Computer Science News

A recent workshop at Dagstuhl provided the opportunity for this photo of five generations of the PhD advisor relationship. From bottom to top we have Mike Paterson (Warwick), Leslie Valiant (Harvard), Mark Jerrum (Queen Mary College), Leslie Ann Goldberg (Liverpool) and Andreas Goebel (Liverpool).

The Telegraph shows that Warwick is the number one target for graduate recruitment by top employers.

'The Graduate Market in 2013' research reports that large, high profile UK employers are focusing on finding graduate recruits at a small handful of elite universities, headed by Warwick.

Professor Stephen Jarvis says:

"We are delighted with the news that Warwick is the most target university among the UK's top employers. The accolade highlight both the quality of Warwick students and the tremendous work done across the University to enhance the prospects and employability of our students. In Computer Science this kind of work is something that we view as integral to the future of our graduates, which is exactly why we pay so much attention to the academic standard and industrial relevance of all our courses."

The University has fared well in the past with a top ten placing in each of the previous five reports and leading the list for the first time is reflective of the investment being made in the future career paths of the students.

Two alumni form Warwick -James Gough (MEng) and Richard Warburton (MEng, PhD) were part of the London Java Community (LJC) team at the prestigious JavaOne 2012 Conference in San Fransisco. The LJC won two awards, the JCP Award and the Duke's Choice award. Both were given in recognition of the work of LJC on two projects: Adopt-a-JSR and Adopt-OpenJDK. Both projects are concerned with increasing the input of User Communities in the development of the Java language, and the prizes are a recognition of the increasing role of well-organized communities such as LJC in driving forward developments in the language.

James's blog entry provides more information on the event. Both James and Richard have taken advantage of their experience as students at Warwick and are actively involved in building a software develoment community in London. Congratulations to the LJC team!

Two researchers have joined the University of Warwick to tackle the challenges faced by cities in the 21^st century as part of the New York-based Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP).

The University of Warwick is a member of a consortium, led by New York University, which is building a new applied science research institute in New York in response to a call issued by the city’s mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The University has now welcomed the first of a number of new academic staff to be appointed to work at CUSP, Dr Maria Liakata and Dr Weisi Guo.

More information is available in the press release

The University of Warwick Computer Science Department has entered into a partnership with high-performance computing firm Bull, which will sponsor two PhD students as well as support a Master of Engineering course in Computer Science.

The partnership brings together supercomputing expertise within both the Department of Computer Science at Warwick and Bull, and will see the two partners collaborate on a range of high-performance computing research and education initiatives.

Initially Bull will sponsor two PhD places within the department, each over a three-year period.

Bull will also provide support and sponsorship for a one-year Master of Engineering degree course in Computer Science. This will involve Bull running a regular technology-based project for students and a seminar series on emerging technologies in high-performance computing (HPC).

More details are available in the press release.

The Complete University Guide has once again placed Warwick Computer Science in the country's Top 10 departments.

"We are pleased that the Department continues to be recognised as one of the best in the UK" said Professor Stephen Jarvis, Deputy Head of the Department. "There are more than 100 departments that teach Computer Science in the UK, so to be in the Top 10 is recognition of our excellent teaching and the strength of the research initiatives that we have launched in the past few years. The Department is growing, but we retain a friendly and supportive atmosphere, with first rate facilities and an excellent employment record."

For more information on The Complete University Guide please see http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/

The Department is very pleased that four current first year students will benefit from each receiving a £10,000 scholarship towards their studies. The scholarships are open only to UK 1st year students studying CS or CMS.

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The deadline for applications is the 7th December 2012

More details about the Blue Oval Scholarships