The following social events are being held in the School this week in the Jack Cole coffee area:-
Drinks 🍷 and snacks 🍰 available at all events, so please come along and join us!
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.
It has been a busy couple of weeks in the School of Computer Science, as we welcomed both new and returning students.
We’re delighted to have you back with us and look forward to the year ahead.
Some of our Students held a BBQ to lighten the mood in the run up to assignment deadlines.
Findlay Sloan the 5th year rep and Georgia Chiswick 2nd year student and CS ball president were the grill masters for the BBQ.
We were pleased to host a number of in person welcome events for our students for the first time in 2 years.
Thank you to everyone who came along and to those who helped out!
Congratulations to our student representatives for 2017/8, elected by their peers last month. Our Reps are integral to the proactive communication channel between staff and the students and also chair and run the Staff-Student Consultative Committee (SSCC) held each semester within the School.
The reps are pictured outside the Jack Cole Building, after this semester’s SSCC meeting and are (from left to right)
Image courtesy of Ula Rustamova
We are delighted to congratulate Iveta Dulova, who attended the 10th BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium, and walked away with the prize for “Best Final Year Student”. Iveta’s poster, titled “SensorCube: An end-to-end framework for conducting research via mobile sensing“, was based on her final year project supervised by Dr Juan Ye.
The event was held at Aberystwyth University on April 12, 2017. Also attending from St Andrews were Chloe Collins, competing in the second year category with the poster “Pedal to the metal – the role of technology in transportation” and Laura Brewis with her poster “What percentage of solitaire games are actually winnable?”.
It showed great commitment for these three students to undertake the lengthy trip at a busy time of semester. Like St Andrews, Aberystwyth, is a beautiful small seaside town with an excellent Computer Science department. Iveta took a couple of photos showing off the beach and the campus.
We are delighted to congratulate the student representatives for 2016/7, elected by their peers. Reps play a very important part in the life of the school by providing a healthy communication channel between staff and the students they represent, and also by chairing and running the Staff-Student Consultative Committee, amongst many other roles.
The reps are shown outside the Jack Cole Building in November 2016, and are (from left to right)
Many thanks to the reps for arranging this photo (taken by Alex Bain who can be seen in the reflection), which should help staff and students put faces to the names.
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to be a student rep.
Congratulations to Henry, one of our second year students, who secured a Royal Television Society bursary. The bursary scheme is supported by a cross industry panel with senior representatives from Arqiva, BBC, BT, Channel 4, Fujitsu, Ericsson, Institute of Engineering Technology, ITV, Sky and Youview.
The new venture for the Royal Television Society, is intended to start to address a skills gap and attract some talented young people on top computer science or engineering courses to consider the option of a career in the broadcast industry. Further details of the scheme can be found here: https://rts.org.uk/education-training/technology-bursaries
Bursary recipients attend a two-week summer tour of the industry, spending a day in each of the 10 companies backing the scheme. A financial award per year for the three years of the bursary, membership of the Royal Television Society and mentoring or placements in their final year of study.
As an R.T.S Bursary recipient, Henry explained that he has not only benefited financially; helping towards my course at St Andrews but it has introduced him to career opportunities within the TV industry.
“I have gained a useful insight by participating in a range of activities organised by the RTS. These have really opened my eyes to how Computer Science plays a vital role in broadcasting, which I was previously, unaware of.”
Tell us what you think of our videos and you could win a £20 Netflix or Amazon voucher!
You will be asked to watch and assess the video quality of four 1-minute online video clips, as well as complete a short questionnaire related to your regular video usage and your energy-saving awareness and preferences. Your participation should take around 20 to 30 minutes.
Optionally, you will be entered into a prize draw for a £20 Netflix or Amazon voucher.
You must be 18 years or over.
Please contact Oche Ejembi <ooe@st-andrews.ac.uk>
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Contact Details
Researcher: Oche Ejembi
email: ooe@st-andrews.ac.uk
Supervisor: Prof. Saleem Bhatti
email: saleem@st-andrews.ac.uk
