News archive 2009

The Open House Festival of Interactive Technology, one of the key events during this year's HCI 2009 Conference, was held at the Computer Laboratory on September 2nd. The Festival, organised by the University and Microsoft Research Cambridge, was a one-off event to mark the University's 800th anniversary....

Although a young discipline by Cambridge standards, Computer Science has had an incalculably large impact on modern life, and therefore inspires a great deal of public interest. Cambridge has been responsible for many of the significant first advances in this new field (EDSAC, the world’s first practical stored...

Professor Andy Hopper, Head of Department, has made his mark on the 800th anniversary celebrations by successfully completing a Round The World flight in his Cessna.

During the trip, which covered approximately 35,000 miles and took 190 hours with 24 total stops, Professor Hopper tested many of the...