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
A Multi-display exhibit that enables visitors to explore The Old Course and photographs of Lawrence Levy, and to quiz their golf knowledge was developed by Julian Petford. The display was developed during his Senior Honours Project which was supervised by Miguel Nacenta. Great job Julian. We look forward to hearing more about the event in … Senior Honours Project Success
The annual CS1006 challenge took place yesterday in the subhonours lab. Students had been designing AIs to play John Nash’s game, Hex, this year. Congratulations to the competition winners – Team – “Vanilla Dynamite’s Nuclear Computer Posse” Students – Chris Lamb, Maria McParland and Robin Nabel. An abundance of healthy foodstuff and some rather unique … CS1006 AI Competition
Neil Moore obtained his PhD in Computer Science at St Andrews a couple of years ago, and is now working for Abobe. He’ll be giving a technical talk, and describing internship opportunities at Adobe. Title: Mutualism in software development Abstract: Computers are designed to be extensible at different levels: hardware can run different operating systems … School Seminar: Neil Moore
Prof Simon Dobson will be giving a lecture for CS3053 about his experience as founder and CEO of a start-up company spun-out of a university. This will focus on the business aspects — getting the company started, running it, growing, funding it, and eventually winding it down — rather than on the technology, and try … Confessions of a start-up founder
New Gateway to Computer Science offers a new opportunity to entry to Computer Science at St Andrews.
It was great to see so many undergraduate computer science students at the Orientation Barbecue yesterday. New and returning students had the opportunity to discuss the merits of studying computer science, eat burgers and consume the traditional Irn Bru in a friendly setting. The Gaming/Programming Competition winners also received their prize in the form of … Orientation Week BBQ
The subhonours lab was busy with the Connect 4 challenge this morning. Students taking CS1006 Programming Projects worked in pairs in a round-robin format, in which every duo plays every other once. Congratulations to Hamish and Mariya who won today’s challenge and received Amazon Vouchers as a reward.
The dedicated and talented final year Computer Science students presented their projects yesterday. Short presentations were followed by demonstrations and a poster session. We wish them every success as they approach graduation. Best Poster: Isobel Hale Multiple Intrusion Detection System Testing Suite (MISTY) Best Project Madness Presentation: Thomas Nicholson Cross-Modal Interactive World Builder
MSci (Hons) in Computer Science (5 years) The MSci (Honours) in Computer Science is an exciting new integrated masters degree that is being introduced for 2013 entry. It takes place over five years, with an option for direct entry into the second year. Qualified students can therefore graduate with a Masters degree in four years. … New MSci (Hons) in Computer Science (5 years)