School of Computer Science Graduation Prize Winners 2013
Congratulations to all our graduation prize winners of 2013.
Robot reaches a major milestone: Running autonomously for 30 days
Linda, Lincoln’s mobile robot developed in the STRANDS project, will soon be reaching a first major project milestone: Running autonomously for a total of 30 days. While this seems easy too achieve for today’s industrial robots, Linda has continuously been patrolling an office space at the School of Computer Science University of Lincoln which is…
Robots that learn from experience
Specialist robots will learn how to act intelligently in real-world environments, supporting security guards or care home assistants, in a multi-million Euro project. The aim of the research is to create mobile robots that are able to operate intelligently and independently, based on an understanding of 3D space and how this space changes over time,…
New research into robots’ understanding of the world
New methods to enable robots to understand the world around them have been put forward by Dr Oscar Martinez Mozos from the School of Computer Science. His paper, currently in press, details research into how a robot can understand human-made environments by trying to learn how to recognise different types of surroundings, such as corridors,…
‘Computing at School’ Hub meeting
The School of Computer Science held its third CAS (Computing at School) Hub meeting on the 3 July 2013. The turn out was good with 6 schools represented. Debate was energetic and members engaged in topics related to: Preparing to teach Computing. Mapping examining body assessment to curriculum. Sue Sutton the curriculum advisor from the…
EMESP Masters Prize 2013
On Thursday, 19th June 2013, Olivier Szymanezyk, a PhD games computing student at the Lincoln School of Computer Science travelled to Leicester to represent the University of Lincoln at the East Midlands Engineering and Science Professionals (EMESP) Masters Prize. “It was most honourable to have been appointed by a panel of University of Lincoln academics…
European conference on computing technologies
A European society aimed at bridging the gap between academic and industry-based computer simulation and modelling research is to hold a conference in Lincoln. The Euromedia/Fubutec/ECEC conference, which is organised by Eurosis (The European Multidisciplinary Society for Modelling and Simulation Technology), will take place at the University of Lincoln from 10-11 June. Chaired by Dr…
Oscar Associates urgently seeking an IT Graduate
IT Graduate – Grantham, Lincoln, Nottingham – £15,000 – £17,000 A SQL, Software, Applications, Bespoke IT Graduate is required to join an exciting growing organisation. The main responsibilities of the SQL, Software, Applications, Bespoke IT Graduate will be to support an existing client base with software support, issues come in on via a ticket system…
Jobs at Rockstar Lincoln
Rockstar Lincoln are looking for guys and girls who love games and want to break in to the industry! They do not need any previous experience, just a massive passion for games, a love of the industry, an incredible level of resilience and toughness, a great sense of humour, rock-solid thumbs and most of all…