David Tresman Caminer PhD-Studentship for the History of Computing (London, U.K.)

The Department of Computer Science at Middlesex University, together with the LEO Computers Society are looking for a PhD Candidate for a research project in the area of History and Philosophy of Computing, under the supervision of Dr. Giuseppe Primiero. The project will investigate historical circumstances, technical developments in terms of systems and application software, hardware design and implementation, advances in business and administrative practice, and the social, political and business aspects that led to the successful production and marketing but later decline of LEO Computers and its software products.

Applications must be received before (extended deadline) 18 April 2016. For more information, see http://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research-degrees/research-studentships/ Or contact somebody at studentship.research at mdx.ac.uk