Congratulations to our recent graduate Sam Elliott, who has won the Lockheed Martin Award for Best Engineered Project at the Young Software Engineer awards. The Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards are given for the best undergraduate software projects drawn from across all students studying computer science and software engineering in Scotland. Sam’s project, … Lockheed Martin Award
Abstract: This talk will cover a wide range of issues in the practical aspects of delivering software projects, including cohesion and coupling, design patterns, software engineering models, and native vs. hybrid apps. The second part will give an overview of the desirable and undesirable attributes of software developers and how to make your career future … Seminar: ‘How to deliver Software Projects and be a Brilliant Software Developer’ by Howard Simms (Apadmi)
Abstract: In this presentation, we’ll explore the ways in which Bloomberg uses functional programming to solve financial problems. In particular, we’ll focus on the challenges involved in the development of the Bloomberg Derivatives Library – an application for structuring and pricing financial contracts. Bio: Joel Bjornson is a developer at the Bloomberg Derivatives Library team, … Seminar: ‘Trading Programs – How the Finance industry has become so complex that today’s products are similar to programs’ by Joel Bjornson
Abstract: Garbage collection is no longer an esoteric research interest. Mainstream programming languages like Java and C# rely on high-performance memory managed run time systems. In this talk, I will motivate the need for rigorous models of memory management to enable more powerful analysis and optimization techniques. I will draw on a diverse range of … Seminar: ‘Formalizing Garbage: Mathematical Models of Memory Management’ by Jeremy Singer
Abstract: Some of the world’s most important industries are intrinsically grounded in the physical world, yet their interaction with it is still almost completely manual. Converge is a young startup, forged in the fires of Entrepreneurs First, that is building wireless, distributed sensor networks to revolutionise how these industries operate. We (Raph and Gideon, founders) … Seminar: ‘Disrupting trillion dollar industries using low power wireless sensor networks’ by Raphael Scheps and Gideon Farrell
The School of Computer Science is delighted to welcome Alan Mislove from Northeastern University Boston to give his talk on ‘Measuring Personalization of Online Services Abstract: Today, many web services personalize their content, including Netflix (movie recommendations), Amazon (product suggestions), and Yelp (business reviews). In many cases, personalization provides advantages for users: for example, when … Seminar: ‘Measuring Personalization of Online Services’ by Alan Mislove
The School of Computer Science are delighted to welcome Pam Briggs from Northumbria University, Newcastle who will deliver her talk on Trust and Engagement. Abstract: Patients now generate a significant amount of online material about health. This raises questions about how we should design websites featuring patient knowledge and experience in order to ensure those … Seminar: ‘Designing trusted and engaging forms of peer to peer healthcare’ by Pam Briggs
The Academic Skills Project – sponsored by the School of Computer Science and CAPOD – will commence in week 2 and run every Thursday evening in JC 1.33a/b, with workshops covering a range of topics from internships to writing technical reports. The workshops will be targeted at undergraduates, but postgraduates are welcome to attend. For … Academic Skills Project
Congratulations to Adam Barker who has been awarded a prestigious Visiting Researcher position at Google through the Google Visiting Faculty Program. “The Google Visiting Faculty program aims to identify and support world-class, full-time faculty pursuing research in areas of mutual interest. Each year, through the Google Visiting Faculty Program, over 25 academics visit Google from … Adam Barker – Google Visiting Faculty
We’re delighted to welcome Dr Ognjen (Oggie) Arandjelović to the School as a new lecturer.