PhD Poster Session 2015

Students and staff are pictured at the annual PhD poster session. The perfect opportunity,before teaching starts for supervisors and reviewers to catch up with student progress, and a great venue for students to discuss their research with their peers.

Ae fond farewell: Anne and Joy

As we start a new semester, we take time to reflect on those leaving the department. Fare thee well Anne and Joy. The School hosted a retirement reception for them last week. We thank them for all their hard work over many years and their contribution to making the School such a great place to Ae fond farewell: Anne and Joy

School Seminar Series: Matching in Practice: Junior Doctor Allocation and Kidney Exchange

Matching in Practice: Junior Doctor Allocation and Kidney Exchange by Dr. David Manlove Abstract: Matching problems typically involve assigning agents to commodities, possibly on the basis of ordinal preferences or other metrics. These problems have large-scale applications to centralised matching schemes in many countries and contexts. In this talk I will describe the matching problems School Seminar Series: Matching in Practice: Junior Doctor Allocation and Kidney Exchange

School Seminar Series: Statistically Consistent Estimation and Efficient Inference for Natural Language Parsing

Statistically Consistent Estimation and Efficient Inference for Natural Language ParsingBy Shay Cohen, University of Edinburgh. Abstract: In the past few years, there has been an increased interest in the machinel earning community in spectral algorithms for estimating models with latent variables. Examples include algorithms for estimating mixture of Gaussians or for estimating the parameters of School Seminar Series: Statistically Consistent Estimation and Efficient Inference for Natural Language Parsing

Research Evaluation Framework 2014

The results of the UK Research Evaluation Framework 2014 were released publicly today. The School of Computer Science was rated 14th in the UK (and a close 2nd in Scotland) in terms of research outputs, which is a measure of how our research compares to the best in the world. Over 30% of our submitted papers received the highest Research Evaluation Framework 2014

FatFonts and a World Population Map

Looking for an unusual Christmas gift? Look no further, the first ever FatFonts World Population Map is now available in the Axis Maps store. All proceeds from the maps will fund more research and help us provide exciting internships for students. Created by Miguel Nacenta and Uta Hinrichs, the map shows how the population of FatFonts and a World Population Map

Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship Programme

Deadline Monday 9th February 2015 at 5pm This week, the University is launching an exciting new internship programme, ‘The Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship Programme in Research and Leadership’, thanks to the generous support from The Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay. This is the biggest UG internship programme of its kind in Scotland and is a unique opportunity Laidlaw Undergraduate Internship Programme

Graduation December 2014

Congratulations to the Masters Class of 2014, and PhD students Dr Lakshitha De Silva and Dr Iain Parris who graduated today. The School also celebrated the installation of Professor Ian Miguel. Students were invited to a reception in the school to celebrate their achievement with staff, friends and family. Winter graduation coincided with a weekend Graduation December 2014

Graduation Reception: Monday 1st December

The School will be holding a Graduation Reception in the Jack Cole Building on Monday 1st December 2014 from 11:00am to 14:00pm. We look forward to celebrating with our MSc and PhD students, and their family and friends.