University of Lincoln, UK
A party of staff and students representing the University of Lincoln’s School of Computer Science were the guests of RAF Waddington last week. The invitation to tour the base came in response to the School’s donation of £1000 to RAFA, the RAF Association. Highlights of the tour included a visit to the control tower with…
We all want the machines we use to ‘last’. The $64,000 question is for how long? “Inevitably, most customers accept that ‘time-expired’ parts will ultimately fail in service but the problems start when components fail ‘early’. A sudden spate of warranty claims can be a nightmare for manufacturers and customers alike, and dealing with them…
Last weekend the School of Computer Science was the venue for the UL Computing Society Game Jam. Around 60 students from Universities including Lincoln spent over 30 hours camped in Comp Lab B from Saturday lunchtime through to Sunday evening developing novel and entertaining games from scratch to meet the event’s three designated themes (Vikings,…
First year Games Computing and Computer Games Production students finished their 60 second ASCII game challenge yesterday. The submissions were very impressive with many drawing on a retro theme to complement the ASCII look. The games were all developed using GameMaker Lite and were completed after around 5 weeks of work. We think that focussed,…
Amy Guy graduated from The University of Lincoln, School of Computer Science in 2011 with a first class BSc(Hons) Web Technology degree. After studying for three years, which saw Amy working for Google as an intern student one summer, travelling to India to work on a charity project and generally raising the profile of women in…
The Social Computing Research Centre which is within the School of Computer Science has been working on a collaborative serious game development project called “Learn To Lead”. Learn To Lead (L2L), which is funded by the European Union Lifelong Learning Programme, aims to deliver training to SME’s in the field of leadership and management development.…
Dr Ben Kirman was recently invited by Honda to attend their ‘Dream Factory’ hack day initiative. Hosted at the Guardian offices and organised by Rewired State, the hack saw 23 developers from across the country feverishly developing prototypes and concepts based on the brief supplied by Honda. The brief was based on the brand message…
The School of Computer Science was pleased to welcome prospective students and parents to the University open day on saturday. Demonstrations from members of the Computing Society and the Community Game Project gave visitors a taste of some of the activities students in the School are able to do. The next big event will be the…