The School will be holding a Graduation Reception in the Jack Cole Building on Monday 1st December 2014 from 11:00am to 14:00pm. We look forward to celebrating with our MSc and PhD students, and their family and friends.
A reminder that the closing date for applications is near. The School has funding for students to undertake PhD research in any of the general research areas in the school. Are you a highly motivated student with an interest in these exciting research areas. A list of specific potential projects may help you decide. The … Funded PhD Research Studentships: Closing Date 15th December
The 2014 Distinguished Lecture Series took place on Tuesday in Lower College Hall. This year’s speaker Prof Luca Cardelli of Microsoft Research and the University of Oxford, delivered three lectures involving Morphisms of Reaction Networks that Couple Structure to Function. Slides from the lectures are now available: http://lucacardelli.name/indexTalks.html Abstract The mechanisms underlying complex biological systems … Distinguished Lecture Series 2014: Luca Cardelli
Congratulations to Dr Lei Fang, who passed his PhD viva yesterday. He is pictured below with Supervisor Professor Simon Dobson, External Examiner Dr Iain Bate from York University and Internal Examiner Dr Adam Barker.
Congratulations to undergraduate student Christianne Fahey who made her rugby debut for Scotland in L’Aquila at the weekend. Scotland Women took on their Italian counterparts as a warm up for the 6 Nations. Read more about the game on the Scottish Rugby Website.
Delicious and for a great cause. Brynja and Rosa visited Computer Science to raise money for Movember. They have raised approximately £1,000 so far, so keep on buying. Find out more on Facebook.
Title: Cloud Platform in Financial Services Presenter: Allan Beck, Cloud Platform and Strategy Lead from JPMorgan Chase Abstract: Cloud Computing is revolutionising the delivery of compute services and driving the next generation of web-scale application design. This presents enormous opportunities but also challenges, particularly in heavily regulated sectors such as Financial Services. Allan Beck, Cloud … School Seminar: Cloud Platform in Financial Services – Allan Beck, J.P. Morgan
Date: 2014-11-13 Time: 14:00 to 15:00 Location: Maths Lecture Theatre A, North Haugh, University of St Andrews. Title: Interactive Content Design and 3D Interactions Abstract: Good media content has the power to enrich our lives. We focus on non-traditional content other than movies, music and games, conducting comprehensive research on a variety of interactive content … Thursday Seminar from Japan – Prof. Yoshifumi Kitamura – Interactive Content Design and 3D Interactions
Semester one so far has seen new arrivals in the fish tank, great minds at the think tank, a thank you from MacMillan and a cake for Ada Lovelace Day (supplied by Ishbel Duncan).
Some stunning pictures of the North Haugh and recent Guy Fawkes Night fireworks at the East Sands. Images courtesy of MSc student Xu Zhu.