The School welcomes a group of bright students from non-privileged homes for the Sutton Trust Summer School.
Event details
- When: 2nd July 2012 09:00 - 6th July 2012 10:30
- Where: Cole 0.35 - Subhons Lab
- Format: Summer School
The School welcomes a group of bright students from non-privileged homes for the Sutton Trust Summer School.
Kevin Hammond and Edwin Brady are co-chairing the ACM ICFP 2012 programming contest which runs from July 13th to July 16th 2012.
Put together a team and compete to have YOUR favourite language named “the programming language of choice for discriminating hackers”.
Functional programming experience is not necessary (any language can be used). Pizza and sleep deprivation may be.
http://icfpcontest2012.wordpress.com/
The School of Computer Science is 5th in the UK and top in Scotland in the 2013 Times Good University Guide. The University as a whole came 6th.
The School of Computer Science is having a graduation reception on Wednesday 20th June. All students who are graduating on the 20th are invited to join us for a glass of sparkling wine and some cake.
Connecting Families over Distance
Families often have a real need and desire to stay connected with their remote family members and close friends. For example, grandparents want to see their grandchildren grow up, empty-nest parents want to know about the well being of their adult children, and parents want to be involved in their children’s daily routines and happenings while away from them. Video conferencing is one technology that is increasingly being used by families to support this type of need. In this talk, I will give an overview of the research that my students and I have done in this space. This includes studies of the unique ways in which families with children, long-distance couples, and teenagers make use of existing video chat systems to support ‘presence’ and ‘connection’ over distance. I will also show several systems we have designed to support always-on video connections that move beyond ‘talking heads’ to ‘shared experiences’.
Biography
Dr. Carman Neustaedter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Dr. Neustaedter specializes in the areas of human-computer interaction, domestic computing, and computer-supported collaboration. He is the director of the Connections Lab, an interdisciplinary research group focused on the design and use of technologies for connecting people through space and time. This includes design for families and friends, support for workplace collaboration, and bringing people together through pervasive games. For more information, see:
Connections Lab.
Alex Voss and researchers from Manchester, Leicester and the Guardian Newspaper were awarded first place in the Data Visualisation and Storytelling category at the Global Editors Networks World News summit in Paris yesterday. Riot Rumours featured in the Reading the Riots study published by the Guardian newspaper last December. More information in the University News and our previous blog post. Congratulations to all concerned.