March 2017 | Computer Science Blog

SRG Seminar: nMANET, the Name-based Data Network (NDN) for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) by Percy Perez Aruni

csblog | March 30, 2017

The aim of this talk is to introduce the nMANET, the Name-based Data Network (NDN) for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) approach. nMANET is an alternative perspective on utilising the characteristics of NDN to solve the limitations of MANETs, such as mobility and energy consumption. NDN, which is an instance of Information Centric Networking (ICN), provides an alternative … SRG Seminar: nMANET, the Name-based Data Network (NDN) for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) by Percy Perez Aruni

Team NOMAD win IDEA Explosion 2017

lisa | March 22, 2017

Congratulations to PhD students Shyam Reyal and Simone Conte , from Computer Science and Senior Scientific Officer Tomas Lebl, from Chemistry who presented NOMAD (NMR Online Management and Datastore) at IDEA Explosion 2017 and emerged victorious. Shyam delivered a five-minute elevator pitch, whilst Simone and Tomas responded to questions. Judges acknowledged that NOMAD has huge … Team NOMAD win IDEA Explosion 2017

Scottish Programming Languages Seminar

eb | March 21, 2017

The Scottish Programming Languages Seminar (SPLS) is a forum for discussion of all aspects of programming languages. The meeting is open, and all are welcome to attend. The programme is available here. Previous SPLS meetings

DLS: Algorithms for healthcare-related matching problems

ipg | March 20, 2017

Algorithms for healthcare-related matching problems Distinguished Lecture Series, Semester 2, 2016-7 David Manlove School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow Lower College Hall (with overflow simulcast in Upper College Hall) Abstract: Algorithms arise in numerous everyday applications – in this series of lectures I will describe how algorithms can be used to solve matching problems having applications … DLS: Algorithms for healthcare-related matching problems

SRG Seminar: Managing Shared Mutable Data in a Distributed Environment (Simone Conte)

csblog | March 16, 2017

Title: Managing Shared Mutable Data in a Distributed Environment Abstract: Managing data is central to our digital lives. The average user owns multiple devices and uses a large variety of applications, services and tools. In an ideal world storage is infinite, data is easy to share and version, and available irrespective of where it is stored, and … SRG Seminar: Managing Shared Mutable Data in a Distributed Environment (Simone Conte)

SRG Seminar: Cloud scheduling algorithms by Long Thai

adam | March 8, 2017

“Thanks to cloud computing, accessing to a virtualised computing cluster has become not only easy but also feasible to organisations, especially small and medium-sized ones. First of all, it does not require an upfront investment in building data centres and a constant expense for managing them. Instead, users can pay only for the amount of … SRG Seminar: Cloud scheduling algorithms by Long Thai

SACHI Seminar: Dr Hagen Lehmann – Social interaction characteristics for socially acceptable robots

csblog | March 7, 2017

Title: Social interaction characteristics for socially acceptable robots Abstract: The last decade has seen fast advances in Social Robotic Technology. Social Robots start to be successfully used as robot companions and as therapeutic aids. In both of these cases the robots need to be able to interact intuitively and comfortably with their human users in … SACHI Seminar: Dr Hagen Lehmann – Social interaction characteristics for socially acceptable robots

Wrist Worn Haptic Feedback Device

jdp4 | March 7, 2017

One of our PhD students Esma Mansouri Benssassi and her supervisor Dr Erica Ye defined a requirement for a wrist worn device to group a number of Haptic feedback elements for an experiment they wished to carry out. The on-board Haptic elements are two eccentric rotating mass micro motors and an linear resonant actuator. Initial … Wrist Worn Haptic Feedback Device

Research on containers for HPC environments featured in CACM and HPC Wire

csblog | March 2, 2017

Rethinking High performance computing Platforms: Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations, co-authored by Adam Barker and a team (Ole Weidner, Malcolm Atkinson, Rosa Filgueira Vicente) in the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh was recently featured in the Communications of the ACM and HPC Wire. The paper focuses on container technology and argues that a number of … Research on containers for HPC environments featured in CACM and HPC Wire

Data and the User Experience in Retail

csblog | March 2, 2017

The Hut Group develop and manage a proprietary eCommerce platform that handled over half a billion pounds of revenue last year. UX within the company is responsible for optimising user flows through the website, and working with Design departments to deliver user delight. With over 30 distinct site brands internally, and several external clients, the … Data and the User Experience in Retail