Last month Professor Simon Dobson was invited to be on the PhD examining committee for Indushree Banerjee at TU Delft. She passed with flying colours, for her thesis on ad hoc network protocols for use in disaster recovery situations. The protocol is designed around a very strong model of social justice and equality, working on … PhD success for a former graduate
The School will be fully open as normal from around 0800 tomorrow, Thursday 14 February. We’re running on generator power as a result of the weekend’s fire in Chemistry, but this will be sufficient to run all our lights, alarms, systems, and other equipment. There may need to be some restrictions in 24-hour lab access, … Back to normal
As you may be aware, there was a fire over the weekend in the School of Chemistry. While this has not led to any physical damage in Computer Science, it has meant we’ve lost all power and access to our main Jack Cole building. The School is still open and functioning as normally as possible. Classes … Reduced service because of fire
In an unexpected addition to his skill set the School’s resident gadget expert, Marwan Fayed, has started a sideline in cleaning glasses with his new ultrasonic cleaning-thingy, as found in quality opticians everywhere. After a successful demonstration on the Head of School’s eyewear a long queue of glasses-wearing computer scientists formed around the School’s coffee … A new vision
On 10th February, Michael Pitcher gave a talk on his upcoming work for his PhD. Michael is a first-year PhD student based in the School of Computer Science, whose research also involves close collaboration with the School of Medicine. Michael’s work involves investigation of the use of computational models to simulate the progression and treatment … Computational Models of Tuberculosis
At the group meeting on 13th January Dr David Harris-Birtill gave a talk about ongoing work creating an automated remote pulse oximeter. Here’s an abstract about this work which was presented at a recent conference in India: “A patient’s blood oxygen saturation and heart rate are crucial indicators for monitoring their wellbeing; standard practice is … Automated Remote Pulse Oximetry Talk
Michael Pitcher will be presenting to the School of Medicine’s Infection Group next Thursday. The talk will be a Journal Club meeting, where he will be discussing the following article from the Lancet Infectious Diseases: P. T. Elkington and J. S. Friedland, “Permutations of time and place in tuberculosis,” Lancet Infect. Dis., vol. 15, no. … Infection Group Journal Club
Congratulations to recent graduate Aleksejs Sazonovs on winning the gold medal in the computer science category at the Undergraduate Awards.
The School has a number of scholarships available for Chinese students to study for a PhD with us. Scholarships are available for individuals normally resident in mainland China, intending to return to China at the end of their studies. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit, potential to become a leader in … China Scholarship Council and University of St Andrews Scholarships
We’re delighted to welcome Dr Ognjen (Oggie) Arandjelović to the School as a new lecturer.