Words we use to describe our alumni, who work in New York, Switzerland, London and Edinburgh amongst other places. Whether working for established companies such as Adobe and Google or in their own business start-ups such as AetherWorks LLC. and PlanForCloud (formerly ShopForCloud) our graduates continue to flourish. And rumour has it more of our … Ambitious, entrepreneurial, innovative, employable and highflying…
The 11th International Conference on Finite-State Methods and Natural Language Processing (FSMNLP 2013) was held in the Gateway in St Andrews on July 15-17,2013. Presented were 17 peer-reviewed papers on natural language processing applications, language resources, and theoretical and implementational issues with relevance to finite-state methods. In addition, there were two keynote lectures, by Alexander … The 11th International Conference on Finite-State Methods and Natural Language Processing (FSMNLP 2013)
Students and staff took advantage of the Scottish weather on Friday and held a BBQ to mark the anniversary of these events. The Great Fire of Rome Birth of Computer Scientist Mark Crispin The Opening of the StACS Garden Organised by Jan de Muijnck-Hughes and David Letham. Cooked by Jan de Muijnck-Hughes and Masih Hajiarabderkani. … Summer Days in Computer Science
On June 27th Gordon Baxter and Derek Wang gave a presentation about their work on the SFC funded project “Creating High Value Cloud Services” at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s Business Growth Club. Gordon talked about the lessons that have been learned so far from working closely with several Scottish SMEs who are adopting the … Services to the Cloud
A Multi-display exhibit that enables visitors to explore The Old Course and photographs of Lawrence Levy, and to quiz their golf knowledge was developed by Julian Petford. The display was developed during his Senior Honours Project which was supervised by Miguel Nacenta. Great job Julian. We look forward to hearing more about the event in … Senior Honours Project Success
Q: What do the words in the tag cloud have in common? A: They all relate to research happening in the School of Computer Science. Some are conference contributions coming to a conference near you soon, and some will appear as forthcoming journal articles. The University research portal features publications and awards, and can be … Computer Science Research 2013 & Beyond
Work continues in the new Comp Sci Garden. It’s not Blue Peter or Beechgrove status yet, but look out Chelsea 2014.
Congratulations to Alice Herbison who has been selected to receive a Carnegie-Cameron Taught Postgraduate Bursary. Alice has studied a number of undergraduate modules in the school and will begin her postgraduate studies in September on our new MSc in Human Computer Interaction. We look forward to seeing her in the department again soon. The Carnegie … Carnegie-Cameron Taught Postgraduate Bursaries 2013
ACM Computing Reviews has selected a recent survey paper written by Per Ola Kristensson and colleagues as one of the Notable Computing Books and Articles of 2012. The list consists of nominations from Computing Reviews reviewers, Computing Reviews category editors, the editors in chief of journals covered by Computing Reviews, and others in the computing … Computing Reviews’ Notable Books and Articles 2012
As the exam diet draws to a close for another year, our final year students are considering their next step after graduation. Stephen Haley will join PlanForCloud in August as a Software Engineer, working alongside Alistair Scott, another graduate from the school. PlanForCloud, originally ShopForCloud, was established by Hassan and Ali Khajeh-Hosseini and acquired by … What Next for Senior Honours?