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SUMMARY:A History of Virtualisation in Operating Systems. - Dr Andrew Herb
 ert OBE\, FREng..
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CONTACT:David Greaves
DESCRIPTION:Please register to attend the Wheeler Lecture on http://www.cl
 .cam.ac.uk/seminars/wheeler/booking.html\n\nComputer Laboratory folklore a
 ttributes the theory that "any problem in computer science can be solved b
 y another level of indirection” to David Wheeler and indeed the theory c
 an be seen at work in Wheeler's initial orders and library subroutine syst
 em for EDSAC.  In computer operating systems indirection is normally assoc
 iated with some form of “virtualisation”.  With roots in early operati
 ng system designs of the 1960s\, virtualisation has become a key element o
 f modern operating systems structure\, especially in cloud computing.  The
  lecture will explore the origins and evolution of virtualisation and the 
 impact on modern computer hardware and operating systems architecture.\n\n
 Andrew Herbert OBE\, FREng joined the Computer laboratory in 1975 as a PhD
  student working with Maurice Wilkes and Roger Needham on the Cambridge CA
 P Computer.  Following subsequent work with Needham developing the Cambrid
 ge Distributed System\, Andrew left the Laboratory for a career in industr
 y culminating in becoming the Chairman of the Microsoft Research laborator
 ies across Europe\, the Middle East and Africa.  Having retired in 2010 he
  is currently managing a project to build a reconstruction of EDSAC at the
  National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park.  He hopes to have the rep
 lica operational this year.\n\nIf you are registered for this lecture you 
 are also invited to Minute Madness\, a selection of short talks showcasing
  current research at the Computer Laboratory.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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