sydney-nano\/", "post_date": "2020-11-24 12:15:00" }, { "post_id": "211", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "Appointment of Dr Cathy Foley as Chief Scientist Australia", "post_content_short": "Dr Cathy Foley AO<\/strong>, currently CSIRO Chief Scientist, and from December 2020, will become Chief Scientist of Australia.\nCathy has made distinguished contributions to the understanding of superconducting materials and to the development of devices using\nsuperconductors for a number of applications including to detect magnetic fields and locate valuable deposits of minerals.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/211\/Dr-Cathy-Foley.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/appointment-of-dr-cathy-foley-as-chief-scientist-australia\/", "post_date": "2020-11-09 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "28", "post_category_id": "15", "post_title": "2020 NSW Award", "post_content_short": "In a widely attended Pearcey virtual event, Jamila Gordon<\/strong> received the 2020 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award.\nJamila is the CEO and founder of Lumachain, a technology platform using AI, IoT and blockchain to bring transparency to global supply\nchains, benefitting producers, enterprises and consumers. Jamila was presented with her award by 2014 Pearcey Medallist and inaugural Ada\nLovelace Medallist Professor Mary O'Kane.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/28\/Jamila-Gordon.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/nsw\/2020-nsw-award\/", "post_date": "2020-10-13 12:00:00" }, { "post_id": "374", "post_category_id": "22", "post_title": "Celebrating Women's Contribution to Australia's Digital Age", "post_content_short": "Recognising the amazing contributions of female Australians to the digital age. Held on Ada Lovelace Day and supported by the Tech\nGirls Movement Foundation.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/374\/conv-oct20-women-au.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/events\/conversations\/conversation-celebrating-womens-contribution\/", "post_date": "2020-10-13 03:00:00" }, { "post_id": "8", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "A letter to my younger self, Helen Vorrath", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Helen Vorrath
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\nSo you’ve decided to become an IT professional when you grow up? Good choice! You’ve already discovered the satisfaction of getting a\nprogram to work – that will continue to excite you for the rest of your life. You’ll also find that debugging the things that don’t work is\nequally rewarding.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/8\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Helen-Vorrath.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-helen-vorrath\/", "post_date": "2020-10-12 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "7", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "A letter to my younger self, Ann Moffatt", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Ann Moffatt
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\nThis is an extract from Ann Moffatt’s book, The IT Girl, which is to be published in November 2020.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/7\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Ann-Moffatt.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-ann-moffatt\/", "post_date": "2020-10-12 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "9", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "Gender no barrier for Dr Skaidrite Darius", "post_content_short": "This graduation season, we are proud to announce that Skaidrite Darius has received an honorary doctorate from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/9\/ARchivesWEBone.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/gender-no-barrier-for-dr-skaidrite-darius\/", "post_date": "2020-09-28 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "10", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "A legacy of computing excellence – Jan Kornweibel", "post_content_short": "From the start she thrived on this new technology that used abstract logic, and still relishes looking back at those early,
\nadventurous days with all card systems and low-level programming languages.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/10\/Jan-Kornweibel-ACS-square.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/a-legacy-of-computing-excellence-jan-kornweibel\/", "post_date": "2020-09-24 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "25", "post_category_id": "10", "post_title": "2020 ACT Award", "post_content_short": "Canberra, Australia - 22 September 2020 - The Pearcey Foundation today announced Shane Hill<\/strong>, founder of Skoolbo as this\nyear's recipient of the ACT Chief Minister's Pearcey Entrepreneur Award. The award was presented by Senator (retd) Kate Lundy representing\nthe ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr at the Pearcey Round Table 2020 event in Canberra.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/25\/ResizedImage300225-Shane-Hill-Kate-Lundy-fmr-Senator.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/act\/2020-act-award\/", "post_date": "2020-09-22 13:32:00" }, { "post_id": "11", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "The rise and fall of semiconductor manufacturing in Australia", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Bernie O’Shannessy
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\nFollowing the invention and development of the transistor in the late1940’s in the USA, the CSIRO began research into semiconductors.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/11\/40c82fc7-d72d-43c4-bbc6-86dc024e9093.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/the-rise-and-fall-of-semiconductor-manufacturing-in-australia\/", "post_date": "2020-09-22 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "13", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "The Role of the ICT Community in the Future Resilience and Self-Reliance of Australia", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Jordan Green
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\nOn August 9th the Pearcey Foundation hosted a Conversation on the Role of the ICT Community in the Future Resilience and Self-reliance of\nAustralia.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/13\/pearcey-2020-socials-monthly-convo-jul-2020-speakers-1200x628px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/the-role-of-the-ict-community-in-the-future-resilience-and-self-reliance-of-australia\/", "post_date": "2020-09-03 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "12", "post_category_id": "69", "post_title": "SNOCOM and CIRRUS", "post_content_short": "Sixty years ago Australians designed and built two of the first transistorised computers called SNOCOM and CIRRUS. They were very advanced for their era.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/12\/CIRRUS.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/snocom-and-cirrus\/", "post_date": "2020-09-03 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "212", "post_category_id": "27", "post_title": "Vale Dr Terry Cutler", "post_content_short": "Terry Cutler (1948-2020) FATSE PhD Econ History (UNSW), BA History (Melb Uni), passed away on 3 July in Melbourne. Terry was a remarkable\ncontributor to the ICT sector.  During 2008 he chaired the Australian Government's Review of the National Innovation System which\nculminated in the Report, Venturous Australia.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/212\/dr-terry-cutler.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/vale-dr-terry-cutler\/", "post_date": "2020-07-04 11:15:00" }, { "post_id": "15", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "Girls, computers and rocket science.", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth<\/em>\n

