Håkon Wium Lie belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Håkon Wium Lie as Norwegian software engineer.
Håkon Wium Lie was born at Halden in 1965. His recorded nationality is Norway. He was educated at Østfold University College and UiO Department of Informatics.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
Håkon Wium Lie is described as computer scientist, internet activist and programmer.
Håkon Wium Lie is associated first and foremost with developing Cascading Style Sheets while working with Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau at CERN in 1994. The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His work was formally recognised with the Norsk Form Honours Award.
That the work was done from Norway matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Håkon Wium Lie is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Educated at Østfold University College, UiO Department of Informatics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Worked as computer scientist, Internet activist and programmer
