[ { "post_id": "489", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Jordan Green Elected Pearcey Foundation Chair", "post_content_short": "The Pearcey Foundation announced Jordan Green AM as its new chair, succeeding Wayne Fitzsimmons OAM, who led the Foundation from 1999. Helen\nMcHugh, the immediate past president of the ACS (Australian Computer Society), has been appointed as a director.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/489\/Wayne-Fitzsimmons-and-Jordan-Green-Pearcey-Foundation.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/categories\/pearcey-news\/jordan-green-elected-pearcey-foundation-chair\/", "post_date": "2026-04-07 23:10:00" }, { "post_id": "486", "post_category_id": "26", "post_title": "Computer scientist, businessman and government adviser", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth
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\nTrevor Robinson<\/strong> contributed to the development of computing in Australia for more than 60 years in many different areas\ncombining good technical knowledge with an understanding of the needs of the computer customers in a rapidly evolving computer industry.
<\/em>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/486\/Trevor-Robinson-1999.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/computing-history\/computer-scientist-businessman-and-government-adviser\/", "post_date": "2026-01-27 01:45:00" }, { "post_id": "485", "post_category_id": "84", "post_title": "Consumers' Grid - A Data Perspective", "post_content_short": "After three years of national conversations, discussions, and debates it is very clear that Australia (and the rest of the world) needs to rethink the regulatory model and structures for our electricity system. What we have is not fit-for-purpose for the Consumers' Grid<\/strong>.\nIt is not clear that our current regulators can reinvent themselves within their bureaucratic mandates to deliver an efficient and optimal\nfuture.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/485\/Data-Perspective-Infographic-2752x1536.png", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/australia-40-data-perspective-pearcey-foundation-wspze\/", "post_date": "2025-12-21 23:39:00" }, { "post_id": "484", "post_category_id": "26", "post_title": "CIRRUS Emerges!", "post_content_short": "Celebrating another great milestone in Australian computing history, today CIRRUS<\/strong> is installed for your viewing\npleasure on Level 1 Ingkarni Wardli at Adelaide University. More of her accessories and signage to be displayed in the new year. On behalf\nof all Australians, our appreciation to the Adelaide University Librarian, Siân Woolcock, and the Library Special Collections\nteam (Fiona Borthwick, Kate Moskwa, Kate Sinclair and Elizabeth Pascale) for their outstanding efforts in restoring and presenting CIRRUS.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/484\/Cirrus-12-12-25-527x664.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2020\/snocom-and-cirrus\/", "post_date": "2025-12-20 03:35:00" }, { "post_id": "488", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "2025 Pearcey Hall of Fame", "post_content_short": "Prof David Skellern AO<\/strong> and Dr Cathy Foley<\/strong> were inducted into the 2025 Pearcey Hall of Fame at the Pearcey\nNational Awards event. The presentations were part of the 70th anniversary of the University of Melbourne School of Computing and\nInformation Systems celebration evening held at Melbourne Connect on 21 November  2025.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/488\/cathy-foley.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-hall-of-fame\/2025-pearcey-hall-of-fame\/", "post_date": "2025-11-21 09:00:00" }, { "post_id": "487", "post_category_id": "12", "post_title": "2025 Pearcey Medal", "post_content_short": "Wi-Fi pioneer Prof David Skellern AO<\/strong> was awarded the prestigious 2025 Pearcey Medal at the Pearcey National Awards event. The presentation was part of the 70th anniversary of the University of Melbourne School of Computing and Information Systems\ncelebration evening held at Melbourne Connect on 21 November 2025.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/487\/david-skellern.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/national\/pearcey-medal\/2025-pearcey-medal\/", "post_date": "2025-11-21 07:00:00" }, { "post_id": "478", "post_category_id": "28", "post_title": "Pearcey Entrepreneur does it again!!", "post_content_short": "As reported in The Age, Grant Petty<\/strong>, National and Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur award recipient in 2020, has partnered with APPLE to once again make professional video creation and editing accessible to every creative effort.