Human-Centred Computing News
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.
Computer Science department partners with supercomputing firm Bull Information Systems
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).