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Nigel Roberts FBCS is a British computer scientist and one-time politician from the Channel Islands. Nigel Roberts is a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society.〔British Computer Society Member Directory http://wam.bcs.org/wam/MemberDirectory.aspx?grade=CBCS〕 In 1996 he founded the Island Networks group of companies — including (CHANNELISLES.NET ), the registry operator of the .GG and .JE top level domains for Guernsey and Jersey. Educated at Wigan and Prescot Grammar Schools, his first degree is in Computer Science from Essex University. Whilst at Essex, he was one of the group of undergraduates who conceived and developed the world's first multi-user computer game (MUD).〔Bartle, R, "Designing Virtual Worlds", p5 https://books.google.com/books?id=z3VP7MYKqaIC&lpg=PA5&ots=FgrJKjokjy&dq=nigel%20roberts%20mud&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=nigel%20roberts%20mud&f=false〕 In June 2008 he obtained a First in Law from the OU and the College of Law (now known as the University of Law). In 2005 Nigel Roberts became the first person to obtain compensation in the English Courts from a sender of unsolicited commercial email.〔Guernsey Press: "Spam victory a first" http://guernseypress.com/news/2005/12/30/spam-victory-a-first/〕〔BBC News: "Businessman wins spam email case" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/4562726.stm〕〔The Register: "Claim back £300 per spam" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/29/uk_spam_win/〕 Elected in 2013, he is currently one of the three European councillors on ICANN's ccNSO Council,〔ICANN.ORG: Council Members http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council.htm〕 one of the two successor bodies to the DNSO Names Council. He is eligible for re-election in March 2017.〔http://ccnso.icann.org/node/43275〕 He was one of the first members of the Names Council representing the ccTLD constituency.〔(WWTLD.ORG: Names Council Election Statement )〕 He has been part of ICANN since its foundation and took part in the (US Government's International Forum on the White Paper ) (IFWP) which preceded it. Nigel Roberts previously worked at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), where (among other projects) he worked on the pioneering ALL-IN-1 email and office automation system. He is a Chartered Engineer, a European Engineer, and a Chartered IT Professional. Nigel Roberts stood for the UK Parliament in the 1997 General Election as a (Liberal Democrat )〔The Guardian: General Election results 1997 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1044/ipswich〕 and served as an elected member of the Alderney Parliament (the States of Alderney) between 2002-2003. He was a Board Director (Council Member) of the Radio Society of Great Britain between 1991 and 1996. He is also a volunteer radio presenter with community local radio station QUAY-FM. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nigel Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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