Michael Richard Lynch
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Michael Lynch in 2014, portrait via the Royal Society
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Michael Richard Lynch 16 June 1965 Ilford, Essex |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | Autonomy Corporation |
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| Thesis | Adaptive techniques in signal processing and connectionist models (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter J.W. Rayner |
Michael Richard Lynch OBE DL FRS FREng (born 16 June 1965) is an entrepreneur with a scientific background. He is the co-founder of Autonomy Corporation and the founder of Invoke Capital, and has several other roles, including membership of the Council for Science and Technology which advises the UK government. His entrepreneurship is associated with Silicon Fen. Lynch is known for his work applying techniques from signal processing and pattern recognition to unstructured information, and Autonomy is a leader in this area. In October 2011, Autonomy was sold to Hewlett-Packard for $11bn.
Lynch was born in Ilford, Essex in 1965 and grew up near Chelmsford, Essex. His mother was a nurse and his father a fireman.
In 1976, aged 11, he won a scholarship to Bancroft's School, Woodford. From there he went to Christ's College, Cambridge to study Natural Sciences. He combined mathematics, biological and physical sciences, taking the combination of advanced physics, mathematics and biochemistry in the IB Tripos. For part II, he chose electrical sciences where he first met Peter Rayner, his mentor in the signal processing laboratory of the engineering department. After graduating he went on to do a PhD in signal processing and communications research at the University of Cambridge, and then undertook a research fellowship in adaptive pattern recognition.
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