Dean of Science, Professor Al Dearle officially opened the new Interaction Lab earlier today. The lab is situated within the John Honey building within the School of Computer Science and houses the research talents of both SACHI and Open Virtual Worlds.
The Dean of Science, Professor Aaron Quigley Chair of HCI, current staff and students, alumni and Emeritus Professor, Ron Morrison were photographed enjoying the opening celebrations.
The School participated in the Great Scottish Swim on Saturday, the CS team comprising Percy Perez, David Symons, Julie Dunsire, Alex Voss and Ruth Letham were swimming for Médecins Sans Frontières. All team members completed the swim in under an hour. Before and after pictures were captured by Katja who travelled along to support the team.
Congratulations to all. Their target is £1k and they’re 97% there. You can still donate via https://www.justgiving.com/uoscompsci/.
WORKANDHOME is an interdisciplinary project between the School of Computer Science and the School of Geography, which investigates how home-based businesses are shaping society and space. The research explores how this transformation of work-residence relations has implications on economic activity, economic spaces, city models, the meaning of the home, the role of the neighbourhood and residential choices. Social science research and computer sciences will be integrated to record and predict the consequences of changing activity/networking patterns for future cities through computational network analysis and agent-based modelling. A component of the WORKANDHOME project involves conducting a survey of households in selected UK cities. Individuals’ activities and social networks – both in physical space and virtual space activities will be tracked using mobile devices, social media applications and a web-browser plug-in.
You will work as a Researcher and Engineering Lead for a number of software components which will facilitate a UK-wide survey. Firstly, a mobile phone application (Android and iPhone) which will utilise GPS data in order to measure location, distance travelled etc. as well as reporting the purpose of trips (e.g., shopping, bringing children to school) and types of social contacts (e.g., business supplier, friend). Secondly, for tracking activities in social networks, apps for several social media networks will be developed (e.g. Facebook and Twitter). These will record activities through mobile phones and PCs/laptops (location of contact and frequency). Finally, a web-browser plug-in for a popular browser such as Google Chrome or Firefox will be used in order to report browsing history to a database in St Andrews.
This research will be undertaken in the School of Computer Science at the renowned University of St Andrews. This is a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of systems research. Come join us in St Andrews.
For an informal discussion about the post you are welcome to contact Dr Adam Barker.
Fixed term: Full time for 12 months or Part time for 24 months
Salary: £31,342 per annum
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Congratulations to Chonlatee Khorakhun, who successfully defended her thesis today. She is pictured below with supervisor Professor Saleem Bhatti, Internal examiner Dr Juliana Bowles and External examiner Dr Cathryn Peoples from University of Ulster.
In September 2014 a diverse group of students commenced their studies on our MSc portfolio. Some are pictured below at our annual welcome reception.
Postgraduate welcome reception 2014
Fast forward to August 2015 and after a year of hard work, and an intensive summer dissertation project, they submitted their dissertation. Today they presented their posters and demonstrated project artefacts.
The eventful poster session provided the perfect occasion for students to meet with second markers, reflect upon their MSc journey and appreciate the projects completed by their peers.
Congratulations to Milena Marzluff, who will receive the coveted amazon voucher for best poster.
We wish them all, every success with future plans, and look forward to seeing them again at November graduation.
Prospective undergraduates are welcomed to the School of Computer Science for an undergraduate visiting day.
Prospective undergraduates are welcomed to the School of Computer Science for an undergraduate visiting day.
Prospective undergraduates are welcomed to the School of Computer Science for an undergraduate visiting day.
Prospective undergraduates are welcomed to the School of Computer Science for an undergraduate visiting day.
Prospective undergraduates are welcomed to the School of Computer Science for an undergraduate visiting day.
