School of Computing Research

Martin Campbell-Kelly is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick, where he  specializes in the history of computing. His publications include Computer: A History of the Information Machine (2nd. ed., Westview Press, 2004), co-authored with William Aspray, From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry (MIT Press, 2003), and ICL: A Business and Technical History (Oxford University Press, 1989). He is editor of the Collected Works of Charles Babbage (Pickering & Chatto, 1989).

Current Positions and Affiliations 

Professor, Department of Computer Science, Warwick University
Visiting Professor, History of Computing Group, Portsmouth University
Affiliate, Law and Economic Consulting Group
Advisory Board, Centre for the History of the Mathematical Sciences, Open University
Committee Member, BCS Computer Conservation Society
History Editor, Computer Journal
Editorial Board, Annals of the History of Computing

Authored Books

• Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray, Computer: A History of the Information Machine, 2nd. ed., Westview Press, Colarado, 2004. 
• Martin Campbell-Kelly, From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry, MIT Press, Cambridge Mass., 2003.
• M. Campbell-Kelly, ICL: A Business and Technical History, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989.

Edited Books

• Martin Campbell-Kelly, Mary Croarken, Raymond Flood and Eleanor Robson (eds.), The History of Mathematical Tables: From Sumer to Spreadsheets, Oxford University Press, 2003. 
• M. Campbell-Kelly (ed.), Charles Babbage's Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, Pickering & Chatto, London, and IEEE Press,New York, 1994.
• M. Campbell-Kelly (ed.), Works of  Babbage, 11 volumes, Pickering and Chatto, London, and New York University Press, 1989.
• M. Campbell-Kelly and M.R. Williams (eds.), The Early British Computer Conferences, Charles Babbage Reprint Series for the History of Computing, Vol. 14, MIT Press, Cambridge Ma., and Tomash Publishers, Los Angeles Pickering & Chatto, London, and American University Press, New York, 1989.
• M. Campbell-Kelly and M.R. Williams (eds.), The Moore School Lectures, Charles Babbage Reprint Series for the History of Computing, Vol. 9, 1985.
• M. Campbell-Kelly (ed.), The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer, by M.V. Wilkes, D,J. Wheeler and S. Gill, Charles Babbage Reprint Series for the History of Computing, Vol. 1, 1984.

Publications—Papers Available On-Line

• M. Campbell-Kelly, “Not All Bad: An Historical Perspective on Software Patents”, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, 11, 2 (2005), pp. 191-248. [http://www.mttlr.org/voleleven/campbell-kelly.pdf]
• M. Campbell-Kelly, “Not Only Microsoft: The Maturing of the Personal Computer Software Industry, 1982-1995”, Business History Review 75 (Spring 2001), pp. 103-145. [PDF image—2.4 Mbyte]
• J. Impagliazzo, M. Campbell-Kelly, G. Davies, J.A.N. Lee and M.R. Williams, “History in the Computing Curriculum: Report of the IFIP TC3 and TC9 Joint Task Group”, Annals of the History of Computing 21 (1999), pp. 4-16. [on Hostra University server]
• M. Campbell-Kelly,  “Development and Structure of the International Software Industry, 1950-1990”, Business and Economic History 24, 2 (1995), pp. 73-110. [PDF—146 Kbytes]
• M. Campbell-Kelly, “ICL and the Evolution of the British Mainframe”, Computer Journal 38 (1995), pp. 400-412. [PDF image—2.6M bytes]
• M. Campbell-Kelly, “The Airy Tape: An Early Chapter on the History of Debugging”, Annals of the History of Computing 14, 4 (1992), pp. 18-28. [PDF image—1 Mbyte]