Awarding Excellence: Smart & Sustainable IT for IEEE 2025 World Forum on Internet of Things: Dr Di Wu

From St Andrews to Chengdu, Dr. Di Wu has been awarded third place in the 2025 IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things PhD Thesis Competition.  IEEE is an internationally recognised organisation within electrical and electronics engineering. By participating in such an event, participants can receive valuable external feedback and connect with a larger community … Awarding Excellence: Smart & Sustainable IT for IEEE 2025 World Forum on Internet of Things: Dr Di Wu

PhD Viva Success: Artsiom Hramyka

Congratulations to Artsiom Hramyka (supervised by Prof Tom Kelsey) who has passed his PhD viva subject to minor corrections. Thanks to Prof Lars Kotthoff for serving as the external examiner.

PhD Viva Success: Craig Myles

Congratulations to Craig Myles (supervised by Dr David Harris-Birtill) who has passed his PhD viva with minor corrections. Thanks to Dr Matthew Blackledge, The Institute of Cancer Research, for serving as the external examiner.

Therapy Dogs visit to CS

Taking a break from revision before exams commence, students and staff enjoyed a very welcome visit from Rod Stoddart and his therapy dogs Clova, Mia and new friend Buddy. Interaction with dogs can lower stress levels and increase happiness and motivation. Rod has been helping people with his therapy dogs for 10 years and is … Therapy Dogs visit to CS

Winter Graduation 2025

On behalf of the School of Computer Science, we would like to congratulate all of our graduating students. We wish you all the very best of luck! 🎓

PhD studentships available for 2026 entry

The School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews is offering a number of PhD scholarships for 3.5 years of study in our doctoral research programme for entry in 2026/7. UK, EU and International students are all eligible for fully-funded scholarships consisting of tuition and a stipend. These awards are part-funded through the … PhD studentships available for 2026 entry

PGR Seminar: Ben Claydon and Joseph Loughney

You are warmly invited to the next PGR Seminar.  Monday 17/11/2025 14:00-15:00  JC 1.33A Speaker: Ben Claydon Title: Improvements to Space Partitioning Trees for Similarity Search Abstract: Searching large, unstructured collections of data for objects deemed of relevance to a user-provided query is an increasingly important task. For example, when a user inputs a query … PGR Seminar: Ben Claydon and Joseph Loughney

PGR Seminar: Charis Hanna and Maria Andrei

You are warmly invited to the next PGR Seminar. Date & Time: Monday 10/11/2025 14:00-15:00 Location: JC 1.33A Speaker: Charis Hanna Title: Self-Supervised Learning for Efficient Ecological Monitoring Abstract: Cliff-nesting birds serve as valuable indicators of marine ecosystem health, yet dense populations and remote habitats present significant challenges for automated monitoring. With current state-of-the-art object … PGR Seminar: Charis Hanna and Maria Andrei

Winter Graduation Reception

We invite our graduating students and their guests to join us for a celebration of their achievements. Please come along to a small reception with a glass of fizz and some Fisher & Donaldson cakes. The event will take place on Tuesday 2nd December between 12.30pm and 2.30pm in the Jack Cole coffee area. We … Winter Graduation Reception

School Seminar: Jon Rogers, “There’s plenty of room in our communities: Rethinking computational scale through open hardware”

You are warmly invited to the third School Seminar: Speaker: Jon Rogers Title: There’s plenty of room in our communities: Rethinking computational scale through open hardware Abstract: The dominant business model of Big Tech is built on scale. Scale to outpace competitors, capture global markets, and consolidate control. Today, just a handful of companies mediate … School Seminar: Jon Rogers, “There’s plenty of room in our communities: Rethinking computational scale through open hardware”