The Subhonours Lab was in full swing yesterday afternoon, with staff and students enjoying the challenge of the 2014 St Andrews Programming Competition.
Participants and winners are pictured below along with some of the prizes and merchandise. Winners, prizes and teams to be announced once confirmed. We believe the Head of School, Steve Linton, did rather well.
The event, prizes and refreshments sponsored by:
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In recognition of academic excellence for his outstanding research work and entrepreneurialism Dr. Per Ola Kristensson is amongst the most outstanding academic talent documented by The Royal Society in their Royal Prizewinners list for 2014, announced today. The Prize was founded in 1855 by Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, for particular distinction in the promotion of scientific research.
In 2013 Per Ola Kristensson was named as one of the people most likely to change the world by the prestigious MIT Technology Review’s list of Innovators under 35. Described as visionary he appears at number 11 in IMPACT 100.
IMPACT 100 PANEL VIEW:
People like Per Ola Kristensson are the shapers of the future where social interaction and new technology are concerned.
His research interconnects human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence and machine learning allowing intelligent interactive systems to be developed, that enable people to be more creative, expressive and satisfied in their daily lives. Dr. Kristensson also works in the areas of multi-display systems, eye-tracking systems, and crowdsourcing and human computation.
He is a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science, a member of the SACHI research group and is also a Member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland.
Professor Aaron Quigley, Chair of HCI in the School of Computer Science responded:
We are all delighted at the rightful recognition of Per Ola and his world-leading achievements. Last year he was the only UK member of the TR35, the most prestigious annual list published by MIT Technology Review. And now the Royal Society of Edinburgh has recognised his research. Per Ola is an excellent colleague who brings real enthusiasm, insight and dedication to whatever he does. Be it supervising an honours student, teaching, leadership in SICSA or working with industry. His work in intelligent interactive systems is laying the ground work for how the world will interact with computation in the future.
The St Andrews Programming Competition 2014 is a friendly programming contest organised by the School of Computer Science for students belonging to all levels, coming from any background with any amount of programming experience. Team up with up to 3 members per team, compete for 3 hours by solving a set of programming problems using your favourite programming language and win £200 worth of prizes.
Generally, programming competitions are aimed at the best programmers, this is a first-of-its-kind competition where students from all levels with any amount of programming experience stand a chance to win a prize. Another unique aspect of this competition is that it has also open to members of staff from the School of Computer Science, making this a fun experience and a bonding opportunity for staff and students.
Students can use this opportunity gain valuable exposure to solving quick algorithmic programming questions – of the style that may come up in job interviews, where candidates are required to solve problems on the fly while being observed. Such interview practices are common among many companies nowadays including Google.
For more details and registration visit: http://goo.gl/I78Hyf
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If you have any questions, please email Shyam on smr20@st-andrews.ac.uk
The event, prizes and refreshments will be sponsored by AetherStore.
There will be a short session for students (either 4th year or Masters) interested in applying for a PhD in the School of Computer Science.
The deadline for the University’s funded 7th Century scholarships is March 31, so this is a good time to be thinking about it if you are interested and have not already applied.
The session will consist of a short talk and time for Q&A with John Thomson and Ian Gent, who handle PhD admissions in the School.
It will be in Jack Cole 1.33a, from 2pm to 2.30pm on Thursday 13 March 2014
Students undertaking CS5042 User Centred Interaction Design are pictured prototyping their design ideas during creative thinking, and hands-on sessions in the Morrison Suite.
The module delivered by Miguel Nacenta is a compulsory element for students studying on our new MSc in Human Computer Interaction, a popular addition to our MSc Portfolio.
Images courtesy of Miguel Nacenta
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Maths Lecture Theatre B
Time: 14:00 to 15:00
Date: Tuesday 4th March
Emeritus Professor and former Head of School Ron Morrison visited us earlier this week to officially open The Morrison Suite.
Experiments involving humans are an important part of Computer Science research. A database of participants has been created to avoid spamming everyone in the general lists, and so that anyone interested can sign up for future experiments.
These experiments are often paid, fun, and often provide an insight into new technologies and devices. Staff within the School of Computer Science, will use the information to help identify potential research participants.
Anyone can sign up at the following address: https://participants.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk
Are you interested in using the database for your own experiments? Use the following address:
https://participants.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/requestaccess
For more general information, please read the wiki entry: https://research.wiki.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php?title=Participant_database
Or send an e-mail to Participant Database: pdb@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk
Congratulations to our very own Per Ola Kristensson. Earlier this year he was named as one of the people most likely to change the world by the prestigious MIT Technology Review’s list of Innovators under 35.
Described as visionary he appears, today at number 11 in IMPACT 100, he is a lecturer in Human Computer Interaction here in the School of Computer Science, where he leads the Intelligent Interactive Systems Group.
IMPACT 100 PANEL VIEW:
People like Per Ola Kristensson are the shapers of the future where social interaction and new technology are concerned. Recognition at this level from an organisation like MIT is hugely impressive.
Breaking away from the CS coffee machine at last. Academics from the School subtly advertise Costa sponsorship deal at November Graduation? Surely not!
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