http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandeventsNews and Events from the School of Computing at Dundee University (www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents)Wed, 19 Jun 2013 9:57:41 GMTen-ukhttp://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1030http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1030Wed, 19 Jun 2013 9:54:26 GMTOur BSc Applied Computing and MSc Business Intelligence graduates of 2013 have been a credit to the University of Dundee - award-winning, innovative, helpful and professional - well done to all and best wishes for the next stages of your careers.<br /><br /><br /> <br />http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1026http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1026Thu, 13 Jun 2013 9:53:2 GMTThree third year University of Dundee School of Computing students travelled to London last month to compete round the clock in a 24-hour Yahoo hackathon. Callum Murray, Jack Graham and Neil Fordyce, who had won the opportunity to attend after winning a class internet programming competition, were invited to London to attend the Hack Europe event organised by Yahoo to celebrate collaboration, learning and innovation.<br /><br />Competing against developers and web professionals from across Europe, the team worked hard through the night to develop an app or software with the aim of securing a £5000 prize.<br /><br />The team built a telephone number service called ‘FeedSpeak’ that users can call to hear their social media feeds. This software was designed to aid users who are unable to read visually the feeds on their telephone, such as the visually impaired and drivers.<br /> <br />Callum said “It was an excellent event. It forced you to work through problems under time pressure, resulting in the production of a tangible system really quickly!<br /><br />“The scale of the event and the organisation involved was enormous. It was a great environment to experiment and learn new technologies, as well as meet other developers. Although we did not win, we all feel that the experience we gained was invaluable.”<br /><br />A blog about the event can be found here:<br />http://ow.ly/lskIv<br /><br /><br /> <br />http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1024http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1024Sun, 26 May 2013 18:27:1 GMTCongratulations to Dr Craig Ramsay for his well-deserved "Best Assessment and Feedback" award from Dundee University Students' Association.<br /><br />MSc student Sam Gray accepted the award on behalf of Craig, praising the depth and consideration of the feedback Craig gives to all students, irrespective of the size of the assignment submitted.<br /> <br />http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1023http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/newsandevents/newsdetail.asp?1023Mon, 13 May 2013 16:45:55 GMTA PhD Student from the School of Computing, won first place in a Student Research Competition at the ACM CHI (Association of Computing Machinery, Computer Human Interaction) Conference in Paris earlier this month. <br /><br />Mike Crabb, from Dundee, presented his PhD project "Human Cognitive Measurement as a Metric within Usability Studies" to a panel of judges from highly-regarded academic and industry backgrounds, alongside 15 other finalists from other global universities. Mike’s project explores the cognitive differences of users when retrieving information via websites and integrating psychology with computing research. It aims to improve user experience via websites designed to take into account individual differences. <br /><br />Mike said: “I am so pleased to have won this competition. My research team at Dundee deserves as much credit as I do as I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them.”<br /><br />The ACM CHI Conference is an international conference on human-computer interaction which brings together students and experts from over 60 countries, representing different cultures and application areas. This year’s conference was one of the largest ever, attended by over 3500 people, including world-leading companies such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft.<br /><br /> “Attending the conference was such an invaluable experience – it was absolutely amazing to have the opportunity to network with researchers and world experts in this field.” Mike added.<br /><br />Mike, who completed his undergraduate degree in Applied Computing in Dundee, will be graduating with his PhD this year. He will continue to expand his research on computer-human interaction as a researcher in Dundee. <br /><br /><br /> <br />http://www.dundee.ac.uk/postgraduate/sfc-fully-funded-msc.htmhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/postgraduate/sfc-fully-funded-msc.htmFri, 3 May 2013 11:55:48 GMT(university website) <br /> <br />http://www.acm.org/membership/acm-bulletin-archive/may-2-2013-people-of-acm-vicki-hansonhttp://www.acm.org/membership/acm-bulletin-archive/may-2-2013-people-of-acm-vicki-hansonFri, 3 May 2013 9:54:35 GMT(university website) <br /> <br />http://www.dundee.ac.uk/registry/main/com/grad/20123/sum/index.htmhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/registry/main/com/grad/20123/sum/index.htmSat, 1 Jun 2013 21:25:34 GMT(university website) <br /> <br />