Month: June 2019

Daria Savanovich wins the Principal’s Medal

Congratulations to our graduating student Daria, who was awarded the Principal’s medal during this year’s graduation ceremony in recognition of her outstanding achievements. Only two medals were awarded in 2019, one in the sciences, and one in humanities. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduation/2019/daria-savanovich/

MIP Modelling Made Manageable

Can a user write a good MIP model without understanding linearization? Modelling languages such as AMPL and AIMMS are being extended to support more features, with the goal of making MIP modelling easier. A big step is the incorporation of predicates, such a “cycle” which encapsulate MIP sub-models. This talk explores the impact of such predicates MIP Modelling Made Manageable

St Andrews Bioinformatics Workshop 10/06/19

Next Monday is the annual St Andrews Bioinformatics workshop in Seminar Room 1, School of Medicine. Some of the presentations are very relevant to Computer Science, and all should be interesting. More information below: Agenda: 14:00  – 14:15: Valeria Montano: The PreNeolithic evolutionary history of human genetic resistance to Plasmodium falciparum 14:15 – 14:30: Chloe Hequet: Estimation St Andrews Bioinformatics Workshop 10/06/19