University of Lincoln, UK
Twitter will be in control of a unique digital garden at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Fresh garden Digital Capabilities will respond to live Twitter activity, enabling the public to directly influence how the garden appears at any one time. Created by academics at the University of Lincoln, UK, working with award-winning designers Harfleet…
Robotics, gaming and website design will all be showcased as part of a week-long event by students from the School of Computer Science. Students, staff and visitors are all welcome to the event, which will take place from Monday, 29th April to Friday, 3rd May. Posters and video demos detailing the projects will be on…
Research to set up an online system enabling doctors to access patients’ health records from across the European Union has been launched. The European Commission project, MyHealthAvatar, is designed to give people more knowledge and control of their health via their computers and mobile phones. The programme will keep archives of each user’s electronic health…
Two Presentations and Posters delivered by members of the Lincoln School of Computer Science (LSoCS), and the DCAPI research group, while attending the Annual Vision & Language (V&L) Network Workshop, 13-14th Dec. 2012 in Sheffield, UK. Amr Ahmed, Amjad Al-tadmri and Deema AbdalHafeth attended the event, where 2 oral presentations and 2 posters were delivered…
Thursday December 13th saw the official launch of the Computing At School Lincolnshire Hub with a meeting of computing teachers from across the region hosted by School of Computer Science staff on Brayford Campus. School and Sixth Form College teachers from as far afield as Leicester, Skegness and Peterborough as well as from the immediate Lincoln area…
A multi-million European project aimed at combating some of the EU’s most prevalent chronic medical conditions is being led by academics at the University of Lincoln. The REtinal Vascular Modelling, Measurement and Diagnosis (REVAMMAD) project aims to train a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists for the academic, clinical and industrial sectors, and to trigger a…
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…
Friday, 27th April 2012, marked the end of the Showcasing week for the Undergraduate Projects work, with an Interactive demos sessions. Students, Staff and Visitors gathered in Comp Lab ‘B’ in the School of Computer Science, where the event was officially opened by the Head of the School, Dr David Cobham. Local companies, like Rockstar Games…