Person
Deane, John (1949 - 2020)
- Born
- 1949
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 2020
- Occupation
- Computer scientist
Summary
John Dean is a computer scientist and programmer who is heavily involved in the development of wireless network technology. He was part of the CSIRO team, funded in 1996, who developed the WLAN system and won the CSIRO Chairman's medal in 2009.
Details
In 2009 Deane was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as team member (with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, Diethelm Ostry, Terence Percival and colleagues) for delivering major technicalbenefits to Australia and the world and substantial returns to CSIRO from Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
Chronology
- 1971 - 1974
- Career position - Computer programmer and analyst for Tooths
- 1972
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (Maths), Macquarie University
- 1974 -
- Career position - Computer programmer, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics
- 1988 - 1991
- Career position - Employed at the Australia Telescope National Facility
- 2007 - ?
- Career position - President, Australian Computer Museum Society
- 2009
- Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (as team member with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, Diethelm Ostry, Terence Percival and colleagues)
- 2010
- Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award (with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, Terence Percival and Diethelm Ostry), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Deane, John (1949-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-590608. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'John Deane', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Deane-John. Details
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Created: 23 February 2012, Last modified: 14 March 2024