EU Innovation

Europe has a proud ICT history. Here are some memorable European innovators:

1. George Boole - Formulated Boolean algebra, the basis of digital logic.
2. Charges Babbage - Inventor of the first mechanical computer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage)
3. Ada Lovelace - Inventor of the first algorithm to be carried out by a machine. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace)
4. Alan Turing - Father of computer science and artificial intelligence. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing)
5. Tommy Flowers - Designer of the first programmable electronic computer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Flowers)
6. Edsger Dijkstra - Inventor of algorithms, developer of programming languages and pioneer of distributed computing. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra)
7. Time Berners-Lee - Inventor of the World Wide Web (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee)

The European Commission recognises the need for ICT innovation to avoid missing the economic growth opportunities of the Future Internet and is offering sponsorship through its Horizon 2020 initiative. This is the biggest European Union research and innovation programme ever, with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years. Eventsys has applied for this funding.