Martin Hamilton

Martin Hamilton is a British computer scientist who is notable for having coined the "www." naming convention for websites. He is Principal at martinh.net, a digital innovation consulting practice. 
== Career ==
Hamilton published original research on how IP multicast could be applied to Internet resource discovery., such as allowing massively parallel searching of online databases. He has been active in a number of Internet Engineering Task Force working groups, ultimately co-authoring RFC 2219 which established the "www." convention for naming websites.
Hamilton has worked on web caching, including setting up an online community for UK universities experimenting with the technique to make the best use of scarce bandwidth as the Web began to take off in the mid 1990s. Hamilton was technical lead on the JANET Web Cache Service, which provided a national network level cache facility for UK universities and colleges. His contributions included modifications to the Linux kernel and Squid web proxy software.
Hamilton co-wrote the ROADS software for eLib, the UK electronic libraries programme. This was used by a number of subject gateway services which provided a Yahoo Directory style view of Internet resources curated by staff with expert domain knowledge.
Hamilton would go on to develop an interest in cloud computing, co-founding a series of Google for Education user group conferences which were held in Loughborough (GUUG11), Portsmouth (GEUG12) and York (GEUG14). He also worked as Centre Manager for HPC Midlands, an award winning supercomputing centre for research and industry.
Hamilton led Jisc's innovation lab, working as a Futurist and steering the direction of the company's overall R&D activities. These included surveys on research infrastructures and a series of horizon scanning reports.
In January 2020 Hamilton left Jisc to start his own digital innovation consulting practice. 
== Public engagement ==
Hamilton has been a judge for the Times Higher Education Awards and the Edtech 50 Awards and has presented extensively about the potential of emerging technologies in research and education. In January 2019 he gave evidence to the British Parliament's Education Select Committee on the role of technology in the classroom, stating that: "If we’re going to throw technology into education anywhere, it should be at literacy and numeracy", and noting the importance of investment in digital infrastructure such as Wi-Fi that underpins more sophisticated education technology applications.
== Writing ==
Hamilton has written articles about the implications for research and education of COVID-19, Industry 4.0 blockchain and artificial intelligence and been interviewed by publications such as The Telegraph, Nature, Wired UK and The Big Issue. Hamilton also writes a regular column for CILIP's Information Professional magazine and contributed to Sir Anthony Seldon's book on artificial intelligence in education, The Fourth Education Revolution.
== Awards ==
Hamilton was made a Fellow of the British Computer Society in 2008, in recognition of his contributions to the field.
==In the media==
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== References ==
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* Martin Hamilton on linkedin
* Man accused of Martin Hamilton murder dies - BBC News
* Martin Hamilton - Search Specialist | Standley Associates
Category:British computer scientists
Category:British Computer Society
Category:People associated with Loughborough University
Category:Internet Standards
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