http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/ http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/ http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/images/rsslogo.gif Computer Science Department News Items en-gb Bristol professor Dave Cliff is the sole computer scientist among the 16 distinguished scientists on the roster for "GCSE Science Live", a series of major one-day conferences for GCSE pupils. Other speakers include Prof Richard Dawkins, Prof Lord Robert Winston, Prof Baroness Susan Greenfield, Prof Sir David King, Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys, and Dr Ben Goldacre (of "Bad Science" fame). http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=134 csnews134 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:32:56 +0000 Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a person's attention, could have far-reaching implications for consumers and result in services being tailored towards their specific interests in the future. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=132 csnews132 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:02:31 +0100 Chris Musselle, a PhD student working in the Department of Computer Science, has won the Best Student Poster prize at the 6th European Conference on Complex Systems, held at Warwick University on the 21-25 September 2009. The award was sponsored by Springer. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=131 csnews131 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:19:15 +0100 Cryptography has quickly become a central and popular theme within degree programmes at the University of Bristol. Funded in part by EPSRC research projects, the cryptography research group is offering several "internships" for summer 2009/10. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=130 csnews130 Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:18:58 +0100 Xiaosong Wang and Prof. Majid Miremhdi, members of the Computer Vision group, have been awarded the Best Industrial Paper prize at the 20th British Machine Vision Conference held at Queen Mary, University of London on 7-10 September, 2009. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=126 csnews126 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:07:38 +0100 A team of computer scientists at the University of Bristol has won an international competition on unravelling the structure of words by means of machine learning methods. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=125 csnews125 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:53:16 +0100 In July 2009 the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures travelled to Tokyo and Osaka for another series of presentations after their broadcast on UK national TV last December. The lectures featured Bristol's unique research into Visual Animal Biometrics including a live demo that explains the scientific concepts behind the work to a general audience. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=124 csnews124 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:58:03 +0100 The cryptography group at Bristol University has successfully brought the EuroCrypt conference back to the UK for 2012. This is the top conference in Europe on Cryptography. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=123 csnews123 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:11:47 +0100 The department of Computer Science would like to congratulate all the students who will join the department in September this year. The department received around 600 high quality applications for the 80 home funded undergraduate places and we are delighted that so many candidates achieved the high grades required for admission. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=122 csnews122 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:44:16 +0100 The Department would like to congratulate the 6 members of staff who have gained promotion in this academic year 2008/9. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/news/news-item.jsp?nid=121 csnews121 Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:50:52 +0100