http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/ http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/ http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/images/rsslogo.gif Computer Science Department News Items en-gb In celebration of our 25th birthday we are launching the Mike Rogers' Scholarships in honour of our first head of department. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=72 72 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:22:26 BST The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2008 feature Bristol's biometric animal recognition research. The ground-breaking vision technology for wildlife monitoring was developed by an interdisciplinary group of computer scientists, physicists and biologists. Lecture 5 on 'Digital Intelligence' showcases a live demo of the system. It is broadcast UK-wide at 7.15pm on Friday, 2nd January 2009. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=90 90 Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:25:41 GMT The Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol is one of the UK's top departments, according to RAE 2008 - a rigorous exercise to assess the quality of research at every university. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=89 89 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:54:10 GMT The department is looking to appoint a new member of academic staff to lead our activities in an area related to Computer Architecture, Microelectronics, Embedded Systems, Distributed Algorithms or Computation. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=88 88 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:42:43 GMT We are delighted to announce that, due to generous contributions from Icera and XMOS, the Department of Computer Science will offer eight industrial scholarships of 1,000 GBP to students beginning our Computer Science and Electronics programme. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=87 87 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:11:18 GMT As part of the department's 25th anniversary celebrations the Crypto Group organised a trip to Bletchley Park on November 8th. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=86 86 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:14:47 GMT Robotics engineers at the Bristol Robotics Lab have been grimacing a lot recently, thanks to their copycat robotic head, Jules, which can mimic the facial expressions and lip movements of a human being. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=85 85 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:11:05 GMT Bristol cryptographer Prof Nigel Smart has been awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award. The awards are given by the Royal Society to 'individuals of proven outstanding ability to undertake independent, original research'. Only 25 awards are given each year and each award lasts for five years. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=84 84 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:06:26 GMT An essay on the future of smartphones by PhD student Mr Sudeep Sundaram has won one of only 10 prizes worldwide a the Symbian Student Essay Contest 2008. More details after the link. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=83 83 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:45:35 BST Transition Consulting Limited (TCL) will offer three scholarships, each lasting one year at 2000.00 GBP per student. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=82 82 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:02:04 BST