Artificial Intelligence News
Warwick University 'top target' for graduate employers
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.
DCS Alumni in JavaOne prize-winning team
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!
New scientists appointed for cities research using New York as ‘living lab’
Two researchers have joined the University of Warwick to tackle the challenges faced by cities in the 21st 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.