Computer Science: June Graduation Reception 2015

Congratulations to our Senior Honours Class of 2015, and a bumper crop of PhD students Dr Ruth Hoffmann, Dr Jonathan Ward, Dr Masih Hajiarabderkani, Dr John McCaffery, Dr Ross Nicol, Dr Lei Fang, Dr Yi Yu and Dr Graeme Stevenson who graduated last week. Students were invited to a reception in the school to celebrate their achievement with staff, friends and family. Our graduates move on to a wide variety of interesting and challenging employment and further study opportunities, and we wish them all well with their future careers.

Computer Science: Senior Honours 2015

Computer Science: Senior Honours 2015 (image courtesy of Callum Hyland)

In express agreement with Computer Science Law, a new supply of Toblerone arrives just in time for graduation, courtesy of Ruth Hoffmann.

In express agreement with Computer Science Law, a new supply of Toblerone arrives just in time for graduation, courtesy of Ruth Hoffmann.

A good vintage: A sea of blue gowns equals talented PhD students.

A good vintage: A sea of blue gowns equals talented PhD students.

Graduation 2015: A Computer Science Symposium with Dr Vint Cerf

The University of St Andrews awarded Dr. Vint Cerf, a founding father of the Internet, an honorary doctorate alongside our graduating students last week. In advance of this, the School of Computer Science organised a one day symposium entitled “The Internet at 100” that encompassed a host of prominent speakers and closed with “Digital Dark Age? Digital Vellum”. The Keynote by Dr Cerf contemplated that the information we have now might be lost unless we plan carefully for the longevity of the applications and data that we use today.
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The interesting and thought provoking talks challenged a diverse range of Internet related research absorbing video, the technology and politics of privacy and surveillance, things and sensors, research directions and a true history of the Internet were considered by Dr Colin Perkins, Prof Ian Brown, Prof Julie McCann, Dr Lars Eggert and Prof Jon Crowcroft respectively.

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Read more about the schedule and the speakers on the event website. Images courtesy of Xu Zhu.

ELT Science Summer School @ Computer Science

High school pupils from across the world are given a taste of what studying computer science at a Scottish university involves. Pupils are guided through fun, hands-on programming activities. These sessions are part of the ELT Science Summer School

Event details

  • When: 3rd August 2015 14:00 - 7th August 2015 16:00
  • Where: Cole 0.35 - Jack Cole CS Student Lab
  • Format: Summer School

LIFT OFF to Success

This session is run as part of the LIFT OFF to Success (LO2S) programme and is aimed at giving school pupils an insight into what it would be like to study computer science at university.

During the session, pupils take part in a practical programming exercise, where they learn about software development techniques and gain experience writing and developing code.

Event details

  • When: 27th July 2015 15:00 - 17:00
  • Where: Cole 0.35 - Jack Cole CS Student Lab
  • Format: Summer School

LIFT OFF to Success

This session is run as part of the LIFT OFF to Success (LO2S) programme and is aimed at giving school pupils an insight into what it would be like to study computer science at university.

During the session, pupils take part in a practical programming exercise, where they learn about software development techniques and gain experience writing and developing code.

Event details

  • When: 6th July 2015 15:00 - 17:00
  • Where: Cole 0.35 - Jack Cole CS Student Lab
  • Format: Summer School

International Summer Programme @ Computer Science

High school pupils from across the world are given a taste of what studying computer science at a Scottish university involves. Pupils attend lectures in the morning and take part in fun, hands-on activities in the afternoon. These sessions are part of the Science Summer Programme at St Andrews.

Event details

  • When: 30th June 2015 09:30 - 1st July 2015 18:30
  • Where: Cole Bldg
  • Format: Summer School

Join us for June Graduation Reception

The School will be celebrating more student successes and accomplishments next week, when our Senior Honours and PhD students graduate. We look forward to toasting their success at our Graduation reception next Wednesday. The occasion is a great opportunity for staff to meet family and friends and, for us to keep some photographic memories. Over the years graduation has involved cakes, fizz, laughter, changeable weather and lots of reminiscing as pictured below.

Summer and Winter Graduations 2010 - 2014.

Summer and Winter Graduations 2010 – 2014.

Celebrations, Kilts and the Dean of Science. Graduation 2010- 2014.

Celebrations, Kilts and the Dean of Science. Graduation 2010- 2014.

Computer Science Interns Accelerate Impact

Congratulations to Computer Science Interns Gergely Flamich, Jack Cargill, Iveta Dulova, Tatiana Tay and Finlay Marno for designing a prize winning poster, and providing an excellent demonstration session at the recent EPSRC Impact Showcase held in the School of Medicine.

From left: Gergely, Jack, Iveta and Tatiana complete with winning poster.

From left: Gergely, Jack, Iveta and Tatiana complete with winning poster.

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The research presented, focuses on biomedical data science by identifying, integrating and simulating data from both previous studies and current collaborations.

The EPSRC awarded Impact acceleration award (IAA) funding to The University of St Andrews to promote a step change in the delivery of knowledge exchange. There were more than 30 projects funded by the EPSRC. The recent showcase offered an opportunity for university staff and students to find out more about the projects via posters, exhibits and demonstrations.