Undergraduate

From Honours Project to Open-Source Application: Developing a Wireshark ILNP Dissector

Wireshark is one of the world’s most widely used network analysis tools, and it comes with great pride that recent graduate Shubh Sinhal’s CS4099 Project “Wireshark and ILNP” has been included within the tool’s official codebase. Shubh developed a Wireshark ILNP dissector that could be used for the ease of study for researchers and students From Honours Project to Open-Source Application: Developing a Wireshark ILNP Dissector

Honours Welcome Reception

Drinks and nibbles were on offer for our very well attended Honours Welcome Reception in the Jack Cole coffee area this week. Good luck to all of our returning students for the coming academic year!

Nomination to Young Software Engineering of the Year Awards 2025

Congratulations to our Senior Honours student, Verity Powell, who is nominated for the Young Software Engineering of the Year Awards 2025. She is invited to attend the awards dinner, taking place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Thursday 25th September. Verity is a Computer Science graduate, and played for the University’s Women’s 1XV Rugby Nomination to Young Software Engineering of the Year Awards 2025

Distinguished Lecture Series 2025

This years Distinguished Lecture series was delivered yesterday ( Tuesday 1st April) by Professor Arthur Zimek, University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. In his talk on, ‘Data Mining and the “Curse of Dimensionality”’ he considered the challenges of the “curse” from the perspective of data mining. In Talk 1, he discussed the “curse” in Distinguished Lecture Series 2025

Week 1 Social Events

The following social events are being held in the School this week in the Jack Cole coffee area:- Monday 16 September – 17:00 – 18:00 – MSc and MSci welcome reception (TODAY) Wednesday 18 September – 16:00 – 17:00 – Honours (Junior & Senior) welcome reception Friday 20 September – 17:00 – 18:00 – Sub-honours Week 1 Social Events

STACS Welcome BBQ 🍔

If you are a new Undergraduate or Postgraduate Taught student to the School of Computer Science, you are invited to the STACS Welcome BBQ outside the Jack Cole Coffee Area on Friday 13th September 5.30pm-7.30pm. The usual BBQ favourites will be available from the grill and refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing STACS Welcome BBQ 🍔

Board Game Afternoon

Students and staff from the School of Computer Science – please join us for a board game afternoon on Friday 13th September 3.00pm-5.30pm in the Jack Cole Lab. Welcome a-board – come along and roll the dice! 😉🎲

First Year and Direct Entry Welcome Reception

We would like to invite all of our first year and direct entry students for snacks and refreshments in the Jack Cole Coffee Area tomorrow ( Wednesday 11th September) from 5-6pm. This is a great opportunity to meet staff and fellow students.

WICS Coffee Break is back!

Women in Computer Science is back and are excited to invite you to the first coffee break of the academic year. This is a perfect opportunity for incoming students and returning students to meet each other and academic staff in the School. Event Details: Date: Wednesday 11th September Time: 14:00-15:00 Where: Jack Cole Coffee Area Chat, coffee WICS Coffee Break is back!

Orientation 2024

We look forward to welcoming all our students to the School for the new academic year. Details of the events for staff and students scheduled for the week commencing 9th September are in the Computer Science Orientation Programme. More information on the University Orientation and Induction Events provides students with an overview of the University, Orientation 2024