Congratulations to Yuchen, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday. He is pictured with supervisors Dr Tristan Henderson and Dr Juan Ye, Internal examiner Professor Simon Dobson and external examiner Dr Mirco Musolesi, from UCL.
Postgraduate
Workshop on Considering Technology through a Philosophical Lens
Technology fundamentally shapes our communication, relationships, and access to information. It also evolves through our interaction with it. Dialoguing across disciplines can facilitate an understanding of these complex and reciprocal relationships and fuel reflection and innovation.
This hands-on, participant-driven and experimental workshop will start a discussion of what can come from considering technology through a philosophical lens. Through discussions and hands-on design activities, it will provide an introduction to and reflection on questions at the intersection of computer science and philosophy, such as:
- How have philosophy and technology shaped each other in the past?
- How can philosophical ideas and methods guide research in Computer Science?
- How can thinking through technology help Humanities researchers discover relevance and articulate impact in their research?
Engaging these questions can provide participants an entry-point into exploring these themes in the context of their own research.
This workshop is aimed at researchers from computer science who are curious about philosophy and how to leverage it to inform technically oriented research questions and designing for innovation. It is also aimed at researchers in the arts & humanities, social sciences, and philosophy who are curious about current research questions and approaches in computer science and how questions of technology can stimulate philosophical thought and research.
Attending the workshop is free but please register by emailing Nick Daly: nd40[at]st-andrews.ac.uk
Organisers: Nick Daly (School of Modern Languages) and Uta Hinrichs (School of Computer Science)
Event details
- When: 18th May 2017 10:00 - 13:00
- Where: Cole 1.33a
- Format: Workshop
MPhil viva sucess: Yunjia Wang
Congratulations to Yunjia Wang, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with Internal examiner Dr Alice Toniolo and Supervisor Dr Ishbel Duncan.
ACM SIGCHI: Communication Ambassador & Turing Award Celebration News
Congratulations to Hui-Shyong Yeo, who has been selected as both an ACM SIGCHI communication ambassador and to represent SIGCHI at the ACM 50 Years of the A.M. Turing Award Celebration.
Yeo is a 2nd year PhD student and is particularly interested in exploring and developing novel interaction techniques. Since joining us in SACHI, he has had work accepted at ACM CHI 2016 and CHI 2017, ACM MobileHCI 2016 and 2017 and ACM UIST 2016. His work has featured at Google I/O 2016, locally on STV news and he gave a talk at Google UK in 2016 about his research. His work has also featured in the media including in Gizmodo, TheVerge, Engadget and TechCrunch., see his personal website for more details. Continue reading
PhD viva success: Anne-Marie Mann
Congratulations to Anne-Marie Mann, who successfully defended her thesis yesterday. She is pictured with Internal examiner Dr Colin Allison and external examiner Dr Paul Marshall, from UCL.
School of Computer Science – PhD Scholarships
The School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews offers funding for up to six students to undertake PhD research starting in the Fall of 2017 in any of the areas of research carried out by its academic faculty (which includes, but is not limited to, Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Computation, Computer Systems Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, and Programming Languages).
We are looking for highly motivated research students willing to be part of a diverse and supportive research community.
Applicants must hold a BSc or MSc in an area appropriate for their proposed topic of study (usually Computer Science, but not restricted to it). The Scholarship covers PhD fees and provides a tax-free maintenance stipend of £14,296 per year for 3.5 years. Exceptional students can apply for an additional £2,000 per year. International applications are welcome.
We especially encourage female applicants and underrepresented minorities to apply. Admission is competitive but candidate selection takes into account the motivation, skills and previous experience of the candidates. If you are interested, please get in contact with us by e-mail even if you are not sure of your eligibility or strength as a candidate (write an e-mail to pg-admin-cs@st-andrews.ac.uk Subject: Informal PhD Inquiry). We will facilitate contact with a member of research staff in your area of interest (for a list of existing faculty and areas of research see http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/prospective-pg/postgraduate-supervisors).
For further information, including the step-by-step procedure on how to apply please check our postgraduate-research web page (http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/prospective-pg/research-degrees). The closing date for applications is March 31st 2017 and we will make decisions on studentship allocation by April 30th 2017. Before preparing a full application we recommend that you contact us by e-mail at pg-admin-cs@st-andrews.ac.uk.
PhD Viva success: Ildiko Pete
Congratulations to Ildiko Pete, who successfully defended her thesis today. She is pictured below with supervisor Dr Dharini Balasubramaniam, Internal examiner Dr Adam Barker and external examiner Professor Pete Sawyer, from Lancaster University.
PhD Viva success: Bilal Hussain
Congratulations to Bilal Hussain, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured below with supervisor Professor Ian Miguel, Internal examiner Professor Simon Dobson and external examiner Dr Peter Gregory, from Teesside University.
Computer Science Student Reps 2016
We are delighted to congratulate the student representatives for 2016/7, elected by their peers. Reps play a very important part in the life of the school by providing a healthy communication channel between staff and the students they represent, and also by chairing and running the Staff-Student Consultative Committee, amongst many other roles.
The reps are shown outside the Jack Cole Building in November 2016, and are (from left to right)
- Juris Bogusevs (1st year)
- Seamus Bonner (1st year, library)
- Keno Schwalb (3rd year, careers)
- Christa-Awa Kollen (welfare)
- Vika Anisimova (4th year)
- Anastasiia Izmailova (2nd year, social)
- Masha Nedjalkova (masters, careers, minutes)
- Fearn Bishop (postgraduate research)
- Robin Nabel (school president)
Many thanks to the reps for arranging this photo (taken by Alex Bain who can be seen in the reflection), which should help staff and students put faces to the names.
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to be a student rep.
PhD Viva success: Oche Ejembi
Congratulations to Oche Ejembi who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured below with supervisor Professor Saleem Bhatti, internal examiner Dr Tom Kelsey and external examiner Dr Marwan Fayed from Stirling University.
