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Read more at: Cambridge Computer Science undergraduate named 'Cyber Security Champion'

Cambridge Computer Science undergraduate named 'Cyber Security Champion'

12 March 2012

Congratulations to first-year computer science undergraduate Jonathan Millican, who has been named the UK's ' Cyber Security Champion ' following a competition sponsored by GCHQ and other industry heavyweights.

Jonathan saw off competition from more than 30 other finalists in the competition to claim...


Read more at: Financial Times puts Raspberry Pi to the test

Financial Times puts Raspberry Pi to the test

12 March 2012

Cambridge's Computer Laboratory has nurtured the Raspberry Pi through its development.

With the release of the first boards, the Financial Times visited the Lab to put the Pi to the test. They challenged Philip Bielby from Jagex Game Studios, and A-level students from Hills Road Sixth Form, to write a...


Read more at: Computer Laboratory awarded two Google Research Awards for 2011

Computer Laboratory awarded two Google Research Awards for 2011

12 December 2011

Congratulations to both Cecilia Mascolo and Andreas Bulling , who have received Google Research Awards for 2011.

The Google awards program supports academic research aimed at improving information access.

Dr Mascolo's research is in the area of Social Networks, while Dr Bulling researches Human...


Read more at: Glynn Winskel elected to Academia Europaea

Glynn Winskel elected to Academia Europaea

31 October 2011

Professor Glynn Winskel has been elected to the Academia Europaea , the European Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Read more at: Computer Lab team recreate Darwin's emotion experiment

Computer Lab team recreate Darwin's emotion experiment

21 October 2011

A team from the lab's Graphics & Interaction Group are using 21st century technology to recreate an experiment run by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.

The Computer Laboratory team have joined forces with the Darwin Correspondence Project, based at Cambridge University Library, and Autism Research...


Read more at: Dan Greenfield wins BCS Distinguished Dissertation Prize 2011

Dan Greenfield wins BCS Distinguished Dissertation Prize 2011

18 October 2011

Congratulations to Dan Greenfield, who has won the BCS Distinguished Dissertation prize 2011.

Dan completed his PhD under the supervision of Dr Simon Moore .


Read more at: Computer Lab student on winning team in the 2011 Audio-Visual Emotion Challenge

Computer Lab student on winning team in the 2011 Audio-Visual Emotion Challenge

12 October 2011

Tadas Baltrušaitis, a research student in the Graphics & Interaction Group, was on the winning team for the 2011 International Audio-Visual Emotion Challenge.

Tadas presented a paper on "Modeling Latent Discriminative Dynamic of Multi-Dimensional Affective Signals" at the fourth International...


Read more at: Head of Computer Laboratory calls for more computer scientists

Head of Computer Laboratory calls for more computer scientists

23 September 2011

Professor Andy Hopper refutes Government Statistics

Professor Andy Hopper CBE, head of the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University, is keen to encourage more students to study Computer Science and reassure them that job prospects are some of the best in the country. These comments follow the...


Read more at: Lab students win ACM Student Research Competition at SIGGRAPH 2011

Lab students win ACM Student Research Competition at SIGGRAPH 2011

13 August 2011

Lech Świrski and Christian Richardt, PhD students in the Graphics & Interaction Group, won the ACM Student Research Competition at SIGGRAPH 2011 with their poster "Layered Photo Pop-Up', based on Lech's 2011 MPhil project.

For details of the research see: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ls426/projects/...


Read more at: Lab Professors elected Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

Lab Professors elected Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

28 July 2011

Professors John Daugman and Neil Dodgson have been elected Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications .

The honour recognised their 'personal contribution to the advancement of mathematics as a discipline and as a profession'.