prizes

Awarding Excellence: Smart & Sustainable IT for IEEE 2025 World Forum on Internet of Things: Dr Di Wu

From St Andrews to Chengdu, Dr. Di Wu has been awarded third place in the 2025 IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things PhD Thesis Competition.  IEEE is an internationally recognised organisation within electrical and electronics engineering. By participating in such an event, participants can receive valuable external feedback and connect with a larger community … Awarding Excellence: Smart & Sustainable IT for IEEE 2025 World Forum on Internet of Things: Dr Di Wu

Award Congratulations to Dr Di Wu – IEEE IoT PhD Thesis Competition

Congratulations to Dr Di Wu for an outstanding achievement of third place in the inaugural IEEE  IoT PhD thesis competition. Di’s thesis, “Distributed Machine Learning on Edge Computing Systems” truly stood out among the impressive nominations. The judging panel, comprising leading experts in the field, meticulously evaluated each submission based on the following criteria: Problem … Award Congratulations to Dr Di Wu – IEEE IoT PhD Thesis Competition

2024-2025 CS-EDI Poster Competition

The school EDI committee would like to run an EDI-themed poster competition during the academic year 2024-2025. The goal is to enhance EDI awareness and foster conversations around EDI topics. Posters aim to voice what really matters to you, and a means to celebrate the value of our diverse background and experiences. The selected posters … 2024-2025 CS-EDI Poster Competition

Zoë Nengite awarded Principal’s Medal

Congratulations to Zoë Nengite who has been awarded The Principal’s Medal in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and exceptional activities within the University and the wider St Andrews community. The Medal is awarded to students who have both excellent academic accomplishments and those who have inspired and supported their peers and who have often undertaken … Zoë Nengite awarded Principal’s Medal

Professor Simon Dobson elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)

Congratulations to Head of School Simon Dobson who has been elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his exceptional achievements in science. This prestigious award recognises expertise which supports the “advancement of learning and knowledge in Scottish public life”. The RSE established in 1783, plays a leading role in “the development of a modern … Professor Simon Dobson elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)

Donald Robertson awarded Brendan Murphy Prize at MSN/Cosener’s 2019!

Each year in July, the (broadly-defined) computer networking community converges at Cosener’s House for the MSN workshop. The workshop is an informal gathering where attendees – students in particular – are encouraged to present on-going work and/or crazy ideas. From among the  presentations, the Brendan Murphy Award is given to the best student presentation, generally … Donald Robertson awarded Brendan Murphy Prize at MSN/Cosener’s 2019!

Daria Savanovich wins the Principal’s Medal

Congratulations to our graduating student Daria, who was awarded the Principal’s medal during this year’s graduation ceremony in recognition of her outstanding achievements. Only two medals were awarded in 2019, one in the sciences, and one in humanities. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduation/2019/daria-savanovich/

Prizes for Haifa Al Nasseri

At the Cyber Academy’s International Conference on Big Data in Cyber Security on May 10 2017 at Edinburgh Napier’s Craiglockhart Campus, PhD student Haifa Al Nasseri won two 3rd prizes. One was for her research poster on Cloud Virtual Network Isolation Security and the other was for her team’s efforts in the Splunk Hackathon.