University of Lincoln, UK
The School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, UK, are holding their annual Student Showcase event on Tuesday 15th May 2018. The showcase will take place from 9:30am – 4:30pm in the ground floor atrium of the Isaac Newton Building and students and colleagues from across the University are invited to attend throughout the course of the day.…
Today is International Women’s Day. In celebration of this yearly event, we met with some of our female students to find out the projects they’re undertaking as part of their studies at the School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln UK. After being recognised for its commitment to advancing women’s careers in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering,…
Mark Pastuszka, student at the School of Computer Science received his Master’s degree qualification and was also presented with a School Award, at the University of Lincoln’s Graduation in January 2018. Mark originally joined the University of Lincoln, enrolling on the BSc Computer Science programme. After his successful graduation, he decided to continue his education with the University, studying…
The University of Lincoln recently invested £28m to create the Isaac Newton Building – the new home for our School of Computer Science. We join the Schools of Engineering and Maths & Physics in this stunning new setting. The new building is named after one of Lincolnshire’s greatest sons, Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP, who was born at Woolsthorpe Manor near Grantham.…
An article by Dr Ben Kirman and Tom Feltwell, from the School of Computer Science, is featured on news analysis and opinion website The Conversation. The piece discusses the issues that arise when social networks crash, following the server error which brought down Facebook, Instagram and Tinder for about 50 minutes earlier this week. The…
The University’s Twitter-reactive garden has been presented with a gold award at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show. Part of the STAN (Science Technology Architecture Networks) project within the Schools of Architecture & Design and Computer Science at the University of Lincoln, the garden responds to social media by monitoring Twitter and translating the trends into…
A new research project will investigate how social media can play its part in both inciting discrimination against and building understanding of marginalised communities. The CuRAtOR (Challenging online feaR And OtheRing) project, led by the University of Lincoln, UK, will explore where and how representations of certain minority groups by government and broadcast media can…
Expertise from the University of Lincoln has once again contributed to a win at one of the world’s most prestigious flower shows. The Essence of Australia garden, which Dr Duncan Rowland from Lincoln’s School of Computer Science worked on, won a Gold Medal and Best in Show at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.…
A new fantasy videogame that will give players the power to generate their own levels through Twitter has been launched. Hashtag Dungeon is unique, in that rather than procedurally generating its own content, the game is tied to the @HashtagDungeon Twitter account which tweets out the code that becomes a whole new level of dungeon…