After a busy week of welcome talks and induction, orientation week drew to a close with the postgraduate BBQ.
MSc and PhD students had an opportunity to meet each other, discuss their diverse backgrounds, previous studies, eat burgers, twiglets and consume the local delicacy Irn Bru.
Images Courtesy of Anne Campbell
It was great to see so many undergraduate computer science students at the Orientation Barbecue yesterday. New and returning students had the opportunity to discuss the merits of studying computer science, eat burgers and consume the traditional Irn Bru in a friendly setting.
The Gaming/Programming Competition winners also received their prize in the form of Amazon vouchers. Congratulations to Maclej, Simon and Daniel.
The PhD Reading Party was held at the Burn House, just outside Edzell in the
North East of Scotland.
It was an opportunity for the research students to
give a talk in a relaxed atmosphere, about their research interests.
It also allowed for some socialising while wandering through the nearby
woods and rivers.
Each student gave a 20 minute talk including time for questions and discussions.
In the free time some went off to explore the nearby forest and salmon
rich river while others decided to take a trip to Montrose and test the
North Sea.
Text and Images Courtesy of Ruth Hoffmann
After a summer of hard work the MSc student poster presentations and project demos took place earlier today. Dissertations were submitted on Monday. We wish them every success as they approach graduation and look forward to seeing them again in November!
The subhonours lab was busy with the Connect 4 challenge this morning. Students taking CS1006 Programming Projects worked in pairs in a round-robin format, in which every duo plays every other once. Congratulations to Hamish and Mariya who won today’s challenge and received Amazon Vouchers as a reward.
The dedicated and talented final year Computer Science students presented their projects yesterday. Short presentations were followed by demonstrations and a poster session.
We wish them every success as they approach graduation.
Best Poster: Isobel Hale
Multiple Intrusion Detection System Testing Suite (MISTY)
Best Project Madness Presentation: Thomas Nicholson
Cross-Modal Interactive World Builder
The Jack Cole building was officially opened by the then First Minister Jack McConnell on the 18th March 2005. The building was named after the founder of Computer Science at St Andrews. Read more about the opening in the university news archives.
Read more about Jack Cole and view pictures of the reception held after the opening.
Unveiling the Plaque
The PhD poster session took place today in the Jack Cole coffee area.
Ron Morrison awarded Amazon vouchers to the three best posters. Congratulations to Lakshitha, Yi and Ali.
3rd place to System Deployment Costs in Public Clouds – Ali Khajeh-Hosseini
2nd place to Building Energy Awareness into ICT Systems (complete with magnifying glass) – Yi Yu
1st place to Monitoring Architectural Conformance through Runtime Event Interpretation – Lakshitha De Silva
Many of the posters featured at this session, including all the prizewinners, are now available for everyone to look at.
Competition entrants included:
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 future careers.
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.
