Month: February 2016

WWWho do you trust?

  Who do you trust online? Come and help us to work out how you decide to trust web sites! You will need to complete a computer-based survey (in the Physics Library or in the School of Computer Science) in which you will rate how you perceive the trustworthiness of several websites. Total participation time is less WWWho do you trust?

Silvia Nepšinská: Google STEP Internship

Congratulations to first year student Silvia Nepšinská, who has successfully secured a STEP Internship with Google in Zurich. Her success after one semester in computer science is exceptional, given the highly sought after places and competitive process. Silvia first heard about Google STEP internships from a friend and applied to get real-life programming experience with Silvia Nepšinská: Google STEP Internship

PhD Viva Success: Jan de Muijnck-Hughes

Congratulations to Jan, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured below celebrating with supervisor Dr Ishbel Duncan and internal examiner Dr Juiliana Bowles. Dr Shamal Faily from Bournemouth University acted as external examiner.

Welcome to new Staff and Students

We are delighted to introduce the latest members of staff and research students to the school. Dr Bo Chen: Dr. Chen is an Associate Professor in the School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC, http://www.uestc.edu.cn). He is oriented by Dr. Adam Barker now as a Visiting Scholar Welcome to new Staff and Students

Spot the difference?

Do you have a discerning eye for video? If so, we need your help as a volunteer in our study! Volunteers will be asked to watch 7 video clips of 10 seconds each. Each clip will be viewed 3 times, and then again at a different distance. After each video clip, you will choose which clip (if any) you perceived Spot the difference?

School Seminar ‘Closure Experiences in Digital Product Design’ by Joe Macleod

“Closure Experiences in Digital Product Design. The loss of the resolution in the shop of abundance” Abstract Most experiences in life are punctuated by a closure experience. In the past these were profound; however, over generations we have distanced ourselves from meaningful closure experiences thanks to our lifestyles increasing in comfort, the church weakening and School Seminar ‘Closure Experiences in Digital Product Design’ by Joe Macleod