Stephen B. Streater
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Dr. Stephen Bernard Streater (born 1965) is a British technology entrepreneur
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Stephen Streater was born in Boston Lying-In Hospital, Massachusetts
, United States. He achieved a degree in mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge
and then began a PhD
on artificial pattern recognition
in the physics department at King's College London
.
In 1990, he co-founded Eidos
, a company specialising in video compression and non-linear editing systems, particularly for computers running the RISC OS
operating system.
He later sold and left Eidos, which had moved into the computer games
market, and founded Forbidden Technologies plc, whose main product is FORscene
. He is currently the company's CEO
.
Streater is married to Victoria Jane née Fantl and has three daughters (Sophie, Juliette and Emily). He has a sister (Catherine) and a brother (Alexander). His hobbies include playing classical chamber
and orchestral music, Go
, new technology, and making videos. Streater's father, Ray Streater
, is a professor of mathematics at King's College London
.
On 21st July 2011, was honoured by the University of Bedfordshire with a Doctor of Science degree in recognition of "outstanding contribution to the development of computer technologies."
Entrepreneur
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Stephen Streater was born in Boston Lying-In Hospital, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, United States. He achieved a degree in mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
and then began a PhD
PHD
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on artificial pattern recognition
Pattern recognition
In machine learning, pattern recognition is the assignment of some sort of output value to a given input value , according to some specific algorithm. An example of pattern recognition is classification, which attempts to assign each input value to one of a given set of classes...
in the physics department at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
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In 1990, he co-founded Eidos
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
, a company specialising in video compression and non-linear editing systems, particularly for computers running the RISC OS
RISC OS
RISC OS is a computer operating system originally developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England for their range of desktop computers, based on their own ARM architecture. First released in 1987, under the name Arthur, the subsequent iteration was renamed as in 1988...
operating system.
He later sold and left Eidos, which had moved into the computer games
Computer Games
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market, and founded Forbidden Technologies plc, whose main product is FORscene
FORscene
FORscene is an integrated internet video platform, video editing software, covering non linear editing and publishing for broadcast, web and mobile....
. He is currently the company's CEO
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
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Streater is married to Victoria Jane née Fantl and has three daughters (Sophie, Juliette and Emily). He has a sister (Catherine) and a brother (Alexander). His hobbies include playing classical chamber
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
and orchestral music, Go
Go (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
, new technology, and making videos. Streater's father, Ray Streater
Ray Streater
Ray F. Streater is a British physicist, and professor emeritus of Applied Mathematics at King's College London. He is best known for co-authoring a text on quantum field theory, the 1964 "PCT, Spin and Statistics and All That."- Life :...
, is a professor of mathematics at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
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On 21st July 2011, was honoured by the University of Bedfordshire with a Doctor of Science degree in recognition of "outstanding contribution to the development of computer technologies."