The Cambridge Computer Lab Ring
is a members' association
for staff and graduates of the
Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
The Department of Computer Science and Technology, formerly the Computer Laboratory, is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. it employed 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 15 ...
. It was formed in 2002
as a non-profit, independent and voluntary members’ association,
[ but was absorbed into the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory in 2012.][ It was named by ]Maurice Wilkes
Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was a British computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers, and who ...
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The association was mentioned by ]Richard Lambert
Sir Richard Peter Lambert (born 23 September 1944) is a British journalist and business executive. He served as director-general of the CBI, chancellor of the University of Warwick, editor of the ''Financial Times'' newspaper and chairman of t ...
in the Lambert Review
The Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration was a report by Richard Lambert published by Her Majesty's Treasury in the United Kingdom in 2003, which made "a series of recommendations aimed at smoothing out the path between Britain’s ...
of Business-University Collaboration as an example of how "universities, departments and faculties should develop their alumni networks in order to build closer relationships with their graduates working in the business community."
Hall of Fame
The association claims that, as of January 2018, there are 267 companies created by computer lab graduates and staff. A 'Company of the Year' is chosen from this list annually.
* 2005 Sophos
Sophos Group plc is a British based security software and hardware company. Sophos develops products for communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security, mobile security and unified threat management. Sophos is primari ...
* 2006 Codian
* 2007 Jagex
Jagex Limited is a British video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England. It is best known for ''RuneScape'' and ''Old School RuneScape'', both free-to-play massively multipl ...
Linguamatics
Linguamatics, headquartered in Cambridge, England, with offices in the United States and UK, is a provider of text mining systems through software licensing and services, primarily for pharmaceutical and healthcare applications. Founded in 2001, ...
* 2010 Ubisense[
* 2011 RealVNC][
* 2012 ]Trampoline Systems
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* 2013 ]Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi () is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in association with Broadcom. The Raspberry Pi project originally leaned towards the promotion of teaching basic ...
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* 2015 SwiftKey][
* 2016 Unikernel Systems][
* 2018 Bromium][
* 2019 PolyAI
* 2020 ]DisplayLink
DisplayLink (formerly Newnham Research) is a semiconductor and software technology company. They develop the DisplayLink USB graphics technology, which is designed to connect computers and displays using USB, Ethernet, and WiFi. It also allow ...
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* 2021 ]iKVA
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References
External links
Cambridge Computer Lab RingLambert Review of Business-University Collaboration
December 2003
2002 establishments in England
Organizations established in 2002
Computer
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
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