The Pearcey Foundation is an Australian organisation dedicated to raising the profile of the Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications industry. The foundation was formed in 1998 and is named after
Trevor Pearcey, an Australian engineer who led the team that created
CSIRAC, Australia's first and one of the world's earliest digital computers.
As part of its work, the Pearcey Foundation presents the
Pearcey Awards each year. The Foundation awards the
Pearcey Medal
Trevor Pearcey (5 March 1919 – 27 January 1998) was a British-born Australian scientist, who created CSIRAC, one of the first stored-program electronic computers in the world.
Born in Woolwich, London, he graduated from Imperial College in ...
to the Australian who has made the most outstanding lifetime contribution to the Australian
ICT
ICT may refer to:
Sciences and technology
* Information and communications technology
* Image Constraint Token, in video processing
* Immunochromatographic test, a rapid immunoassay used to detect diseases such as anthrax
* In-circuit test, in ...
industry, and each
state committee makes an annual award to the ICT professional in that state who has made the most outstanding professional, innovative or business achievement in the field of ICT.
References
* {{official website, http://www.pearcey.org.au/
Scientific organisations based in Australia