Tom, who is now an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Greg and Vladimir on their recent PhD success. Alan, Colin and Ishbel on their successful FILTA bid for Blended Learning with Open Virtual Environments (BeLove).
Congratulations to the Masters Class of 2011, and our PhD students, who graduated today. Students were invited to a reception in the school to celebrate their achievement with staff, friends and family. Our graduates have moved on to a wide variety of interesting and challenging employment opportunities, and we wish them all well with their … November Graduation 2011
The School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews has funding for students to undertake PhD research in any of the general research areas in the school: http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/research We are looking for highly motivated research students with an interest in these exciting research areas. Our only requirements are that the proposed research would … Funded Research Studentships
Congratulations to Computer Science undergraduates Elliot Davies and Sam Elliott who, along with Andrei Mustata from the University of Glasgow, won the DevXS “hackathon” at the University of Lincoln. Their team used datasets from the Guardian to develop a university guide.
How did you mark the palindromic moment? Did it involve chocolate fingers and giant chocolate buttons? Events across the UK also marked Armistice Day with a two-minute silence.
Throughout St Andrews Week the University opens its doors, and invites members of the public, students and staff to attend lectures. Ian Gent’s CS1005 lectures, Computer Science and Video Games, will feature in the event. A timetable of events and location details can be found on the University website.
Chris Jefferson, postdoctoral researcher in the School of Computer Science, did a short stretch as a stand-up comedian for Bright Club Dundee. His act talked about humour, dating and gaming, all from a computer scientist’s perspective. The piece is now on youtube.
The University of St Andrews is hosting a 2-day workshop on Computational Logic in honour of Roy Dyckhoff, who has retired this year. The workshop will be held in Parliament Hall at the University of St Andrews on November 18-19, 2011, and is very generously sponsored by the SICSA Modelling and Abstraction Theme. Topics include … Workshop on Computational Logic in honour of Roy Dyckhoff
Why has there been so much activity and excitement around the fish tank this week? Baby Cichlids have been spotted hiding amongst the rocks. Let’s hope they grow large enough, not be eaten, when they make a bid for freedom. Photographing the camera shy proved rather tricky. Masih finally succeeded this morning.
November 2002, and plans were unveiled in the university news, for a new Computer Science Building. Stages of the build were photographed for posterity.