Royal Society Recognition

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Royal Society Recognition

19 July 2016
Submitted by seladmin on 19 July 2016


The Royal Society has made one of its major awards to a former Selwyn student. Sophie Wilson, who is also an Honorary Fellow of the College, has jointly received The Mullard Award - which recognises outstanding scientific work that contributes to national prosperity in the United Kingdom. Ms Wilson, along with Professor Steve Furber, was cited for “their distinguished contributions to the design and analysis of the Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) microprocessor which is used in mobile phone and portable electronics world over”.



You can read the Royal Society’s news release here: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/mullard-award/. ARM itself has been in the news this week after its £24bn takeover: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36822806



Sophie Wilson studied at Selwyn in the late 1970s, and she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship in Spring 2016.



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