The Usual Suspects
Breaking away from the CS coffee machine at last. Academics from the School subtly advertise Costa sponsorship deal at November Graduation? Surely not! We reserve the right to protect the confidentiality of our source.
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Honorary Professor John Stasko
Professor John Stasko and the Associate Chair of the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech has been appointed as an Honorary Professor in the School of Computer Science. This appointment comes following a SICSA distinguished visiting fellowship John was awarded. This fellowship allowed John to participate in the SACHI/Big … Honorary Professor John Stasko
November Graduation 2013
Congratulations to the Masters Class of 2013, and PhD student Galhenage Perera, who graduated today. Students were invited to a reception in the school to celebrate their achievement with staff, friends and family. Our graduates have moved on to a wide variety of interesting and challenging employment and further study opportunities, and we wish them … November Graduation 2013
Industrial Action Next Week
Dear Students, As you probably know, all three main University trades unions have called for a second strike day on 3 December. Since it’s revision period, not much teaching is scheduled for that day. If you do have a revision tutorial, catch-up lecture or meeting with your supervisor scheduled, we would expect it to go … Industrial Action Next Week
Success in J.P.Morgan Code for Good Competition 2013
A team of Computer Science students from the University of St Andrews came first in the J.P.Morgan Code for Good Competition 2013 The Coding Challenge was open to all students enrolled fulltime at a university located in the United Kingdom, who are under-graduates or post-graduates and are 18 years of age or over. Teams of … Success in J.P.Morgan Code for Good Competition 2013
Tales from the Real World
School President James Anderson and Careers Adviser Ben Carter invited recent graduates Matt Hailey, Ali Scott, Craig Garrigan and Steve Lowson back to the School yesterday to share their experience of working in the real world since graduating, with our final year students. They have been successful in securing positions at highly regarded companies including … Tales from the Real World
Industrial Action Today
Dear Students, As you probably know, all three main University trades unions have called for a withdrawal of labour on 31 October. In the School of Computer Science, we expect that most teaching scheduled that day will take place, and would advise all students to turn up for their lectures as normal, or even better, … Industrial Action Today
StACS Hackathon hosted by Witlr
StACS will be holding its first big event of the year! It will take place in the MSc Lab in the John Honey building between 7pm and 2am on November 14th. The topic will be data visualization and will be sponsored by Witlr (http://witlr.com/). There will be free pizza, free hard and soft refreshments, a … StACS Hackathon hosted by Witlr
BBC Children in Need Bake Sale
Well done to Sarah and Sophie Gent, who have been busy selling delicious home baking in the coffee area. The money raised will go to Children in Need. The bake sale pictured below is in full swing. Stocks are almost depleted.
Calling All Minecraft Users
In response to student interest, the Open Virtual Worlds group are seeking students interested in making things on a school hosted Minecraft server (accessible from both inside & outside the school). If interested, please get in contact with CJ on cjd44@st-andrews.ac.uk.