Associated with the recently-funded EPSRC grant A Constraint Modelling Pipeline, a 3.5-year postdoctoral research fellow position is available in the School. Full details can be found at the University vacancies page.
Title: An argumentation-based approach to facilitate and improve human reasoning. Abstract: The ability of understanding and reasoning about different alternatives for a decision is fundamental for making informed choices. Intelligent autonomous systems have the potential to improve the quality of human-decision making but the use of such systems may be hampered by human difficulties to … SACHI Seminar: Dr Alice Toniolo – An argumentation-based approach to facilitate and improve human reasoning
BIO Tim Palmer read Computational Science in St Andrews graduating in 1993. Initially working for Oracle in London then San Francisco, he went on to work in Investment Banking Technology for over a decade. Most recently Tim was CTO for The Exchange Lab – a programmatic marketing company. He is now Senior Partner in Digiterre, … The technology driving the evolution of internet advertising, targeted advertising or intrusive surveillance?
Congratulations to Patrick Schrempf and Billy Brown who have been successful in their applications for a Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship in Research and Leadership for 2017. You can read further details about Billy and Patrick below. Billy Brown: I’m a fourth year Computer Science student from Belgium with too much interest for the subject. I play … Success in the Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship Programme in Research and Leadership
St Andrews researchers Chris Norval and Tristan Henderson won the Best Paper award at the Mining Online Health Reports workshop, part of the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2017). The workshop brought together experts from academia, industry and the health sector to discuss techniques and future priorities for analysing online … Chris Norval wins best paper at Mining Online Health Reports workshop
Abstract F#, just like other non-pure functional languages, allows you find the sweet spot between FP practices and OO language pragmatism. Most of the advanced features of F# give you the power to change the language and to introduce a higher level of abstraction to your code. In this talk, we will discuss active patterns, … “Unfrying your brain with F#” Andrea Magnorsky, Workday Software Ltd
“The technology driving the evolution of internet advertising, targeted advertising or intrusive surveillance?” Tim Palmer, Senior Partner, Digiterre (http://www.digiterre.com)
At the group meeting on 13th January Dr David Harris-Birtill gave a talk about ongoing work creating an automated remote pulse oximeter. Here’s an abstract about this work which was presented at a recent conference in India: “A patient’s blood oxygen saturation and heart rate are crucial indicators for monitoring their wellbeing; standard practice is … Automated Remote Pulse Oximetry Talk
Congratulations to Anne-Marie Mann, who successfully defended her thesis yesterday. She is pictured with Internal examiner Dr Colin Allison and external examiner Dr Paul Marshall, from UCL.
The School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews offers funding for up to six students to undertake PhD research starting in the Fall of 2017 in any of the areas of research carried out by its academic faculty (which includes, but is not limited to, Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Computation, Computer Systems … School of Computer Science – PhD Scholarships