These taster sessions are run as part of the First Chances Project and are aimed at giving school pupils an insight into what it would be like to study computer science at university. During the sessions, pupils take part in a practical programming exercise and attend a computer science lecture similar to those they would … First Chances Taster Sessions
Dr Gordon Baxter has recently been appointed as the chair of the Scottish regional sub-group of the BCS Interaction Group. The BCS Interaction Group celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and is the longest established and largest national group in Europe devoted to human-computer interaction. The Interaction group is served by regionally based sub-groups with … Dr Gordon Baxter appointed Scottish Chair of BCS Interaction Group
Congratulations to Ildiko Pete who won the People’s Choice Prize for her presentation at the 2014 London Hopper Colloquium. Ildiko entered the Research Spotlight competition prior to the event, and was chosen as a finalist. The event was held at the BCS headquarters on 22 May 2014. The Colloquium is an annual event for women … Ildiko Pete wins People’s Choice Prize
An Introduction to NoSQL and MongoDB – SICSA CSE Workshop Speaker: Joe Drumgoole Director, Partner Technical Services @MongoDB Joe is a product development expert with over 20 years experience in the field. An expert in cloud computing and one of the first users of Amazon cloud in Europe. An outstanding team builder who has created … May 19th: An Introduction to NoSQL and MongoDB – SICSA CSE Workshop
Title: AwToolkit: Attention-Aware User Interface Widgets Authors: Juan-Enrique Garrido, Victor M. R. Penichet, Maria-Dolores Lozano, Aaron Quigley, Per Ola Kristensson. Abstract: Increasing screen real-estate allows for the development of applications where a single user can manage a large amount of data and related tasks through a distributed user inter- face. However, such users can easily … Practice talks for papers that Aaron and Daniel are presenting at AVI.
We’re delighted that the University will be awarding the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, to Professor Dana Scott at the graduation ceremony on Wednesday 25th June. What does it mean to describe a computation? For Turing, it meant designing an ideal machine whose small set of simple operations could perform calculations: the operational … Honorary degree for Professor Dana Scott
A new book, Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems has just been published by Springer. Written by Frank Ritter (Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State), Gordon Baxter (Systems Engineering Group, Computer Science, University of St Andrews) and Elizabeth Churchill (Director of HCI at eBay Research Labs), Foundations for DUCS was developed for people studying and practising … Hot off the press: Foundations for Designing User Centered Systems
The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. This year, two papers from SACHI received a best paper and an honourable mention award. Across the program, members of SACHI had 9 papers and other works at this years CHI 2014 conference. Michael Mauder (a PhD … ACM CHI 2014 Best Paper and Honourable Mention and AVI 2014 Best Paper award
Four years of hard work, and a sunny day in May sound like prerequisites for our SH BBQ. Some laughter, lots to eat, photographic evidence and the odd game of Chess provide a well deserved opportunity to unwind before the focus shifts to exams, thoughts of graduation, or the next step. We wish them well … Senior Honours BBQ 2014