DHSI Seminar: Wednesday 12th December
The next Digital Heath Interschool Seminar will take place on Wednesday 12th December in Seminar Room 1 in the School of Medicine.
PhD viva success: Julian Petford
Congratulations to Julian Petford, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with internal examiner Professor Aaron Quigley and external examiner Dr Jason Alexander, from Lancaster University. Julian’s PhD research in Full Coverage Displays for Non-Immersive Applications was supervised by Dr Miguel Nacenta. Image courtesy of Wendy Boyter
PhD viva success: Simone Conte
Congratulations to Simone Conte, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday. He is pictured with supervisors Professor Al Dearle and Dr Graham Kirby, Internal examiner Professor Simon Dobson and external examiner Professor Paul Watson, from Newcastle University. Images courtesy of Ryo Yanagida
Dr Roy Dyckhoff: A Eulogy
A Service of Thanksgiving was held at St Salvator’s Chapel on Saturday in memory of Roy Dyckhoff who died in hospital in September. The service included a eulogy composed and delivered by Head of School Professor Simon Dobson. Since his death I’ve been fascinated to hear how others saw Roy — and how their views … Dr Roy Dyckhoff: A Eulogy
Graduation Reception: December 2018
The School will celebrate more student successes and accomplishments next month, when our MSc and PhD students graduate. We look forward to toasting their success at our graduation reception in the School of Computer Science, on Thursday 6th December, between 1.30 and 3.30. Over the years graduation has involved cakes, fizz, laughter, changeable weather and … Graduation Reception: December 2018
School Seminar: Jason Alexander (Lancaster University) – What would you do if you could touch your data?
Title: What would you do if you could touch your data? Abstract: Data Physicalizations are physical artefacts whose geometry or material properties encode data. They bring digital datasets previously locked behind 2D computer screens out into the physical world, enabling exploration, manipulation, and understanding using our rich tactile senses. My work explores the design and construction of … School Seminar: Jason Alexander (Lancaster University) – What would you do if you could touch your data?
SRG Seminar: “Large-Scale Hierarchical k-means for Heterogeneous Many-Core Supercomputers” by Teng Yu
We present a novel design and implementation of k-means clustering algorithm targeting supercomputers with heterogeneous many-core processors. This work introduces a multi-level parallel partition approach that not only partitions by dataflow and centroid, but also by dimension. Our multi-level ($nkd$) approach unlocks the potential of the hierarchical parallelism in the SW26010 heterogeneous many-core processor and the … SRG Seminar: “Large-Scale Hierarchical k-means for Heterogeneous Many-Core Supercomputers” by Teng Yu
PhD Success: Haifa Al Nasseri
Haifa Al Nasseri passed her PhD viva this week, subject to minor corrections. Her research was on detecting data leakage in cloud virtual network isolation. Pictured are the internal examiner, Dr Graham Kirby, Haifa Al Nasseri, the external examiner Dr Naghmeh Moradpoor from Napier, and her research supervisor, Dr Ishbel Duncan.
SRG Seminar: “Using Metric Space Indexing for Complete and Efficient Record Linkage” by Özgür Akgün
Record linkage is the process of identifying records that refer to the same real-world entities, in situations where entity identifiers are unavailable. Records are linked on the basis of similarity between common attributes, with every pair being classified as a link or non-link depending on their degree of similarity. Record linkage is usually performed in … SRG Seminar: “Using Metric Space Indexing for Complete and Efficient Record Linkage” by Özgür Akgün
Distinguished Speaker Program Tour (Indonesia): Professor Aaron Quigley
Professor Quigley will engage in a lecture tour to three cities in Indonesia in March 2019 as part of the Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The DSP brings together international thought leaders from academia, industry, and government. Professor Quigley will speak at the 5th International HCI and UX Conference which will travel to Jakarta, Surabaya … Distinguished Speaker Program Tour (Indonesia): Professor Aaron Quigley