Austin, Brian J.

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Computer scientist

Brian J. Austin worked for CSIRO Division of Computing Research. He helped to develop an on-line, multi-user system for their Control Data 3600 computer, called DAD, which was the first (1965) large scale, on-line, multi-user system in Australia.

Career Highlights

According to the annual reports for the CSIRO Division of Computing Research, Austin was a Principal Research Scientist in 1973, a Senior Principal Research Scientist in 1981 and the Group Leader for Cyber Systems in 1984.

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003347. [ Details ]

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