Ian Sommerville has been appointed Emeritus Professor in the School of Computer Science. Ian retired earlier this year following an illustrious career. From the Emeritus Tribute presented to Academic Council, Ian Sommerville is one of the leading academic Software Engineers in the world, and very possibly the leading educator in the field. In his own … Ian Sommerville – Emeritus Professor
Graduates Robert Macinnis, Allan Boyd and Angus Macdonald, the executive team behind AetherWorks, and distributed data storage solution AetherStore featured in The Register last week. AetherWorks sponsored the St Andrews programming competition earlier this year. Further testament to the quality of our graduates, Lewis Headden and Isabel Peters have joined the successful start-up. We wish … AetherStore Software Defined Storage
Highlighting the School’s penchant for the sweet and fizzy, earlier this week Long Thai returned from vacation with Vietnamese sweets including: bánh cốm (green sticky rice cake), sesame candy, peanut candy and chè lam. Tom Kelsey introduced a Game of Thrones Cake. The StACS garden continues to offer fresh vegetables and BARR’s fizzy pop survived … Computer Science: Food diversity
As we start a new semester, we take time to reflect on those moving on to new ventures and wish colleague and friend, Per Ola Kristensson every success in his new post in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. During his time in the School he had many successes and viewed St … Ae Fond Farewell: Per Ola Kristensson
Staff and students are pictured socialising during orientation week receptions. Lots of twiglets, cheese and wine, and Irn-Bru for the uninitiated.
We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Hughes as an honorary research fellow to SACHI and the School of Computer Science. Jonathan is Founder & CEO of Butterfly Catcher and was formerly a founder employee of Realtime Worlds Inc., helping to create the BAFTA-winning videogame franchise ‘Crackdown’ for Microsoft Game Studios. As Principal Designer there he … Welcome to Jonathan Hughes honorary research fellow
The PhD Reading Party of 2014 took place in the serene Burn House, outside Edzell bordering on the Cairngorms. The PhD students had the opportunity to talk about their research, hear talks from staff as well as socialise with all other participants outside the academic work environment. The lovely Scottish weather permitted everyone to explore … Tales from the Burn
Twas the week before orientation, when all through the labs not a student was stirring. We are looking forward to welcoming our new students next week, and seeing the labs bustling with creativity once again. Find out all you need to know about Orientation 2014 on the School homepage.
Congratulations to Dr Graeme Stevenson, who passed his PhD viva earlier today. He is pictured below with supervisor Professor Simon Dobson and Internal Examiner Dr Graham Kirby. Professor Julie McCann from Imperial College, acted as External Examiner.
Last September a diverse group of students arrived at orientation to begin, their MSc journey. After a year of hard work, and an intensive summer project, students submitted their final dissertation last week. Earlier today they had an opportunity to present their posters and demonstrate their project artefacts. With prizes awarded to the top 3 … MSc Poster Demo Session 2014