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Board Games Afternoon

Thanks to all who attended the Board Games afternoon on Wednesday. There was a great turnout and it was good to see everyone enjoying themselves before teaching begins next week!

Retirement of Professor Alan Dearle

Colleagues gathered recently to wish a happy retirement to Professor Al Dearle at the end of August. Having received both a BSc and a PhD from St Andrews, Al has spent most of his career here, interrupted by sojourns in Adelaide and Stirling. His research has cut across several themes, beginning with persistent programming (still Retirement of Professor Alan Dearle

Talk from St Andrews Entrepreneurship – Innovation Insights

11.30am – 12.00pm followed by “Ask Me Anything” in Jack Cole Coffee Area 12.00pm-1.00pm 3rd September 2025 JC 1.33A/B Join us for Innovation Insights, an interactive session designed to showcase how the University of St Andrews Entrepreneurship Centre supports staff and students to turn ideas into real-world innovation and impact. The session will introduce the Talk from St Andrews Entrepreneurship – Innovation Insights

PhD Student Tai Nguyen Wins Best Paper Award at GECCO 2025

Tai Nguyen, supervised by Dr. Nguyen Dang (University of St Andrews) and Dr. Carola Doerr (CNRS Researcher, Sorbonne Université, France), has been awarded the prestigious Best Paper Award at GECCO 2025, held in Málaga, Spain, from July 14–18, 2025. GECCO (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference) is the leading international conference in its field, known for PhD Student Tai Nguyen Wins Best Paper Award at GECCO 2025

Permutation Patterns 2025

The University is hosting the 23rd International Conference on Permutation Patterns https://sites.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/pp25/ It is a series of annual conferences on permutation patterns that have been held annually since 2003. Last time the conference was held in St Andrews was in 2007. This year the conference is organised by Ruth Hoffmann (CS, St Andrews) and Christian Permutation Patterns 2025

CS Graduation Reception

On behalf of the school, we would like to invite our Graduating Students and your guests to our upcoming graduation reception. Please join us in celebrating your achievements and marking this significant milestone in your academic journey with a glass of bubbly and some cakes from Fisher and Donaldsons Date: Thursday, 3rd July Time: 10:30am CS Graduation Reception

PGR Seminar: Xinya Gong

The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 20th June at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Title and Abstract for Xinya’s talk – Please do come along if you are able. Title: Invisible Health Clues in Everyday Handwriting Abstract: Everyday handwriting may quietly reflect subtle changes in a person’s health. This project explores PGR Seminar: Xinya Gong