Mallen's first involvement with
computer simulation was at the
Royal Aircraft Establishment, working on
air traffic control during 1962–3. Initially, he worked with the
cybernetician and polymath
Gordon Pask (1928–1996) at his company System Research Ltd, where he became a director, before himself founding the company
System Simulation Ltd (SSL) in 1970. In parallel, Mallen held academic positions at the
Royal College of Art in London (1971–1981), introducing
computer graphics into teaching, and at
Bournemouth University, where he was the founding head of the Department of Communication and Media, also introducing computer graphics there too. In 1976, Mallen and SSL were involved with computer-generated sequences for the 1979 Hollywood film
Alien, directed by
Ridley Scott. In 1969, CAS organised the
Event One digital art exhibition at the Royal College of Art (RCA). This was celebrated 50 years later at the RCA with
Event Two, which Mallen also attended. Mallen was central to preserving the archives of the Computer Arts Society. This archive became an important part of the national collection of
computer art at the
Victoria and Albert Museum. He is a
Fellow of the
British Computer Society and the
Royal Society of Arts. The
EVA London 2024 conference proceedings were dedicated to Mallen. ==References==