Month: May 2013

Computer Science Research 2013 & Beyond

Q: What do the words in the tag cloud have in common? A: They all relate to research happening in the School of Computer Science. Some are conference contributions coming to a conference near you soon, and some will appear as forthcoming journal articles. The University research portal features publications and awards, and can be Computer Science Research 2013 & Beyond

Here Comes Summer

Work continues in the new Comp Sci Garden. It’s not Blue Peter or Beechgrove status yet, but look out Chelsea 2014.

Teaching discussion

Teaching discussion on assessment, feedback and moderation.

What Next for Senior Honours?

As the exam diet draws to a close for another year, our final year students are considering their next step after graduation. Stephen Haley will join PlanForCloud in August as a Software Engineer, working alongside Alistair Scott, another graduate from the school. PlanForCloud, originally ShopForCloud, was established by Hassan and Ali Khajeh-Hosseini and acquired by What Next for Senior Honours?

Alumni Numbers Increase in New York City

We like to share success stories, especially when they relate to our Alumni. Congratulations to Greg Bigwood who recently joined AetherWorks LLC. as Senior Software Architect. AetherWorks LLC. is a Software Engineering, Research & Development lab in New York City. Computer Science Graduates Robert MacInnis, Allan Boyd and Angus Macdonald launched software company AetherStoreā„¢ earlier Alumni Numbers Increase in New York City

Gesture-based Natural User Interfaces

Research into personalised gestures for user interfaces carried out by Miguel Nacenta, Per Ola Kristensson and two of our recent MSc students, Yemliha Kamber and Yizhou Qiang featured in the University News last week. You can read more about their research in the MIT Technology Review, and Fast Company’s Co.DESIGN. Their results question whether pre-programmed Gesture-based Natural User Interfaces

KALQ Keyboard

Per Ola Kristensson and researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Montana Tech have created a new keyboard that enables faster thumb-typing.Their research featured in the University News, Techcrunch, The Guardian, The Independent and in the BBC News. Read the articles and follow the ongoing discussion online.