\n\tA huge opportunity arose in the heady days of Australian rocket science research in the mid-twentieth century for female mathematicians. Job\n\topportunities for female mathematics graduates were not common apart from teaching but there was an alternative. In the 1950s a girl could\n\tbecome a Computer, that is, a human computer who performs mathematical calculations rather than a digital, electronic computer.\n\n
", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/15\/WIT-1.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/girls-computers-and-rocket-science\/", "post_date": "2020-06-30 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "16", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "Book Review – A Thread Across The Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable. By John Steele Gordon", "post_content_short": "Guest Blog by Sonja Bernhardt OAM<\/em>\n

\n\tA gripping, masterly telling of a vastly important, but oft forgotten part of our technological history. This is a story of a monumental\n\ttechnological and engineering feat that set the stage for international infrastructure and communications, yet today many do not even think\n\thow or why it happened.\n\n
", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/16\/heritage-project-feature-image-a-thread-across-the-ocean-500x300px.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/book-review-a-thread-across-the-ocean-the-heroic-story-of-the-transatlantic-cable-by-john-steele-gordon\/", "post_date": "2020-06-16 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "220", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen awarded OAM", "post_content_short": "Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen, creator of the Tech Girls Are Superheroes campaign, was awarded  the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the\nQueens Birthday Honours List for "service to information technology, and to women".", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/220\/Jenine-Beekhuyzen.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/dr-jenine-beekhuyzen-awarded-oam\/", "post_date": "2020-06-08 13:30:00" }, { "post_id": "221", "post_category_id": "27", "post_title": "Passing of two Australian greats - John Deane and Arthur Sale", "post_content_short": "John Deane and Arthur Sale where outstanding contributors to Australia's ICT. John was both a researcher in areas including smart wireless\nnetworks and a historian. Arthur was at the forefront of ICT acedemia in Tasmania for over 25 years.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/221\/John-Fraser-Deane.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/passing-of-two-australian-greats-john-deane-and-arthur-sale\/", "post_date": "2020-05-20 03:10:00" }, { "post_id": "22", "post_category_id": "69", "post_title": "50th Anniversary of Australia’s First Satellite", "post_content_short": "In 1966 a bunch of students (undergrads and post-grads) at the Department of Elec Eng at Melbourne University built Australia’s first satellite. It was ultimately launched in 1970 by NASA. A member of the team of 8, who designed and constructed the satellite, […]", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/22\/heritage-project-2020-blog-pearcey-2013-hall-of-fame-rod-tucker.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/50th-anniversary-of-australias-first-satellite\/", "post_date": "2020-02-27 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "432", "post_category_id": "45", "post_title": "Expanding Project To Become A Virtual Museum", "post_content_short": "Currently, the Foundation is exploring a permanent location for many of the memorabilia of past ICT technology generations, We are\n\tcollaborating with various museums and industry groups who share this desire to establish a 'virtual museum' to capture our wonderful\n\tcontribution to technology in so many fields.\n\n

", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/432\/virtual-museum.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/expanding-project-to-become-a-virtual-museum\/", "post_date": "2020-02-26 01:39:00" } ]