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Systems Seminar: Coupled Adaptive Complex Network, by Saray Shai, University of St Andrews
Abstract: This talk presents the introduction and our early investigation on coupled adaptive complex networks. Generally an adaptive network is the network whose topology adapts and evolves with the dynamics of the network. At present, adaptive networks are ubiquitous across many disciplines, including technical distribution networks such as road networks and the internet; natural and … Systems Seminar: Coupled Adaptive Complex Network, by Saray Shai, University of St Andrews
SICSA Announces New Knowledge Exchange Programmes
The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) have confirmed that the Scottish Funding Council have approved funding for six new initiatives that will provide new placements, exchanges and internships with Scottish and overseas businesses. Read more in the University News and in Latest news from SICSA
SICSA DEMOfest 2012
The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance in association with ScotlandIS hosted their 5th annual DEMOfest, a technology showcase of Scottish Universities Informatics and Computer Science on the 6th November. The school had three posters at the DEMOfest. Derek and Gordon were promoting their work on the SFC funded Horizon Project “Services to the Cloud”, … SICSA DEMOfest 2012
Virtual Worlds Research: NuiLib & Armadilo
Exciting update on two pieces of software from the Open Virtual Worlds research group. The first is NuiLib (available at NuiLib.org), a utility library for facilitating development with NUI (Natural User Input) devices (such as the Microsoft Kinect). It puts an abstraction layer over the top of the NUI device to hide the gory details … Virtual Worlds Research: NuiLib & Armadilo
Business success for former PhD Student Ali Khajeh-Hosseini
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.
Virtual Worlds at Sensation
Weekend at Sensation It’s been a busy weekend for the virtual worlds group. The reconstructed St Andrews Cathedral and other ongoing projects, were on display at Sensation in Dundee as part of the “Create and Inspire” initiative. Friday involved organised school visits and Saturday and Sunday proved busy with members of the public entering the … Virtual Worlds at Sensation
hci2012 People & Computers XXVI
HCI 2012 will be held between the 12th and the 14th of September 2012 in Birmingham. The Programme Committee includes Aaron and Per Ola as short paper chairs and Miguel in Interactive Demos. Information available online at hci2012 submissions.
Decision Support Tools for Cloud Migration in the Enterprise
This month’s IEEE Computing Now features the paper “Decision Support Tools for Cloud Migration in the Enterprise” written by Ali Khajeh-Hosseini, Ian Sommerville, Jurgen Bogaerts, and Pradeep Teregowda.
PhD Poster Session 2012
The PhD poster session took place today in the Jack Cole coffee area. Ron Morrison awarded Amazon vouchers to the three best posters. Congratulations to Lakshitha, Yi and Ali. 3rd place to System Deployment Costs in Public Clouds – Ali Khajeh-Hosseini 2nd place to Building Energy Awareness into ICT Systems (complete with magnifying glass) – … PhD Poster Session 2012