Presenting the future of proton therapy

Presenting the future of proton therapy

A leading scientist making major strides in medical imaging, which could make proton therapy a viable treatment for many more cancer sufferers, will present his latest findings – including a new type of proton imaging – at a prestigious conference next month. Professor Nigel Allinson MBE, Distinguished Professor of Image Engineering at the University of Lincoln,…

Fully funded MSc by Research in Computer Science – Apply now

Get a fully-funded MSc by Research in Computer Science at the University of Lincoln. Two scholarships are on offer for this one year course in collaboration between the University of Lincoln and Samsung Electronics. Funding will cover your tuition fees and a salary of £14,400 p/yr.  Your research project will be part of a larger industry-academia…

Postdoc to give a talk at a world-leading AI lab in America

A School of Computer Science STRANDS postdoc has been invited to give a presentation at a world-leading Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in the USA. Dr Tomas Krajnik, in L-CAS will give a talk next week at MIT: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, USA on ‘FreMEn: Frequency Map Enhancement for Long-Term Autonomy of Mobile Robots’.…

Digital technology and autism: collusion or communication

Bringing together the School of Computer Science and the School of Psychology Seminar on a seminar on ‘Digital worlds and autism: collusion or communication?’ The talk given by Dr Sarah Parsons (Southampton Education School, University of Southampton) will take place today at 4 – 5pm, Co-op Lecture Theatre, Minerva Building. Refreshments from 3.45pm. We look forward to seeing you…

Want to be a Computer Science Technician?

Want to be a Computer Science Technician?

We have two Technician roles on offer within the School of Computer Science: APPLY NOW School of Computer Science Location:  Brayford Salary:   From £22,249 per annum Closing Date:   Monday 07 March 2016 Interview Date:   Monday 21 March 2016 Reference:  COS267 The University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint two technicians to support the…

A sad goodbye

We say ‘good-bye’ with a heavy heart to Marc Hanheide from within the School of Computer Science who has now left  the University of Lincoln to start a new venture. Marc is leaving for a visiting Professorship at the University of Rome, “La Sapinza”, one of the top university’s in Italy, which also ranks world-wide. The…

Jason Bradbury in two places at once

Who said you can’t be in two places at once? TV presenter, tech guru for The Gadget Show and Visiting Lecturer Jason Bradbury showed us how by delivering a virtual lecture for our second year ‘Group Project’ students using new robotic communication technology. Using a Double Robotics system, Jason was able to have a physical presence in…

Save the date: Upcoming must-see seminars

We’ve got some great seminars coming up in the School of Computer Science, so put these dates in your diary and we’ll see you there. First up next week we have a seminar on ‘Visual mining – interpreting image and video‘ with speaker Professor Stefan Rüger from the Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, UK. The…

Tweetathon to mark Robin Hood Day

This Saturday (17th October) an international tweetathon is going to ‘fire an arrow round the world’ to celebrate International Robin Hood Day and you can get involved. How you ask? Computer Science graduate Sean Oxspring has been working alongside Hitpoint Games to create an innovative game via Twitter that will aim to shoot Robin Hood’s arrow…