In a change from traditional stress-relief activities, the school hosted an alpaca wellbeing event yesterday that brought fun and relaxation to those who came along. The event featured a visit from a charming herd of alpacas from Bowbridge Alpacas Scotland, named Joseph, Angus, Jacob, Balthazar, Owain and Simon. Timed during the lead into exams, the … Alpacas a Heartwarming Success for CS
On behalf of the school, we would like to congratulate Muhammad Hassan supervised by Prof Tom Kelsey and Dr Lei Fang, who has passed their PhD viva with typographical corrections. Thanks to Dr Michael Young who was internal examiner and Prof Kristina Yordanova from University of Greifswald as external examiner. Many congratulations to Muhammad!
Wellbeing Event Brings Alpacas to CS In the midst of deadlines, revision, and the general hustle of university life, it’s easy to forget to take a moment to breathe. That’s why this Tuesday, we’re inviting students and staff alike to pause and unwind with some very special guests: alpacas! Our Wellbeing Team is thrilled to … Wellbeing Event
Celebrating Diversity in Computer Science: The Figure of the Season Initiative As part of the Designing and Delivering an Inclusive Curriculum STARIS project, we are excited to introduce the Figure of the Season showcase—an effort to highlight diverse contributions to the field of computer science. Why This Initiative Matters Representation plays a crucial role in … Celebrating Diversity in Computer Science
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 25th April at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Title and Abstract for Dhananjay’s talk – Please do come along if you are able. Title: Signal Collapse in One-Shot Pruning: When Sparse Models Fail to Distinguish Neural Representations Abstract: The deep learning breakthrough in 2012, … PGR Seminar with Dhananjay Saikumar
We are holding a Doors Open event on Thursday, 1 May 202,5 and would love for you and your colleagues to visit us at this event. Our school is growing, and we want to make sure we are listening to organisations locally, nationally, and internationally. Our hope is that the day is a chance … Doors Open @ Computer Science, St Andrews on Thursday 1 May 2025, 10am-4pm (drop in)
The University of St Andrews wishes to make an appointment to the Johann and Gaynor Rupert Chair in Artificial Intelligence in the School of Computer Science. You will be an outstanding scholar of international standing in Artificial Intelligence with a proven track record of securing significant grant funding and leading high-quality externally funded research projects. … We are hiring a Professor in Artificial Intelligence
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 11th April at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Titles and Abstracts for Leonid and Xinya’s talks – Please do come along if you are able. Leonid Nosovitsky Title: Bridging Theory and Practice: Advancing Multiparty Session Types for Industry Use Abstract: Multiparty Session Types (MPST) … PGR Seminar with Leonid Nosovitsky + Xinya Gong
Staff gathered in the coffee area of Jack Cole on Thursday 3rd April to bid farewell to Dr Nnamdi Ekwe-Ekwe on his departure from the University. Nnamdi had been at our University since he was 21 and spent most of his university life here. Nnamdi arrived in St Andrews in 2016 to complete his Masters … Thanks to Dr Nnamdi Ekwe-Ekwe
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 4th April at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Titles and Abstracts for Zihan and Berné’s talks – Please do come along if you are able. Zihan Zhang Title: FedOptima: Optimizing Resource Utilization in Federated Learning Abstract: Federated learning (FL) systems facilitate distributed machine learning … PGR Seminar with Zihan Zhang + Berné Nortier