Current News
Featured news and articles from the School of Computer Science.
Success in the The European final of the ACM international programming competition
5th December 2011
Congratulations to our team: 2nd years Edgars Sedols, Mihail Kovachev and Pez Cuckow, who took Manchester to 4th in the UK, and 18/70 in the whole of Europe! The ACM Comp is extremely demanding, so this is a superb result for us. We'll arrange an event in the early new year (after exams) when our team can present their experiences, and encourage others to follow in their success. | Gallery | www |
Robert Clarke has won the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Optimization Competition!
5th December 2011
The task was to present optimized pseudo-code to process share price data. The organisers said: "We were impressed by the consideration that Robert gave to the required precision of the variable used to store the averages, and his use of queues and threads, in dealing with the bottleneck within the problem.
BCS Academy of Computing Symposium 2012- Invited Speakers
6th Dec 2011
The School is proundly represented in this years BCS Academy of Computing Symposium with two invited speakers (out of 5) Professor Carole Goble and professor Steve Furber. read more ...
Burns App Could Save Lives at the Touch of a Button
14th November 2011
A Computer science PhD student has developed an app which could save the lives of burns victims, both in combat and in hospitals around the world. read more ...
The School of Computer Science Ranked 3rd place in 2011 ARWU
17th August 2011
We are please to announce that The University of Manchester, School of Computer Science was ranked 3rd nationally and 49th internationally in the 2011 ARWU." read more ...
SpiNNaker featured in the Telluride Daily Planet
2nd August 2011
The School's SpiNNaket project made the news again this week following Sergio Davies contribution to the 17th annual Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop. ..." read more ...
Graphene featured in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
2nd August 2011
Colleagues from the Nano Engineering and Storage Technology Group attended this year's Royal Society 'Science Live' exhibition to talk about their contribution to the discovery of Graphene. ..." read more ...
The New Measurement Frontier
29th July 2011
A massive network of computer programs co-created by University of Manchester scientists could revolutionise healthcare around the world, saving countless lives and billions of pounds..." read more ...
Computer Program Could ‘Revolutionise the World’s Healthcare’
25th July 2011
A massive network of computer programs co-created by University of Manchester scientists could revolutionise healthcare around the world, saving countless lives and billions of pounds..." read more ...
Manchester Computer Science Students (OVE) Project in Imagine Cup 2011 Finals
13th July 2011
University of Manchester scientists have taken a key step towards producing a high-performance computer which aims to create working models of human brain functions..." read more ...
Chips Hold the Key to Understanding the Human Brain
13th July 2011
University of Manchester scientists have taken a key step towards producing a high-performance computer which aims to create working models of human brain functions..." read more ...
Manchester Manchester Engaged in Leading European Research Projects
17th May 2011
Scientists from The University of Manchester are working on three of six flagship European research projects, two of which will be selected as the most important research proposals for the next 10 years..." read more ...
Unlocing the Protection Against One of Africa’s Oldest Animal Plagues
16th May 2011
The researchers drew on the fact that one of the most ancient breeds of cow in Africa, the N’Dama, is not seriously affected by the disease. Unfortunately, the N’Dama cattle tend to be smalle,...." read more ...
Making Research more Accessible!
12 th May 2011
"Altruism is quickly beaten out of young academics in favour of retaining data and making sure you can produce as many publications as possible..." read more ...
Manchester Computer Science Students Win Microsoft Imagine Cup UK Finals!
21st April 2011
Congratulations to the University of Manchester, School of Computer Science first year students who won the Microsoft's Imagine Cup Uk Finals. Damian Walsh, JP Lacerda and Sam Van Leishout won the Software Design competition with their project OVE. read more ...
Student Projects: Astrazeneca MSc Project Profile
14th April 2011
As a result of a partnership with Astrazeneca, Computer Science MSc students working under the supervision of Dr Gavin Brown, Professor Andy Brass and Professor Uli Satler, have been given the opportunity to take on some interesting and challenging projects in the field of Bioinformatics. read more ...
Professor Goble on democratisation of Informatics
4th April 2011
The University of Manchester’s Bioinformatics research team has developed a groundbreaking work-flow system that is helping scientists worldwide develop a cure for African Bovine Sleeping Sickness.Congratulations to Josh Nolan for winning the Manchester section of the read more ...
The Credit Suisse Android Application Competition
4th April 2011
The University of Manchester’s Bioinformatics research team has developed a groundbreaking work-flow system that is helping scientists worldwide develop a cure for African Bovine Sleeping Sickness.Congratulations to Josh Nolan for winning the Manchester section of the read more ...
Research Spotlight
23rd February 2011
African Bovine Sleeping Sickness!
The University of Manchester’s Bioinformatics research team has developed a groundbreaking work-flow system that is helping scientists worldwide develop a cure for African Bovine Sleeping Sickness.
Taverna Project: Transparency and Openness in Scientific Analysis
18th February 2011
"Bioinformatics is a fast-paced science in which software and standards for data analysis change rapidly and with them, the protocols and workflows of users." read more.
On systematic analysis of meta-knowledge!
16th February 2011
"The quantitative study of metaknowledge builds on a large and growing corpus of qualitative investigations into the conduct of science from history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, psychology, and interdisciplinary studies of science. " read more.
Eagle Genomics Ltd. agrees to commercially support the Taverna Project
31st January 2011
The open-source Workflow Management System. The partnership will see Eagle Genomics take on responsibility for providing commercial support for Taverna. Users of Taverna will benefit from an increased range and quality of support options, whilst Taverna’s developers will be able to focus on developing innovative new features for the Taverna product line read more.
The Pinkerton Lecture: "The Relentless March of The Microchip"
26th November 2010
Professor Steve Furber from the school was the honorary guest speaker in The IET Pinkerton Lecture which was brodcast live from Bangalore, India. Webcast available... read more.
NanoCMOS Project Receives Excellence Award from the National Microelectronics Institute
10th November 2010
The School would like to congratulate Professor Asenov and Glasgow University on their receipt of the National National Microelectronics Institute award for excellence in R&D. ... read more.
Twitter a stock market indicator?
22nd October 2010
Xiao-Jun Zeng, a professor at the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester has been working with Indiana University Professors Johan Bollen and Huina Mao have analyzed activity in the Twitterverse to determine how... read more.