The School of Computer Science of the University of St Andrews is organizing the next Scottish Programing Languages Seminar which will be held on Monday 15th June 2015 in Lecture Room 2 of the Gateway. In the meantime you can keep up-to-date by following the SPLS website. For further enquiries please contact Frantisek Farka.
The School of Computer Science welcomes Dr Gavin Doherty, Trinity College Dublin to give his talk on ‘Technologies for mental health: designing for engagement’. Abstract: Mental illness is one of the greatest social and economic challenges facing our society. The talk will consider at some of the different ways in which technology (and HCI research) … June 16th, seminar by Gavin Doherty: Technologies for mental health: designing for engagement
The School of Computer Science welcomes Mel Woods from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. Abstract: Blue heritage plaques pepper the UK landscape expounding officially validated narratives celebrating past events, people, and buildings. This seminar will discuss a novel method that draws on this specific cultural context to generate reflective, nano-stories, … April 28th, seminar by Mel Woods: Future Cities: Co-creating Future City Design Fictions in the Wild
The School of Computer Science welcomes Dr Michael Milford from Queensland University of Technology, Australia who is meantime visiting Scotland. Abstract: The brain circuitry involved in encoding space in rodents has been extensively tested over the past forty years, with an ever increasing body of knowledge about the components and wiring involved in navigation tasks. … SICSA Seminar: “From rats to robot navigation and beyond” by Dr Michael Milford
Speaker: Nicolai Marquardt, University College London Date/Time: 1-2pm April 13, 2015 Location: CS1.33a, University of St Andrews Abstract: Despite the ongoing proliferation of devices and form-factors such as tablets and electronic whiteboards, technology often hinders (rather than helps) informal small-group interactions. Whereas natural human conversation is fluid and dynamic, discussions that rely on digital content—slides, … April 13th, seminar by Nicolai Marquardt: Towards Ad-hoc Collaboration Spaces with Cross-Device Interaction Techniques
Speaker: Nick Taylor, University of Dundee Date/Time: 2-3pm March 10, 2015 Location: CS1.33a, University of St Andrews Abstract: Engagement with local issues is typically very low, despite digital technologies opening up more channels for citizens to access information and get involved than ever before. This talk will present research around the use of simple physical … March 10th, seminar by Nick Taylor: Sustaining Civic Engagement in Communities
Steve Linton and Alexander Konovalov were successful in the application for the EPSRC-funded Collaborative Computational Project called CoDiMa (CCP in the area of Computational Discrete Mathematics): CoDiMa (CCP in the area of Computational Discrete Mathematics) CoDiMa is centred on two open source software systems: GAP and SAGE which are already widely used for research and … CoDiMa (CCP in the area of Computational Discrete Mathematics)
Reasoning about Racy Programs under Relaxed Consistency A PhD studentship, in collaboration with MSR (Cambridge) http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/global/apply-europe.aspx> Each Microsoft scholarship consists of an annual bursary up to a maximum of three years. The amount varies in different countries and may depend on specific arrangement with public research funding agencies. The bursary continues automatically the following years, … A PhD studentship, in collaboration with MSR (Cambridge)
Abstract: There has been significant growth in interest in ‘research in the wild’ as an approach to developing and understanding novel technologies in real world contexts. However, the concept remains underdeveloped and it is unclear how it differs from previous technology deployments and in situ studies. In this talk, I will attempt an initial characterisation … Doing Research in the Wild – Paul Marshall, UCL
MIT Technology Review has written a comprehensive article about Jakub Dostal’s Diff Displays that track visual changes on unattended displays. Jakub presented the work two weeks ago at the 18th ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces in Santa Monica, California, USA. The Diff Displays project is part of Jakub’s PhD thesis on proximity-aware user interfaces. His … MIT Technology Review – Jakub Dostal