Robert cailliau biography wikipedia

Robert Cailliau is a Belgian informatics

View the discussion thread. Robert Cailliau. Learn about supporting IT History Society. Report a copyright violation Submit an image you own. Born in Tongeren, Belgium, he moved with his parents to Antwerp In During his military service in the Belgian Army he maintained Fortran programs to simulate troop movements. During this time, he and Berners-Lee co-authored a proposal for funding for the project.

The oversubscribed conference brought together web pioneers and was a milestone in the development of the web. The conference led to the forming of the International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee which has organized an annual conference since then. He was a member of the Committee from until In he started the "Web for Schools" project with the European Commission, introducing the web as a resource for education.

He is now an active member of Newropeans, a transeuropean political movement for which he and Luca Cominassi have recently drafted a proposal concerning the European information society. He is a public speaker on the past and future of the World Wide Web and delivered the keynote opening speech at the annual Runtime Revolution developer conference in Edinburgh, Scotland on 1 September Edit this page Nominate someone to our Honor Roll.

Co-developer of the World Wide Web.