230 75 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/230/pearcey-icon.png page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/2020-highlights/ 2020-12-31 11:45:00 6 7 It 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.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/6/IT-Girl-jpeg-cover.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/the-it-girl-by-ann-moffatt/ 2020-12-08 00:00:00 433 45 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/433/dss.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/the-worlds-biggest-non-ibm-ibm-network/ 2020-11-26 02:37:00 95 12 Professor Jennifer Seberry was presented the prestigious Pearcey Medal as part of the 2020 Pearcey National Awards. The Pearcey Medal recognises a distinguished lifetime achievement and contribution to the development and growth of the ICT industry in Australia.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/95/Jennifer-Seberry.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/national/pearcey-medal/2020-pearcey-medal/ 2020-11-25 12:15:00 58 13 Emeritus Professor Jennifer Seberry, Jeff Whittle AO and Owen Hill were elevated to the Pearcey Hall of Fame at the annual Pearcey National Awards event held on Wednesday 25^th November 2020 over a Zoom call.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/58/Jeff-Whittle.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/national/pearcey-hall-of-fame/2020-pearcey-hall-of-fame/ 2020-11-25 06:53:00 43 19 Greg Riebe, co-founder of Entrepreneurs in Residence. This Award was part the 29th WAITTA Incite Honorary Awards announced on Wednesday 25 November 2020.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/43/Greg-Riebe.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/state/wa/2020-wa-award/ 2020-11-25 03:23:00 210 28 Sydney Uni's Nano Centre in Department of Physics was awarded the 2020 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in protecting Australia.  By harnessing the delicate interaction between light and sound, Professor Ben Eggleton and his team have produced a microchip that provides a unique advantage for defence platforms.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/210/Eureka-Prize-2020.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/2020-eureka-science-award-to-sydney-unis-sydney-nano/ 2020-11-24 12:15:00 211 7 Dr Cathy Foley AO, currently CSIRO Chief Scientist, and from December 2020, will become Chief Scientist of Australia. Cathy has made distinguished contributions to the understanding of superconducting materials and to the development of devices using superconductors for a number of applications including to detect magnetic fields and locate valuable deposits of minerals.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/211/Dr-Cathy-Foley.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/appointment-of-dr-cathy-foley-as-chief-scientist-australia/ 2020-11-09 09:00:00 28 15 Jamila Gordon received the 2020 NSW Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Jamila is the CEO and founder of Lumachain, a technology platform using AI, IoT and blockchain to bring transparency to global supply chains, benefitting producers, enterprises and consumers. Jamila was presented with her award by 2014 Pearcey Medallist and inaugural Ada Lovelace Medallist Professor Mary O'Kane.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/28/Jamila-Gordon.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/state/nsw/2020-nsw-award/ 2020-10-13 12:00:00 374 22 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/374/conv-oct20-women-au.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/events/conversations/conversation-celebrating-womens-contribution/ 2020-10-13 03:00:00 8 3 Guest blog by Helen Vorrath

So you’ve decided to become an IT professional when you grow up? Good choice! You’ve already discovered the satisfaction of getting a program 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 equally rewarding.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/8/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Helen-Vorrath.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-helen-vorrath/ 2020-10-12 00:00:00 7 3 Guest blog by Ann Moffatt

This is an extract from Ann Moffatt’s book, The IT Girl, which is to be published in November 2020.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/7/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-Ann-Moffatt.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/a-letter-to-my-younger-self-ann-moffatt/ 2020-10-12 00:00:00 9 7 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/9/ARchivesWEBone.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/gender-no-barrier-for-dr-skaidrite-darius/ 2020-09-28 00:00:00 10 7 adventurous days with all card systems and low-level programming languages. ]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/10/Jan-Kornweibel-ACS-square.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/a-legacy-of-computing-excellence-jan-kornweibel/ 2020-09-24 00:00:00 25 10 Shane Hill, founder of Skoolbo as this year's recipient of the ACT Chief Minister's Pearcey Entrepreneur Award. The award was presented by Senator (retd) Kate Lundy representing the ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr at the Pearcey Round Table 2020 event in Canberra.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/25/ResizedImage300225-Shane-Hill-Kate-Lundy-fmr-Senator.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/state/act/2020-act-award/ 2020-09-22 13:32:00 11 3 Guest blog by Bernie O’Shannessy

Following the invention and development of the transistor in the late1940’s in the USA, the CSIRO began research into semiconductors.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/11/40c82fc7-d72d-43c4-bbc6-86dc024e9093.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/the-rise-and-fall-of-semiconductor-manufacturing-in-australia/ 2020-09-22 00:00:00 13 3 Guest blog by Jordan Green

On August 9th the Pearcey Foundation hosted a Conversation on the Role of the ICT Community in the Future Resilience and Self-reliance of Australia.]]> https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/13/pearcey-2020-socials-monthly-convo-jul-2020-speakers-1200x628px.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/the-role-of-the-ict-community-in-the-future-resilience-and-self-reliance-of-australia/ 2020-09-03 00:00:00 12 69 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/12/CIRRUS.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/snocom-and-cirrus/ 2020-09-03 00:00:00 212 27 https://www.pearcey.org.au/media/website_posts/212/dr-terry-cutler.jpg page https://www.pearcey.org.au/blog/2020/vale-dr-terry-cutler/ 2020-07-04 11:15:00 15 7 Guest blog by Barbara Ainsworth

A huge opportunity arose in the heady days of Australian rocket science research in the mid-twentieth century for female mathematicians. Job opportunities for female mathematics graduates were not common apart from teaching but there was an alternative. In the 1950s a girl could become a Computer, that is, a human computer who performs mathematical calculations rather than a digital, electronic computer.
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A gripping, masterly telling of a vastly important, but oft forgotten part of our technological history. This is a story of a monumental technological and engineering feat that set the stage for international infrastructure and communications, yet today many do not even think how or why it happened.
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