John Graham-Cumming

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John Graham-Cumming
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Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
InstitutionsProgrammer at Cloudflare[1]
ThesisThe formal development of secure systems (1992)
Doctoral advisorJeff W. Sanders
Websitewww.jgc.org

John Graham-Cumming is a British programmer and writer[2] best known for having originated a successful petition to the British Government asking for an apology for its persecution of Alan Turing.[3] As of 2017, he is Chief Technology Officer of Cloudflare.

Graham-Cumming is the original writer of POPFile, an open-source, cross-platform e-mail filtering program.[4] He is the author of The Geek Atlas, a travel book,[5] and GNU Make Unleashed, a how-to technical manual for the GNU make program.[6]

In October 2010, he started an organization whose aim is to build Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine,[7][8][9][10] known as Plan 28.[11] He has also campaigned for open-source software in science.[12] In 2014, he launched his microblog MovieCode site, the intention of which is to connect film screenshots to specific extracts of source code.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Swan, Chris. "John Graham-Cumming on Polyglot Programming and Geek History". C4Media Inc. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ "John Graham-Cumming". London: The Guardian. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  3. ^ "Petition seeks apology for Enigma code-breaker Turing - CNN.com". Edition.cnn.com. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  4. ^ Schechter, Bruce (8 March 2003). "Spambusters". NewScientist. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. ^ John Graham-Cumming (2009). The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN 978-0-596-52320-6.
  6. ^ Graham-Cumming, John (2008). GNU Make Unleashed.
  7. ^ Fildes, Jonathan (2010-10-14). "BBC News - Campaign builds to construct Babbage Analytical Engine". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  8. ^ Graham, Duncan (2011-03-03). "A £400,000 PC downgrade: Rebooting Babbage's Analytical Engine (Wired UK)". Wired UK. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  9. ^ "The Greatest Machine That Never Was: John Graham-Cumming at TEDxImperialCollege". YouTube. 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  10. ^ "John Graham-Cumming: The greatest machine that never was | Video on". Ted.com. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  11. ^ "Plan 28: Building Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine". Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  12. ^ Ince, D. C.; Hatton, L.; Graham-Cumming, J. (2012). "The case for open computer programs". Nature. 482 (7386): 485–488. doi:10.1038/nature10836. PMID 22358837.
  13. ^ Johnson, Phil (8 January 2014). "The sources of all that code you see in TV and movies". ITworld. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

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