“Crowd Saucing” & ACM Interactions

We have recently published an article in the ACM Interactions magazine, which is the most widely read industry & research magazine in the field of Human Computer Interaction. The article reports work carried out in the 2011/2012 academic year by two undergraduate students in the Lincoln School of Computer Science. The students, Tom Leeman and Chris Borrowdale,…

LSoCS was well represented in the “Annual Vision & Language (V&L) Network workshop”

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…

New PostDoc and PhD positions available in Robotics

The Centre for Autonomous Systems is seeking to recruit two Postdoctoral Fellows and one PhD student in the context of a European collaborative project, involving six academic institutes and two industrial partners across four European countries. The project aims to enable robots to achieve robust and intelligent behaviour in human environments through adaptation to, and the exploitation of,…

Lincolnshire Computing At School Intiative Launched by SoCS Staff

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…

Lincoln takes a lead in developing Computer Science in secondary schools

The School of Computer Science (SoCS) at the University of Lincoln has taken a lead in helping secondary schools to develop their computing curriculum. It has become one of the Universities that constitute the “Network of Excellence” – this is a set of hubs connected to the schools that operate in their region. The driver…

Lincoln to train new generation of scientists to detect diseases through retinal imaging

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…

House of Lords showcase for School of Computer Science

Students and staff from the University of Lincoln were invited to a prestigious event at the House of Lords this week to showcase work being done at the University in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). SoCS postgraduate student Derek Foster was given the honour of making a welcome speech to the invited audience…

SoCS students quiz experts at the BBC

SoCS students enjoyed a productive and informative day at BBC Media City in Salford last week. The theme of the event was latest trends in software development at the BBC.  Second year Web Technology student Owen Pierce said of the day “The event’s most interesting parts for me was the noSQL talk (“Not Only SQL”) and…