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Andy Hopper

Sir Andrew Hopper (born 9 May 1953) is a British-Polish computer technologist and entrepreneur. He is a Founding Partner at Cambridge AI Venture Partners and since 2025 has been Chairman of CommonAI Community Interest Company and CommonAI Compute Ltd. He is also Commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, former Treasurer and…

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Known for
Acorn Computers · Active Badge · Virata Corporation · Virtual Network Computing · RealVNC
Alma mater
Swansea University (BSc) · University of Cambridge (PhD)
Awards
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (1989) · Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (1996) · Mountbatten Medal (2004) · Fellow of the Royal Society (2006) · CBE (2007)
Born
Andrew Hopper (1953-05-09) 9 May 1953 (age 73) Warsaw, Poland
Doctoral advisor
David Wheeler
Doctoral students
Andy Harter

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Awards · 7
Andy Hopper → Bakerian Medal (2017), CBE (2007), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (1989), Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (1996), Fellow of the Royal Society (2006), MacRobert Award (2013), Mountbatten Medal (2004)
Known for · 5
Andy Hopper → Acorn Computers, Active Badge, RealVNC, Virata Corporation, Virtual Network Computing
Alma mater · 2
Andy Hopper → Swansea University (BSc), University of Cambridge (PhD)
Workplaces · 2
Andy Hopper → Swansea University, University of Cambridge
Born · 1
Andy Hopper → Andrew Hopper (1953-05-09) 9 May 1953 (age 73) Warsaw, Poland
Doctoral advisor · 1
Andy Hopper → David Wheeler
Doctoral students · 1
Andy Hopper → Andy Harter
Fields · 1
Andy Hopper → Computer Technology
Spouse · 1
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Thesis · 1
Andy Hopper → Local area computer communications networks (1978)

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