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Cailliau was born in Tongeren, Belgium. In 1958 he moved with his parents to Antwerp. After secondary school he graduated from Ghent University in 1969. He also has an MSc from the of University of Michigan in Computer, Information and Control Engineering, 1971.
In December 1974 he started working at CERN as a fellow in the Proton Synchrotron (PS) division, working on the control system of the accelerator. In April 1987 he left the PS division to become group leader of Office Computing Systems in Data Handling division. In 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo, he and Tim Berners-LeeSir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee KBE TimBL or TBL (b. June 8, 1955) is the inventor of the World Wide Web and head of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development. Early life and career Berners-Lee was born in London, England, proposed a hypertextIn computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which contain automated cross-references to other documents called hyperlinks. Selecting a hyperlink causes the computer to display the linked document within a very short perio system for access to the CERN documentation. This led to the World Wide Web.
Currently he's head of External Communication, part of the Education and Technology Transfer unit at CERN.
Cailliau is a synaestheteNote: there is also an industrial music band called Synaesthesia. Synaesthesia (also spelled synesthesia) is the neurological mixing of the senses. A synaesthete may, for example, hear colors, see sounds, and taste tactile sensations. While this may happe.