Steve Elliott
I've done away with the official photograph, here's one of me relaxed at
home...
email: se at comp.lancs.ac.uk
Computing
Department
Faculty of
Applied Science
Engineering Building
Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
LA1 4YR
Tel: +44 1524 593783
Fax: +44 1524 593608
Some career information
I went to school at
Errington Primary School, Marke-by-Sea
then High Wych JMI, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire and then
Newport Grammar School in Essex
and then
Acklam Sixth Form College in Middlesbrough
which has changed somewhat since.
From October 1979 to September 1984 I studied at Aston
University and left with a B.Sc in Human Communication and Russian
(no links cos the courses have shut since!) and an M.Sc
in Information Tecnology.
In November 1984 I took up a position at Lancaster University as a
Research Associate within the UCREL
Group , based in the Department
of Linguistics. The project was funded by ICL
and the aim was to produce a context-sensitive spelling checker based on
the probabalistic approach of other UCREL projects. For example, it would
be able to spot mistakes in the use of there and their. The
project ran until 1986. See Atwell
and Elliott, 1987.
In January 1987 I started to work on a project which supplied IBM
with data for their speech-recognition systems. During this project I had
my first taste of system administration, as IBM gave the project two IBM
6150 RT workstations.
In August 1989 I was appointed to the post of Systems Programmer in
the Department of Computing.
Non-work information
Yes, there is life outside the university! I have lots of interests outside
the university. Firstly, I am a christian and a member of Lancaster
Baptist Church. I've had lots of jobs within the church; I'm currently
publications officer, co-editor of the church magazine
and a member of the Property Team..
I've also served as a deacon twice: 1988-90 and 1995-98. And not forgetting
helping out with the youth group for many years.
And singing with the worship group for severeal years
I'm an enthusiastic rambler, although my enthusiasm is usually greater
than the available time. Lancaster is handy for getting to the Lake District
and the Yorkshire Dales. No matter how hard I try, I never seem to be able
to tire out my
dog I'm a bit of a cyclist. Often I don't do any more than cycle to
work, but I sometimes go for a ride on Saturdays and Sundays. The best
holidays I have had have been cycling holidays in France organised by a
company called
Headwater Holidays.
Click here for info on LBC
online photo album
some wedding pages
University
Cycle Action Network
Tina's
page
Two
friends at a party.
My
niece and nephew on their roller blades.
Find old school friends with
International
Revival Network