Research Groups

PhD success for a former graduate

Simon and Indushree, PhD graduation 2022

Last month Professor Simon Dobson was invited to be on the PhD examining committee for Indushree Banerjee at TU Delft. She passed with flying colours, for her thesis on ad hoc network protocols for use in disaster recovery situations. The protocol is designed around a very strong model of social justice and equality, working on PhD success for a former graduate

PhD Viva Success: Catherine Cassidy

Please join me in congratulating Catherine Cassidy, supervised by Alan Miller, and mentored by Alice Toniolo, who has just passed her PhD viva subject to minor corrections. Thanks to Jonathon Richter (President of Immersive Learning Research Network) for serving as the external examiner.

EngD Viva Success: Patrick Schrempf

Please join me in congratulating Patrick Schrempf, supervised by David Harris-Birtill, who has just passed his EngD viva subject to minor corrections. Thanks to Mark-Jan for serving as Internal examiner and Honghan Wu (UCL and University of Edinburgh) for serving as the external examiner

Clouded | Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud

Congratulations to Blesson Varghese who features in a newly released documentary in collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and VMWare. An original film that is uncovering the realities of cloud technology and its effects on both business and society. Many have grown confused with our relationship with a rapidly expanding cloud market, others are reflecting on Clouded | Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud

Research Away Day October 2022

Thanks to everyone who attended the school Research away day. The day was very informative and lots of ideas were created. It was lovely to meet our Ukrainian Visiting Academics Maryna Novozhylova and Olga Chub. We would also like to thank our guests, Ricky Shek from careers, Kirsty Ross from RIS,  Adeel Shafi and Jayshree Research Away Day October 2022

PhD Viva Success: Chawanangwa Lupafya

Please join me in congratulating Chawanangwa Lupafya, who has just passed his PhD viva subject to minor corrections. Chawanangwa is supervised by Dr Dharini Balasubramaniam. Special thanks to Dr Ruth Hoffman for serving as internal examiner and  Dr Rami Bahsoon from the University of Birmingham for serving as the external examiner  

PhD Viva Success: Yasir Alguwaifli

Please join me in congratulating Yasir Alguwaifli, who has just passed his PhD viva subject to minor corrections. Yasir, who is supervised by Christopher Brown, has provided his thesis abstract below. Thanks to Özgür Akgün for serving as internal examiner and Prof Christoph Kessler from Linköping University for serving as the external examiner. Controlling energy PhD Viva Success: Yasir Alguwaifli

CS Research Day 2022

Director of Research Juliana Bowles hosted a “Coming-back-to-school-for-research day” on 13 June, providing an opportunity for research staff and students to talk about current projects and future collaborations.

Seminar Talk from a SICSA visitor (Daniel Garijo) Friday 10 June, 11.00am

Accelerating Research Software Understandability Through Knowledge Capture Daniel Garijo Summary: Research Software is key to understand, reproduce and reuse existing work in many disciplines, ranging from Geosciences to Astronomy or Artificial Intelligence. However, research software is usually difficult to find, reuse, compare and understand due to its disconnected documentation (dispersed in manuals, readme files, web Seminar Talk from a SICSA visitor (Daniel Garijo) Friday 10 June, 11.00am

REF Results

We’re delighted that the world-leading quality of our research has been recognised in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. Congratulations to all members of our School! More Information on CS Ref results can be found on our Research page