<\/a>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/478\/BM-Dock-1024x768.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2025\/blackmagic-iphone-cinema-camera\/", "post_date": "2025-10-03 05:45:00" }, { "post_id": "476", "post_category_id": "26", "post_title": "Oral History of Australian Computing", "post_content_short": "Australia has a rich and dynamic history of invention, innovation, and commercial success in developing electronics products in computing and allied fields. Many of these achievements are within living memory. In this series of interviews by documentary expert Karl\nvon Moller<\/strong>\nwe hear first hand from the people who pioneered this era of modern electronics innovation in Australia.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/476\/Oral-History-of-Computing-1-1536x1024.png", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLG6TC16Jt3ifKnjhU7fuOeLkm0U4tBoji&si=BEq9BL6hhLSK_htG", "post_date": "2025-08-21 14:00:00" }, { "post_id": "475", "post_category_id": "87", "post_title": "IT Innovation in AU joint Study", "post_content_short": "The Pearcey Foundation and the Business School at the University of Sydney are proud to release a detailed project report looking at IT\nInnovation in Australia, A Long-Term Perspective<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/475\/IT-innovation-study.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2025\/it-innovation-in-au-joint-study\/", "post_date": "2025-08-20 23:00:00" }, { "post_id": "473", "post_category_id": "26", "post_title": "Grandmother of the Web", "post_content_short": "Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth<\/em>
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\nMary Lee Woods<\/strong> enjoyed a short career in Australia at Mount\nStromlo. Her son, Tim Berners-Lee, is known as the “Father of the Web”. Mary accepted the name “Grandmother of the Web’. She should be\ncelebrated for her own career in programming.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/473\/Mary-Lee-Berners-Lee-c.1940s-377x456.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/computing-history\/grandmother-of-the-web\/", "post_date": "2025-06-22 14:00:00" }, { "post_id": "472", "post_category_id": "87", "post_title": "UNSW Quantum Professor presented Hall of Fame", "post_content_short": "Prof Andrew Dzurak<\/strong> was elevated to the Pearcey Hall of Fame in November 2024. Unfortunately, Andrew was overseas at the\ntime of the presentation and so the Chair of the Pearcey Foundation presented the certificate in person on Friday 14 February at the Diraq lab at UNSW Campus in Kensington, NSW.<\/a>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/472\/AndrewDzurakAward-104.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2025\/unsw-quantum-professor-presented-hall-of-fame\/", "post_date": "2025-02-14 01:30:00" }, { "post_id": "471", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "Dr Ian Oppermann Appointments", "post_content_short": "Congratulations to Dr Ian Opperman on his appointment as the Chair of the Federal Government committee for Data Standards for Digital\nID and Consumer Data Right. Ian is Chair of our Australia 4.0 Committee and was our 2024 Pearcey Orator.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/471\/ian-oppermann.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/dr-ian-oppermann-appointments\/", "post_date": "2024-12-20 22:35:00" }, { "post_id": "469", "post_category_id": "11", "post_title": "2024 National Awards Gala", "post_content_short": "An evening of celebration and recognition, the Pearcey National Awards Gala incorporated the Queensland Entrepreneur Award, the National\nEntrepreneur Award, the Pearcey Hall of Fame and the Pearcey Medal<\/strong>.\nThese most prestigious awards recognise outstanding Australians in the ICT sector for their entrepreneurial spirit, achievements and\nlifetime commitment to the betterment of our society through technology enabled change.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/469\/Overview-for-web-page.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/2024-national-awards-gala\/", "post_date": "2024-12-01 06:59:00" }, { "post_id": "466", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Biography - Trevor Pearcey", "post_content_short": "Mrs Barbara Ainsworth, Curator of the Monash Museum of Computing History has published a new biography of Dr Trevor Pearcey, Dean of\nthe School of Computing and Information Systems (1980-1984).
