The third annual Global Scholars Symposium was host by Gates Cambridge Scholars on 11 and 12 June at Cambridge University. One of the highlights of the symposium was a keynote speech by Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare entitled ‘My fifty years in computing’, which is reocrded here.
Global Scholars’ Symposium: keynote speech by Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare
- June 21, 2010
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