The technology driving the evolution of internet advertising, targeted advertising or intrusive surveillance?

BIO  Tim Palmer read Computational Science in St Andrews graduating in 1993.  Initially working for Oracle in London then San Francisco, he went on to work in Investment Banking Technology for over a decade.  Most recently Tim was CTO for The Exchange Lab – a programmatic marketing company.  He is now Senior Partner in Digiterre, … The technology driving the evolution of internet advertising, targeted advertising or intrusive surveillance?

Success in the Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship Programme in Research and Leadership

Congratulations to Patrick Schrempf and Billy Brown who have been successful in their applications for a Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship in Research and Leadership for 2017. You can read further details about Billy and Patrick below. Billy Brown: I’m a fourth year Computer Science student from Belgium with too much interest for the subject. I play … Success in the Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship Programme in Research and Leadership

Chris Norval wins best paper at Mining Online Health Reports workshop

St Andrews researchers Chris Norval and Tristan Henderson won the Best Paper award at the Mining Online Health Reports workshop, part of the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2017). The workshop brought together experts from academia, industry and the health sector to discuss techniques and future priorities for analysing online … Chris Norval wins best paper at Mining Online Health Reports workshop

 “Unfrying your brain with F#”  Andrea Magnorsky, Workday Software Ltd

Abstract  F#, just like other non-pure functional languages, allows you find the sweet spot between FP practices and OO language pragmatism. Most of the advanced features of F# give you the power to change the language and to introduce a higher level of abstraction to your code. In this talk, we will discuss active patterns, …  “Unfrying your brain with F#”  Andrea Magnorsky, Workday Software Ltd

Automated Remote Pulse Oximetry Talk

At the group meeting on 13th January Dr David Harris-Birtill gave a talk about ongoing work creating an automated remote pulse oximeter. Here’s an abstract about this work which was presented at a recent conference in India: “A patient’s blood oxygen saturation and heart rate are crucial indicators for monitoring their wellbeing; standard practice is … Automated Remote Pulse Oximetry Talk

PhD viva success: Anne-Marie Mann

Congratulations to Anne-Marie Mann, who successfully defended her thesis yesterday. She is pictured with Internal examiner Dr Colin Allison and external examiner Dr Paul Marshall, from UCL.

SACHI Seminar: The design of digital technologies to support transitional events in the human lifespan

Title:  The design of digital technologies to support transitional events in the human lifespan Abstract:  This talk will focus on (i) qualitative research undertaken to understand how digital technologies are being used during transitional periods across the human lifespan, such as becoming an adult, romantic breakup, and end of life, and (ii) the opportunities for … SACHI Seminar: The design of digital technologies to support transitional events in the human lifespan

PhD Viva success: Ildiko Pete

Congratulations to Ildiko Pete, who successfully defended her thesis today. She is pictured below with supervisor Dr Dharini Balasubramaniam, Internal examiner Dr Adam Barker and external examiner Professor Pete Sawyer, from Lancaster University.