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", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/466\/Trevor-Pearcey-1984-Monash-Archives-246x349.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/initiatives\/computing-history\/biography-trevor-pearcey\/", "post_date": "2024-11-11 06:15:00" }, { "post_id": "460", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Pearcey Award Recipient on TV", "post_content_short": "Chris Piastri<\/strong>, recipient of the 2024 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award is interviewed by 9News about his Pearcey award\nand the work he has done to receive this prestigious recognition.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/460\/Chris-Piastri-9News-27-10-2024-(1920x1080).jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/pearcey-award-recipient-on-tv\/", "post_date": "2024-10-30 13:00:00" }, { "post_id": "457", "post_category_id": "71", "post_title": "Musica ex Machina", "post_content_short": "Musica ex Machina: Machines Thinking Musically<\/em> is an exhibition at EPFL Pavilions in Lausanne, Switzerland, that explores the\n\tintersections of algorithmic and computational thinking in music. The exhibition highlights the evolution of these concepts from historical\n\tto contemporary contexts, showcasing how technological advances have expanded musical possibilities. A significant part of the exhibition is\n\tdedicated to CSIRAC, the first computer to play music, featuring its pioneering role in the history of computer music. CSIRAC's\n\tcontributions are illustrated through historical documentation and audiovisual installations. More details about the exhibition and its\n\tthemes can be found here<\/a> .\n\tDetails about the associated symposium are\n\there<\/a> \n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/457\/Musica-ex-Machina-2024-845x1200.png", "post_content_type": "none", "post_content_url": null, "post_date": "2024-07-31 03:27:00" }, { "post_id": "449", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "Jeff Whittle Obituary", "post_content_short": "Jeff Whittle AO FACS passed away on 5th<\/sup> February 2024 at the age of 93. His legacy is profound and not only in IT. He was\n\tmade an Officer (AO) of the general division of the Order of Australia for \"Distinguished service to the information technology sector and\n\tthe mining industry, particularly through the development of industry standard computer programs for strategic mine planning and\n\toptimisation”.\n\n
", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/449\/Photo-of-Jeff-Whittle.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/jeff-whittle-obituary\/", "post_date": "2024-03-05 03:11:00" }, { "post_id": "446", "post_category_id": "85", "post_title": "Jordan Green Awarded AM", "post_content_short": "The Pearcey Foundation's own Board member and Secretary, Jordan Green, was awarded an AM in the Australia Day 2024 Honours List. Jordan\nwas recognised for his significant service to business, particularly through Angel investing, and to professional associations.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/446\/jordan.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2024\/jordan-green-awarded-am\/", "post_date": "2024-01-26 05:27:00" }, { "post_id": "429", "post_category_id": "77", "post_title": "Vale Ariel Liebman", "post_content_short": "<\/strong>Professor Ariel Liebman was a key supporter of Australia 4.0. He worked at the intersection of ICT and the future renewable\ngrid. Ariel was going to moderate one of the Australia 4.0 sessions but, since he was to be overseas at the time, he arranged for other colleagues to assist. Sadly, Ariel passed away after a brief illness on November 9th<\/sup> 2023 and will be sorely missed by his\nfamily, friends and colleagues.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/429\/Ariel-Liebman-720x720.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2023\/vale-ariel-liebman\/", "post_date": "2023-11-19 02:39:00" }, { "post_id": "428", "post_category_id": "77", "post_title": "2023 National Awards Announced", "post_content_short": "On October 31st in Sydney the Pearcey Foundation celebrated its jubilee year and presented its national awards. This included the Pearcey Medal awarded to Aidan and David Tudehope<\/strong>, co-founders of Macquarie Technology Group and Pearcey Fame inductees, Richard\nWhite<\/strong>, Founder and CEO of Wisetech Global, and Professor Jean Armstrong<\/strong>, engineer, inventor, teacher and researcher. The Pearcey National Entrepreneur Award recipient was Didier Elzinga<\/strong>, Founder and CEO of CultureAmp.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/428\/Post-Header-1953x1139.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2023\/2023-national-awards-announced\/", "post_date": "2023-11-01 08:33:00" }, { "post_id": "427", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "2023 National Awards Gala", "post_content_short": "25 years ago, the Foundation launched on its mission to celebrate, support and encourage Australians who engage in, and excel at, the\n\tinvention, development and use of information, communication and computing technologies (ICT) for the betterment of our society.\n\n

\n\tBuilding on the work of Dr Trevor Pearcey and his invention of the first digital computer in Australia, which put us at the global forefront\n\tof the digital age, we have recognised outstanding Australians:\n\n

\n\t161 Pearcey Entrepreneur Awards\n\t62 Pearcey Hall of Famers\n\t24 Pearcey Medals\n\n

\n\tPeer-selection is the hallmark of the Pearcey awards. Selected by past award recipients, this is the community recognising the significant achievements of its peers.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/427\/Medal-Only-1000x992_transparent.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2023\/2023-national-awards-announced\/", "post_date": "2023-10-09 10:25:00" }, { "post_id": "423", "post_category_id": "36", "post_title": "Ada Lovelace Day 2023", "post_content_short": "Ada Lovelace Day<\/strong> honours all the innovative women in STEM, commemorating their ingenuity that has changed the course of\nhistory.
