As the new academic year gets underway we welcome the following new PhD students to the School. Good luck guys! Awada My name is Awada Uchechukwu, I am starting a PhD program with the Systems Research Group at the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, where I will be researching on innovative technologies … General Research Students Arrive at Computer Science
The first of this academic year’s distinguished lectures will be given by Professor Joe Armstrong, co-inventor of Erlang, on Monday 16th November 2015 at The Byre Theatre. Abstract: To build a scalable system the important thing is to make small isolated independent units. To scale up we just add more units. To build a fault-tolerant … Distinguished Lecture: ‘Scalability and Fault-tolerance, are they the same?’ by Joe Armstrong
Abstract: This talk will cover a wide range of issues in the practical aspects of delivering software projects, including cohesion and coupling, design patterns, software engineering models, and native vs. hybrid apps. The second part will give an overview of the desirable and undesirable attributes of software developers and how to make your career future … Seminar: ‘How to deliver Software Projects and be a Brilliant Software Developer’ by Howard Simms (Apadmi)
Abstract: In this presentation, we’ll explore the ways in which Bloomberg uses functional programming to solve financial problems. In particular, we’ll focus on the challenges involved in the development of the Bloomberg Derivatives Library – an application for structuring and pricing financial contracts. Bio: Joel Bjornson is a developer at the Bloomberg Derivatives Library team, … Seminar: ‘Trading Programs – How the Finance industry has become so complex that today’s products are similar to programs’ by Joel Bjornson
The School of Computer Science is delighted to welcome Alan Mislove from Northeastern University Boston to give his talk on ‘Measuring Personalization of Online Services Abstract: Today, many web services personalize their content, including Netflix (movie recommendations), Amazon (product suggestions), and Yelp (business reviews). In many cases, personalization provides advantages for users: for example, when … Seminar: ‘Measuring Personalization of Online Services’ by Alan Mislove
The School of Computer Science are delighted to welcome Pam Briggs from Northumbria University, Newcastle who will deliver her talk on Trust and Engagement. Abstract: Patients now generate a significant amount of online material about health. This raises questions about how we should design websites featuring patient knowledge and experience in order to ensure those … Seminar: ‘Designing trusted and engaging forms of peer to peer healthcare’ by Pam Briggs
The School of Computer Science welcomes the opportunity to hear from Dr Babak Esfandiari from Carleton University, Canada who will be delivering his talk on ‘Toward Workflow Management for Experimental Science?’. Abstract: Data, code, and other digital scientific artifacts are often found (at least by this presenter) to be out-of-synch, unreliable, poorly organized and only … Toward Workflow Management for Experimental Science?
The School of Computer Science welcomes Timothy Jones, a PhD student from Victoria University of Wellington,New Zealand. Abstract: Adding object branding to an existing structural system integrates nominal and structural typing without excessively complicating the type system. We have implemented brand objects to explicitly type objects, using existing features of the structurally typed language Grace, … Seminar ‘TODAY’: Brand Objects and Gradual Contracts by Timothy Jones
The School of Computer Science welcomes the opportunity to hear from Dr Changyu Dong, from the Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde, who will be delivering his talk on ‘Efficient Privacy Preserving Data Mining via Secure Computation’. Abstract: Loosely speaking, secure computation allows parties to compute a function jointly while keeping their … School Seminar: Efficient Privacy Preserving Data Mining via Secure Computation by Dr Changyu Dong
The School of Computer Science welcomes the opportunity to hear from Professor John Stasko of Georgia Tech,who will be delivering his talk on “New Approaches for Information Visualization: Rethinking Existing Notions” remotely. Abstract: As the field of information visualization matures, researchers are able to reflect on, and perhaps even question, some long-accepted notions from the … June 2nd, Seminar by John Stasko: “New Approaches for Information Visualization: Rethinking Existing Notions”