Dr Alan Miller and Catherine Anne Cassidy of the Open Virtual Worlds research group have been successful in funding from the Impact Innovation Fund for their project “Evidencing and Amplifying Impact of Immersive Exhibits in Highlands and Islands Museums”. The project will evaluate the value of digital heritage engagement with virtual reality exhibitions and further … Open Virtual Worlds Impact Innovation Funding Success
We had our first School seminar of the semester today. The speaker was André G. Pereira visiting Scotland on a SICSA DVF Fellowship. André is working on AI Planning problems, an area that is closely related to the work of our own Constraint Programming research group. Title: Understanding Neuro-Symbolic Planning Abstract: In this seminar, we … SICSA DVF Seminar – Dr André G. Pereira
Alan Miller and The Virtual Open Worlds team appeared in The Herald earlier this month promoting their digital reconstruction of Fort William for the West Highland Museum Using VR headsets, the team created a fully immersive virtual reality model of the old fort in Fort William in the days leading up to the Battle of … Virtual Open Worlds appear in The Herald
The new SETI Post-Detection Hub, coordinated by Dr John Elliott, an honorary research fellow of the School of Computer Science has gathered widespread press interest, across UK, Europe, USA, Canada, South America and South East Asia. The Hub hosted by the Centre of Exoplanet Science and the Centre for Global Law and Governance of the … Research hub considers response to life beyond Earth
Congratulations to Blesson Varghese who features in a newly released documentary in collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and VMWare. An original film that is uncovering the realities of cloud technology and its effects on both business and society. Many have grown confused with our relationship with a rapidly expanding cloud market, others are reflecting on … Clouded | Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud
Thanks to everyone who attended the school Research away day. The day was very informative and lots of ideas were created. It was lovely to meet our Ukrainian Visiting Academics Maryna Novozhylova and Olga Chub. We would also like to thank our guests, Ricky Shek from careers, Kirsty Ross from RIS, Adeel Shafi and Jayshree … Research Away Day October 2022
We’re delighted that the world-leading quality of our research has been recognised in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. Congratulations to all members of our School! More Information on CS Ref results can be found on our Research page
Congratulations to Dr Nguyen Dang, who has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship. The 3 year Fellowships are intended to assist those at an early stage of their academic careers to undertake a significant piece of publishable work. Nguyen will be researching Constraint-based automated generation of synthetic benchmark instances. Abstract summary: “Combinatorial problems … Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for Nguyen Dang
Research carried out by Charlie Blake and Ian Gent to compute the approximate odds of winning any version of solitaire features in Major Nelson’s Video Podcast [Interview with Ian and Charlie starts 23:56] for XBox news today. Today is National Solitaire Day and the 30th anniversary of the game. The celebrations include an invitation to … Winnability of Klondike Solitaire research features in Major Nelson’s video podcast
Congratulations to Head of School Simon Dobson who has been elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his exceptional achievements in science. This prestigious award recognises expertise which supports the “advancement of learning and knowledge in Scottish public life”. The RSE established in 1783, plays a leading role in “the development of a modern … Professor Simon Dobson elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)