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\nProudly sponsored by the Pearcey Foundation.<\/em>
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\nThe Monash University Faculty of IT is exploring the role of Australian women in early digital computing – and the opportunities in the\nfuture. Join us for insightful speeches, a thought-provoking panel discussion and networking over a light lunch in our celebration ‘Australian\nwomen in IT yesterday, today and tomorrow<\/em>’\nwhich will be opened by Professor Ann Nicholson, the first female Dean of our faculty. It will then venture into the life of Ada\nLovelace and how women can carry on her legacy of impact today and tomorrow.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/423\/Ada-Lovelace-1463x2294_transparent.png", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/it\/events\/2023\/ada-lovelace-day", "post_date": "2023-10-04 05:25:00" }, { "post_id": "455", "post_category_id": "77", "post_title": "2023 VIC Pearcey Award", "post_content_short": "The 2023 Victorian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award presented to Didier Elzinga<\/strong>, founder and CEO of Culture Amp. Award was\n\tpresented at a special dinner in Melbourne, by the Honourable Ben Carroll MP, Minister for Industry & Innovation, State Government of\n\tVictoria. A flagship event of the Victorian Digital Innovation Festival and of the Melbourne Connect Innovation Week\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/455\/Web-Page-Didier-and-Jordan-1080x1001.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/awards\/state\/vic\/2023-vic-award\/", "post_date": "2023-09-30 09:43:00" }, { "post_id": "422", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "Australia's First Digital Computer on ABC Sunday Extra", "post_content_short": "In 1955, the first digital computer arrived in Australia in Melbourne, called CSIRAC. It is the world's oldest surviving first-generation\n\telectronic computer and the first computer to produce digital music.\n\n

\n\tOur guest was the former Head of the Dept of Computer Science at the Uni of Melbourne and explains how CSIRAC led to the rapid adoption of\n\tcomputing at the university and fostered the discipline.\n\n

\n\tGuest: Dr Peter Thorne,<\/strong> former Head of the Department of Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Chair, Heritage\n\tCommittee, The Pearcey Foundation.\n\nBroadcast 3 Sep 2023", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/422\/CSIRAC-at-Melbourne-Museum-12-8-2008-2373x1000.jpg", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/listen\/programs\/sundayextra\/computer-guy\/102804222", "post_date": "2023-09-06 14:00:00" }, { "post_id": "420", "post_category_id": "77", "post_title": "Vale Harry Wragge AM", "post_content_short": "<\/strong>Many of us recall Harry as the crusty but jovial former head of TRL – Telecom Research Labs, for many years. His passing on\n31 July at age 93 marks the end of an era when Telecom Australia dominated all aspects of Telecommunications in Australia. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/media\/website_posts\/420\/wragge.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.pearcey.org.au\/blog\/2023\/vale-harry-wragge-am-1929-2023\/", "post_date": "2023-07-31 04:41:00" } ]