Research

March 10th, seminar by Nick Taylor: Sustaining Civic Engagement in Communities

Speaker: Nick Taylor, University of Dundee Date/Time: 2-3pm March 10, 2015 Location: CS1.33a, University of St Andrews Abstract: Engagement with local issues is typically very low, despite digital technologies opening up more channels for citizens to access information and get involved than ever before. This talk will present research around the use of simple physical … March 10th, seminar by Nick Taylor: Sustaining Civic Engagement in Communities

Administrative Data Research Centre – Scotland, St Andrews team

The Scottish ADRC is led by Chris Dibben at the University of Edinburgh, and is supported by the Economic and Social Research Council. The ADRC – Scotland: Brings together major Scottish centres of research, and builds on predecessor organisation structures, involving secondary analysis of public-sector data in order to create a common framework for research … Administrative Data Research Centre – Scotland, St Andrews team

CoDiMa (CCP in the area of Computational Discrete Mathematics)

Steve Linton and Alexander Konovalov were successful in the application for the EPSRC-funded Collaborative Computational Project called CoDiMa (CCP in the area of Computational Discrete Mathematics): CoDiMa (CCP in the area of Computational Discrete Mathematics) CoDiMa is centred on two open source software systems: GAP and SAGE which are already widely used for research and … CoDiMa (CCP in the area of Computational Discrete Mathematics)

A PhD studentship, in collaboration with MSR (Cambridge)

Reasoning about Racy Programs under Relaxed Consistency A PhD studentship, in collaboration with MSR (Cambridge) http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/global/apply-europe.aspx> Each Microsoft scholarship consists of an annual bursary up to a maximum of three years. The amount varies in different countries and may depend on specific arrangement with public research funding agencies. The bursary continues automatically the following years, … A PhD studentship, in collaboration with MSR (Cambridge)

PhD Poster Session 2015

Students and staff are pictured at the annual PhD poster session. The perfect opportunity,before teaching starts for supervisors and reviewers to catch up with student progress, and a great venue for students to discuss their research with their peers.

School Seminar Series: Matching in Practice: Junior Doctor Allocation and Kidney Exchange

Matching in Practice: Junior Doctor Allocation and Kidney Exchange by Dr. David Manlove Abstract: Matching problems typically involve assigning agents to commodities, possibly on the basis of ordinal preferences or other metrics. These problems have large-scale applications to centralised matching schemes in many countries and contexts. In this talk I will describe the matching problems … School Seminar Series: Matching in Practice: Junior Doctor Allocation and Kidney Exchange

School Seminar Series: Statistically Consistent Estimation and Efficient Inference for Natural Language Parsing

Statistically Consistent Estimation and Efficient Inference for Natural Language ParsingBy Shay Cohen, University of Edinburgh. Abstract: In the past few years, there has been an increased interest in the machinel earning community in spectral algorithms for estimating models with latent variables. Examples include algorithms for estimating mixture of Gaussians or for estimating the parameters of … School Seminar Series: Statistically Consistent Estimation and Efficient Inference for Natural Language Parsing

Research Evaluation Framework 2014

The results of the UK Research Evaluation Framework 2014 were released publicly today. The School of Computer Science was rated 14th in the UK (and a close 2nd in Scotland) in terms of research outputs, which is a measure of how our research compares to the best in the world. Over 30% of our submitted papers received the highest … Research Evaluation Framework 2014

FatFonts and a World Population Map

Looking for an unusual Christmas gift? Look no further, the first ever FatFonts World Population Map is now available in the Axis Maps store. All proceeds from the maps will fund more research and help us provide exciting internships for students. Created by Miguel Nacenta and Uta Hinrichs, the map shows how the population of … FatFonts and a World Population Map