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Read more at: Thomas Sauerwald awarded prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant

Thomas Sauerwald awarded prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant

10 November 2015

Dr Thomas Sauerwald , University Lecturer in Computer Science, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant . His funded project titled "Dynamics of Multiple, Interacting and Concurrent Markov Chains" will run from 2016-2021, and aims to explore new algorithms based on multiple...

Read more at: Andra Adams named a winner of UK ICT Pioneers 2015

Andra Adams named a winner of UK ICT Pioneers 2015

7 November 2015

PhD student, Andra Adams, has been named the winner of the UK ICT Pioneers 2015 in the category 'Transforming Society'.

UK ICT Pioneers is 'a unique partnership between Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and key stakeholders that aims to recognise the most exceptional UK doctoral...


Read more at: Mark Batty wins 2015 BCS Distinguished Dissertation Competition

Mark Batty wins 2015 BCS Distinguished Dissertation Competition

27 October 2015

Mark Batty has been named the winner of the 2015 CPHC/BCS Distinguished Dissertation Competition. The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC), in conjunction with BCS and BCS Academy of Computing, annually selects for publication the best British PhD/DPhil dissertations in computer science.

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Read more at: Cambridge triumphs at UKIEPC 2015

Cambridge triumphs at UKIEPC 2015

26 October 2015

Cambridge teams triumphed at The UK/IE Programming Contest (UKIEPC) 2015. Not only did a team from the University come first, but Cambridge teams filled ten slots in the top twenty.

Team EE Dragons (first) and Team Beuler (third) will now progress to the North Western European Regional Contest (NWERC)...


Read more at: Lab researchers win best paper award at ACM ICN 2015

Lab researchers win best paper award at ACM ICN 2015

5 October 2015

Lab researchers Liang Wang, Arjuna Sathiaseelan and Prof. Jon Crowcroft have won the best paper award at ACM ICN 2015.

The paper "Pro-Diluvian: Understanding Scoped-Flooding for Content Discovery in Information-Centric Networking" is a joint work between the Networking for Development Lab (a research...


Read more at: Computer Laboratory receives prestigious Athena SWAN award

Computer Laboratory receives prestigious Athena SWAN award

1 October 2015

The Computer Laboratory has received a prestigious bronze Athena SWAN award, the charter that recognises commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.


Read more at: Ross Anderson named winner of 2015 SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation award

Ross Anderson named winner of 2015 SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation award

25 September 2015

Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering, has been named the winner of the 2015 SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation award.

The award is given for outstanding and innovative technical contributions to the field of computer and communication security that have had lasting impact in furthering or...


Read more at: Professor John Daugman elected to Academy Fellowship

Professor John Daugman elected to Academy Fellowship

22 September 2015

John Daugman OBE FREng, Professor of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his outstanding contribution to engineering.


Read more at: RA Sam Aaron teaches BBC DJ to compose music using Sonic Pi

RA Sam Aaron teaches BBC DJ to compose music using Sonic Pi

7 September 2015

Lab Research Associate Sam Aaron can often be found in school classrooms teaching children to create music by writing code using Sonic Pi. However, recently he welcomed a slightly older pupil, BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra DJ MistJam. The pair used Sonic Pi to compose a piece , inspired by Bizet's 'Carmen'....


Read more at: Oliver Chick wins APSys15 best paper award

Oliver Chick wins APSys15 best paper award

2 September 2015

PhD student Oliver Chick has received the Best Paper Award at APSys15.

The paper, 'Shadow Kernels: A General Mechanism For Kernel Specialization in Existing Operating Systems', is joint work with Lucian Carata, James Snee, Nikilesh Balakrishnan and Ripduman Sohan.