Congratulations to the Masters Class of 2018, and PhD students Dr Daniel Rough and Dr Adeola Fabola who graduated last week. The School also celebrated the Installation of Professor Adam Barker. Students and guests were invited to a reception in Computer Science after the ceremony to celebrate their achievement and reflect on their time in … December Graduation 2018
Congratulations to Khawar Shehzad, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with supervisor Professor Saleem Bhatti, Internal examiner Dr Ishbel Duncan and external examiner Dr Dimitrios Pezaros, from the University of Glasgow.
Congratulations to Shyam Reyal, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday. He is pictured with Internal examiner Dr Tom Kelsey and external examiner Dr Mark Dunlop , from the University of Strathclyde. Shyam’s research was supervised by Dr Per Ola Kristensson and Dr Mark-Jan Nederhof. Image courtesy of Annemarie Paton
Congratulations to Julian Petford, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with internal examiner Professor Aaron Quigley and external examiner Dr Jason Alexander, from Lancaster University. Julian’s PhD research in Full Coverage Displays for Non-Immersive Applications was supervised by Dr Miguel Nacenta. Image courtesy of Wendy Boyter
Congratulations to Simone Conte, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday. He is pictured with supervisors Professor Al Dearle and Dr Graham Kirby, Internal examiner Professor Simon Dobson and external examiner Professor Paul Watson, from Newcastle University. Images courtesy of Ryo Yanagida
A Service of Thanksgiving was held at St Salvator’s Chapel on Saturday in memory of Roy Dyckhoff who died in hospital in September. The service included a eulogy composed and delivered by Head of School Professor Simon Dobson. Since his death I’ve been fascinated to hear how others saw Roy — and how their views … Dr Roy Dyckhoff: A Eulogy
The School will celebrate more student successes and accomplishments next month, when our MSc and PhD students graduate. We look forward to toasting their success at our graduation reception in the School of Computer Science, on Thursday 6th December, between 1.30 and 3.30. Over the years graduation has involved cakes, fizz, laughter, changeable weather and … Graduation Reception: December 2018
Haifa Al Nasseri passed her PhD viva this week, subject to minor corrections. Her research was on detecting data leakage in cloud virtual network isolation. Pictured are the internal examiner, Dr Graham Kirby, Haifa Al Nasseri, the external examiner Dr Naghmeh Moradpoor from Napier, and her research supervisor, Dr Ishbel Duncan.
Professor Quigley will engage in a lecture tour to three cities in Indonesia in March 2019 as part of the Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The DSP brings together international thought leaders from academia, industry, and government. Professor Quigley will speak at the 5th International HCI and UX Conference which will travel to Jakarta, Surabaya … Distinguished Speaker Program Tour (Indonesia): Professor Aaron Quigley
The School hosted another successful Google event today. Students heard first hand from Exie Huntington University Programs Specialist, three of our talented alumni (James Smith, Peter Josling and Blair Fyffe) and had an opportunity to chat with current students (Silvia Nepšinská, Diyana Petrova, Daria Savanovich and Shyam Reyal) who have completed internships with Goggle. The … Google@Computer Science 2018