PhD Viva Success: Yaxiong Lei
Congratulations to Yaxiong Lei (supervised by Dr Juan Ye) who has passed his PhD viva subject to minor corrections. Thanks to Yu Guan (University of Warwick) for serving as the external examiner.
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Enhancing Privacy for Internet Communication Protocols: SICSA 2025 Best PhD Dissertation Award
On June 25th, recent PhD graduate, Dr. Gregor Haywood, took to the stage to receive the 2025 “Best PhD Dissertation” award from the Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA). Haywood’s thesis on “Enhancing Privacy for Secure Internet Communications Using ILNP” focuses on how underlying communication protocols for the Internet could avoid privacy leaks, while … Enhancing Privacy for Internet Communication Protocols: SICSA 2025 Best PhD Dissertation Award
PGR Seminar by Constantine Theocharis + Yigit Yazicilar
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 21st March at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Titles and Abstracts for Constantine and Yigit’s talks – Please do come along if you are able. Constantine Theocharis Title: Efficient Programs with Dependent Types Abstract: Dependent types allow us to program using the full power … PGR Seminar by Constantine Theocharis + Yigit Yazicilar
PGR Seminar with Mirza Hossain
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 14th March at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are the Title and Abstract for Mirza’s talk – Please do come along if you are able. Title: BioFuse: Optimizing Biomedical Embeddings with Foundation Models Abstract: Pre-trained foundation models have revolutionized biomedical AI, excelling in specialized domains like … PGR Seminar with Mirza Hossain
PhD student project showcase in CyberASAPY8 Demo Day
A group of PhD students: Yaxiong Lei and Zihang Zhang, in our school have been awarded a CyberASAP project. This is funded by the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) and organised by InnovateUK. CyberASAP aims to fund innovative cybersecurity solutions from academics. Their project, LockEyeGaze, confronts the cybersecurity challenge of sophisticated computer vision … PhD student project showcase in CyberASAPY8 Demo Day
PGR Seminar with Ben Claydon and Erdem Kus
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 28th February at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below are Titles and Abstracts for Ben and Erdem’s talks – Please do come along if you are able. Ben Claydon Title: Mechanisms for Similarity Search Abstract: Similarity search encompasses the task of finding those objects in a large … PGR Seminar with Ben Claydon and Erdem Kus
PGR Seminar with Sharon Pisani
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 21st February at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below is a Title and Abstract for Sharon’s talk – Please do come along if you are able. Title: Digital Cultural Landscapes for Sustainable Development in Remote and Island Communities Abstract: Heritage plays a crucial role in community identity … PGR Seminar with Sharon Pisani
PGR Seminar with Sachin Yadav and Junyu Zhang
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 14th February at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below is a title and Abstract for Sachin and Junyu’s talks – Please do come along if you are able. Sachin Yadav Title: Reimagining the Digital Gig Economy: Evaluating the economic feasibility and technological capabilities of physical cooperative gig … PGR Seminar with Sachin Yadav and Junyu Zhang
PGR Seminar with Mustafa Abdelwahed and Maria Andrei
The next PGR seminar is taking place this Friday 6th December at 2PM in JC 1.33a Below is a title and Abstract for Mustafa and Maria’s talks – Please do come along if you are able. Mustafa Abdelwahed: Title: Behaviour Planning: A toolbox for diverse planning Abstract: Diverse planning approaches are utilised in real-world applications … PGR Seminar with Mustafa Abdelwahed and Maria Andrei
Tom Kelsey appointed Associate Editor of Human Reproduction Update
Arne Sunde, the incoming Editor-in-Chief, has appointed Tom Kelsey as Associate Editor of Human Reproduction Update. Human Reproduction Update is the leading journal in Reproductive Medicine, with an Impact Factor of 11.852. The journal publishes comprehensive and systematic review articles in human reproductive physiology and medicine, and is published on behalf of the European Society … Tom Kelsey appointed Associate Editor of Human Reproduction Update