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SACHI Seminar: Rights-driven Development

Abstract: Alex will discuss a critique of modern software engineering and outline how it systematically produces systems that have negative social consequences. To help counter this trend, he offers the notion of rights-driven development, which puts the concept of a right at the heart of software engineering practices. Alex’s first step to develop rights-driven practices SACHI Seminar: Rights-driven Development

PhD Viva Success: Jordina Frances de Mas

Congratulations to Jordina Frances de Mas for passing her viva subject to minor corrections! Many thanks to Didier Galmiche for serving as the external examiner and Ruth Hoffman as the internal examiner.  

Doors Open @ CS, 11th April (10am-4pm)

On 11th April, the School of Computer Science at St Andrews will host our Doors Open event. We will be thrilled to welcome any and all visitors from outwith the School, whether you are locally based, from elsewhere in the UK, or from overseas. As a rapidly growing school, we are looking to build relationships Doors Open @ CS, 11th April (10am-4pm)

Distinguished Lecture Series: The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI

Tuesday 12 March Booth Lecture Theatre, Medical Sciences Building. We look forward to welcoming Prof Neil Lawrence, Cambridge who will talk about ‘The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI’. A vital perspective is missing from the discussions we are having about Artificial Intelligence: what does it mean for our identity? Our fascination Distinguished Lecture Series: The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI

Winter Graduation reception

We would like to invite our graduating students and their guests to join us for a celebration in honour of their achievements. Please join us for a small reception with a glass of bubbly and some Fisher and Donaldson’s cakes. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 28th, between 12 noon and 2 p.m. Winter Graduation reception

Data Visualisation Workshop: 1st November

Interested in data visualisation? Join us on 1st Nov for a free, 2-hour introductory online workshop, as part of DataFest! Registration and further info at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-visualisation-for-beginners-what-why-and-how-tickets-737814983477

Computer Science Achieves Athena Swan Silver Award

The School of Computer Science received the wonderful news today that the School has been successful in its application for an Athena SWAN Silver award! This is great news for the School and reflects an enormous amount of hard work. #AthenaSwan and #GenderEquality

Lecturer Vacancy

The School of Computer Science is looking to recruit a lecturer as part of a large on-going expansion of our academic staff and to support our evolving approach to digital teaching. We wish to appoint a lecturer (either Education track, or Education and Research track) to join our vibrant teaching and research community, which is Lecturer Vacancy