School of Computer Science

PhD viva success: Dawand Sulaiman

Congratulations to Dawand Sulaiman, who succesfuly defended his thesis in March. The virtual viva was convened by Dr Özgür Akgün with external examiner Dr Barry Porter from Lancaster Univeristy.

PhD viva success: Esma Mansouri Benssassi

Congratulations to Esma Mansouri Benssassi, who succesfuly defended her thesis (Bio-inspired multi sensory integration of social signals) last month. The virtual viva was convened by Professor Tom Kelsey with external examiner Dr Ke Chen from The Univeristy of Manchester.

Winnability of Klondike Solitaire research features in Major Nelson’s video podcast

Research carried out by Charlie Blake and Ian Gent to compute the approximate odds of winning any version of solitaire features in Major Nelson’s Video Podcast [Interview with Ian and Charlie starts 23:56] for XBox news today. Today is National Solitaire Day and the 30th anniversary of the game. The celebrations include an invitation to … Winnability of Klondike Solitaire research features in Major Nelson’s video podcast

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)

The Serums Project Consortium meeting

This Week Dr Juliana Bowles brought together nine leading academic and industry partners for the 4th Consortium meeting for the Serums project. The project aims to produce tools and technologies to support future-generation healthcare systems that will integrate home-based healthcare into a holistic treatment plan, reducing cost and travel-associated risks and increasing quality of healthcare … The Serums Project Consortium meeting

Georgios Gerasimou (University of St Andrews): Frontiers in computational revealed preference analysis

RESCHEDULED: please note the changed date and a non-standard time! Abstract: Prest is a recently published piece of open-source software for computational revealed preference analysis that provides novel ways to estimate decision makers’ preferences over choice alternatives by analysing their observable choice behaviour. This software is informed by classic as well as recent developments in … Georgios Gerasimou (University of St Andrews): Frontiers in computational revealed preference analysis

Philippe Palanque (University of Toulouse): Harnessing Usability, UX and Dependability for Interactions in Safety Critical Contexts

Abstract: Innovation and creativity are the research drivers of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community which is currently investing a vast amount of resources in the design and evaluation of “new” user interfaces and interaction techniques, leaving the correct functioning of these interfaces at the discretion of the helpless developers. In the area of formal methods … Philippe Palanque (University of Toulouse): Harnessing Usability, UX and Dependability for Interactions in Safety Critical Contexts