Departmental news
Complexity breakthrough by Dr Shuichi Hirahara
Outstanding MSc students
The department would like to congratulate our 2021-2022 MSc students on their end-of-year results. Additional congratulations go to the following outstanding students, who have been awarded academic prizes:
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Promotion to Associate Professor
We are happy to announce that Dr Shan Raza has been promoted to Associate Professor from 1 January 2023. Since joining Warwick in 2019, he has made a significant contribution to the activities of the Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre and the PathLAKE initiative. Many congratulations to Shan for his achievements!
Sunshine in the Classroom at Exhall Grange School
Star PhD student Latifa Alsostad launches our new bookable outreach activity, ‘From Solar Power to Horse Power’, in celebration of National Chemistry Week
Christian Ikenmeyer joins the Department of Computer Science and the Warwick Mathematics Institute as a Professor
We are happy to announce that Prof Christian Ikenmeyer joined the Department of Computer Science and the Warwick Mathematics Institute on October 1st 2022. In his research, he combines ideas and challenges from theoretical computer science, algorithmic algebra, algebraic complexity theory, algebraic geometry, representation theory, and algebraic combinatorics. We welcome him to the department!
Ian Mertz joins the department as a Research Fellow
Ian Mertz completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in 2022 under the supervision of Toniann Pitassi, with stints at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing (UC Berkeley) and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Ian's primary research area is computational complexity theory. His interests at the moment include catalytic computing, lifting theorems, arithmetic circuit complexity, and proof complexity.
Shuichi Hirahara joins the department as a Research Fellow
We're happy to announce that Shuichi Hirahara has joined the department as a Research Fellow.
Shuichi completed his PhD at the University of Tokyo in 2019. He is currently an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo.
Shuichi's primary research area is computational complexity theory. During his stay at Warwick, he will be involved in the activities of a joint project with the University of Oxford on the limits and possibilities of efficient algorithms.
Prof Peter Sadler wins Royal Society’s prestigious Davy Medal
Professor Peter Sadler receives the Davy Medal, for pioneering medicinal inorganic chemistry, ‘Metals in Medicine’, and the design of new metallodrugs with novel mechanisms of action.
Latest two academic promotions
We are happy to announce two promotions in the department.
Dr Fayyaz Minhas has been promoted to Associate Professor from 1 July 2022.
Dr Rossella Suma has been promoted to Assistant Professor from 1 August 2022.
Many congratulations to our colleagues for all their achievements!
Prof Julie MacPherson supports Royal Society diversity drive
Professor Julie MacPherson has joined other successful scientists to encourage women to apply for Royal Society Industry Fellowships in a new video. Read more.