Ian Sommerville has been appointed Emeritus Professor in the School of Computer Science. Ian retired earlier this year following an illustrious career. From the Emeritus Tribute presented to Academic Council, Ian Sommerville is one of the leading academic Software Engineers in the world, and very possibly the leading educator in the field. In his own … Ian Sommerville – Emeritus Professor
Graduates Robert Macinnis, Allan Boyd and Angus Macdonald, the executive team behind AetherWorks, and distributed data storage solution AetherStore featured in The Register last week. AetherWorks sponsored the St Andrews programming competition earlier this year. Further testament to the quality of our graduates, Lewis Headden and Isabel Peters have joined the successful start-up. We wish … AetherStore Software Defined Storage
Highlighting the School’s penchant for the sweet and fizzy, earlier this week Long Thai returned from vacation with Vietnamese sweets including: bánh cốm (green sticky rice cake), sesame candy, peanut candy and chè lam. Tom Kelsey introduced a Game of Thrones Cake. The StACS garden continues to offer fresh vegetables and BARR’s fizzy pop survived … Computer Science: Food diversity
As we start a new semester, we take time to reflect on those moving on to new ventures and wish colleague and friend, Per Ola Kristensson every success in his new post in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. During his time in the School he had many successes and viewed St … Ae Fond Farewell: Per Ola Kristensson
Staff and students are pictured socialising during orientation week receptions. Lots of twiglets, cheese and wine, and Irn-Bru for the uninitiated.
We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Hughes as an honorary research fellow to SACHI and the School of Computer Science. Jonathan is Founder & CEO of Butterfly Catcher and was formerly a founder employee of Realtime Worlds Inc., helping to create the BAFTA-winning videogame franchise ‘Crackdown’ for Microsoft Game Studios. As Principal Designer there he … Welcome to Jonathan Hughes honorary research fellow
Abstract: This talk outlines David Harris-Birtill’s previous research (at the Institute of Cancer Research and Imperial College London) focusing on applications in detecting and treating cancer. The talk will discuss photoacoustic imaging in the clinic, photothermal therapy with gold nanorods, and the advantages of imaging in a variety of settings and in it’s many forms … Lasers, nanoparticles and cancer: fighting cancer using medical imaging by David Harris-Birtill, University of St Andrews
The timetables for Semester 1 2014-2015 are available here: Honours and MSc Timetable Sub-Honours Timetable
Elections for student class representative positions will take place online during Week 3, with nominations in Week 2. See the Students’ Association website for details.
The PhD Reading Party of 2014 took place in the serene Burn House, outside Edzell bordering on the Cairngorms. The PhD students had the opportunity to talk about their research, hear talks from staff as well as socialise with all other participants outside the academic work environment. The lovely Scottish weather permitted everyone to explore … Tales from the Burn