The PhD Reading Party was held at the Burn House, just outside Edzell in the North East of Scotland. It was an opportunity for the research students to give a talk in a relaxed atmosphere, about their research interests. It also allowed for some socialising while wandering through the nearby woods and rivers. Each student … PhD Reading Party 2012
When: Wednesday 12th of September 9:30am – 5pm (with a 1 hour break for lunch) Where: Sub-honours lab in Jack Cole building (0.35) As part of this competition, you may be offered an opportunity to participate in a Human-Computer Interaction study on subtle interaction. Participation in this study is completely voluntary. There will be two … St Andrews Algorithmic Programming Competition
SACHI Seminar by Laurel Riek on Facing Healthcare’s Future: Designing Facial Expressivity for Robotic Patient Mannequins
Room 1.33a at 2:00 pm on Friday 7th September 2012 Introduction to Grammatical Formalisms for Natural Language Parsing Giorgio Satta, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Italy Abstract: In the field of natural language parsing, the syntax of natural languages is modeled by means of formal grammars and automata. Sometimes these formalisms are borrowed … Forthcoming talk by SICSA Distinguished Visitor
After a summer of hard work the MSc student poster presentations and project demos took place earlier today. Dissertations were submitted on Monday. We wish them every success as they approach graduation and look forward to seeing them again in November!
Seminar by Dr Apu Kapadia from Indiana University
Dr Apu Kapadia from Indiana University is giving two masterclasses in conducting mobile user studies.
Swallows have started nesting just outside the School entrance.
Congratulations to Hassan and Ali Khajeh-Hosseini on their ShopForCloud business, which has just been sold to RightScale. Ali worked as a software engineering intern at RightScale while studying for his PhD in computer science. Read more in Scotsman business article and on the ShopForCloud Blog.
Congratulations to Comp Sci grads Robert MacInnis, Allan Boyd and Angus Macdonald who are launching their software company AetherStore™ this week at the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference. Read about their new business in the press release and in the University Alumni Network. Visit their websites at www.AetherWorks.com and www.AetherStore.com. We wish you every success in … Computer Science Graduates