Press Releases
Transitive® wins European ICT Grand Prize
16th March 2007
The most distinguished award for products and services that represent the best of European innovation in information and communication technologies.
School of Computer Science spin-out company provides Fabric solution
25th October 2006
Cerebra, a spin out company from the School of Computer Science, was recently acquired by webMethods, a leading provider of business integration technologies to some of the world's largest corporations and government agencies.
e-Science to be empowered by new partnership
26th September 2006
A partnership which will help ensure the UK's international leadership in e-Science has been launched at the country's premiere e-Science event.
Disabled technologies pave the way for next generation mobile web
25th July 2006
Scientists at The University of Manchester have a launched a new project which seeks to combine web accessibility with cutting-edge mobile phone technologies.
Virtual reality puts telepathy to the test
18th July 2006
Scientists at The University of Manchester have a launched a new project which seeks to combine web accessibility with cutting-edge mobile phone technologies.
Scientists build brain box computer
12th July 2006
Scientists at The University of Manchester are to build a new type of computer which mimics the complex interactions within the human brain.
'Best Paper' at the ESWC conference in Montenegro: Repairing Unsatisfiable Concepts in OWL Ontologies
5th June 2006
School of Computer Science paper wins award at the last ESWC conference. In this paper the problem of repairing unsatisfiable concepts in an OWL ontology is investigated in detail, keeping in mind the user perspective as much as possible.
Manchester Computer Scientists working to help save lives take inspiration from 'mole'
2nd June 2006
In 1999 a gigantic earthquake struck Taipei, Taiwan, collapsing tower blocks and killing more than 400 people. Rescue teams were left to dig through the rubble and try to locate survivors. EPSRC-supported research into a digging robot could help in future disasters.
Written by Pete Wilton
Grid for Chips (Grid technology will help design nano chips of the future)
2nd May 2006
British scientists are playing a key role in the drive to make electronic gadgets smaller, smarter and even more powerful. Researchers from five universities are designing a new generation of ‘nano-electronic’ circuits (chips) that will power the computers and mobile phones of the future
The Irving Wladawsky-Berger Lecture, 21st March 2006
21st March 2006
Thank you to Irving Wladawsky-Berger for his stimulating lecture and all the people who attended the event, which was co-sponsored by Manchester Business School, The School of Informatics and The School of Computer Science in association with IBM.
Blind software pioneer delivers prestigious Turing Lecture
24th January 2006
An IT entrepreneur, who overcame blindness to become a world champion water skier and went on to establish his own charity for the visually impaired, is to deliver the prestigious Turing Lecture at The University of Manchester (25 January, 2006).