Congratulations to Michael Pitcher, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with Dr Ruth Bowness, Internal examiner Prof Tom Kelsey, external examiner Professor Marc Lipman from University College London and Supervisor Prof Simon Dobson. Michael’s thesis was co-supervised by Prof Stephen Gillespie from the School of Medicine.
Research carried out by Charlie Blake and Ian Gent to compute the approximate odds of winning any version of solitaire featured in New Scientist last week (print edition November 23rd ). Ian emphasised the calibre of research carried out by our undergraduate students and his early interaction with card games. “This research has been hugely … Winnability of Klondike Solitaire research featured in New Scientist
The School received the following letter of appreciation from UKJA for a recent donation of computers and IT equipment. Dear Sir, I am writing on behalf of The United Kingdom Jarra Association (UKJA) to thank the prestigious School of Computer Science of The University of St Andrews for their recent donation of Computers to our … Computer donation to United Kingdom Jarra Association (UKJA)
The School of Computer Science will host a graduation reception on Tuesday 3rd December in the Jack Cole building, between 12.00 and 14.00. Graduating students and their guests are invited to the School to celebrate with a glass of bubbly and a cream cake. Computer Science degrees will be conferred in a morning ceremony in … December Graduation Reception: Tuesday 3rd December
Following on from a successful visit last year, J.P. Morgan returned to the School of Computer Science today, to promote tech careers, internships and other student opportunities. Staff from the company and students are pictured viewing project challenges and solutions highlighted in their technology showcase whilst discussing future career openings and enjoying the complimentary pizza. … Computer Science hosts J.P. Morgan
MSc student Saad Memon participated in the CERN School of Computing 2019 and the ACM Europe Summer School 2019 in HPC Architectures for AI and Dedicated Applications. CERN School of Computing (CSC 2019) involved a series of lectures and practical exercises over a two-week period. The Summer School is open to postgraduate students and research … MSc student participates in CERN School of Computing and the ACM Europe Summer School
Congratulations to Ilia Lvov, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with (from left to right): supervisor Dr Alex Voss, internal examiner Prof Tom Kelsey and Prof David De Roure from Oxford University.
Each year in July, the (broadly-defined) computer networking community converges at Cosener’s House for the MSN workshop. The workshop is an informal gathering where attendees – students in particular – are encouraged to present on-going work and/or crazy ideas. From among the presentations, the Brendan Murphy Award is given to the best student presentation, generally … Donald Robertson awarded Brendan Murphy Prize at MSN/Cosener’s 2019!
The Melville Trust for the Care and Cure of Cancer have funded a PGR Studentship relative to the project entitled ‘Detecting high-risk smokers in Primary Care Electronic Health Records: An automatic classification, data extraction and predictive modelling approach’. The supervisors are Prof. Frank Sullivan of the School of Medicine and Prof. Tom Kelsey of the … The Melville Trust for the Care and Cure of Cancer PhD award
CodeFirst:Girls is an organisation which runs free coding courses for young women, with partner universities and companies across the UK. The University of St Andrews, School of Computer Science has been a keen supporter of CodeFirst:Girls for the past 5 years. We run their community courses in our premises with our students and staff volunteering … A First – CodeFirst:Girls courses recognised on academic transcript at the University of St Andrews