School of Computing News

In 2020 we are used to hearing bad news, but the placements team in the School of Computing are bucking that trend. 54 students have secured a Year in Industry working in paid tech roles in a range of sectors from banking to local government. Industrial Placement Officer Katie Van Sanden said: ‘It's wonderful that so many of our students have managed to secure placements this year. It goes to show that the skills they are developing at univer...

Research from Dr Chee Siang (Jim) Ang from the School of Computing, alongside University College London, has revealed that popular games apps such as Tetris could one day be used to diagnose early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Dr Ang’s research was covered in inews where you can read the full story. Dr Ang recently joined the School of Computing, having previously worked in the School of Engineering an...

Dr Jason Nurse is collaborating with colleagues from Cardiff University, Royal Holloway University of London, Cranfield University and industrial partners, Cybsafe and Cybersmart, on a new project related to remote working post-Covid-19. The project is funded by the EPSRC via the Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus (SPRITE+ HUB) and will research the risks and challenges surrounding Trust, Identity,...

Dr Jason Nurse has earned a well-deserved promotion to Senior Lecturer. Since joining the School of Computing in July 2018, Jason has become heavily involved in the University and School, and in the advancement of cyber security research and teaching locally and internationally.   This has included becoming Director of Public Engagement of the Kent Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Cyber Security (KirCCS), Theme lead for the Sciences for th...

Kent's MSc Cyber Security programme has become a fully certified master's degree recognised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a subsidiary of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). The full certification, which is valid for 5 years (2020-2025), confirms that Kent's MSc Cyber Security programme meets the criteria defined by the NCSC for mast...

Many industries have been hit hard by COVID-19, inevitably making the job market a more competitive environment. While this can be seen as a challenge for those looking to start a career or change career direction, it also means there is no better time to bolster skills with postgraduate study – whether a master's degree, PhD or other. Postgraduate students at Kent have shared their views on how returning to edu...

All applicants, students and staff from the School of Computing are invited to take part in one of the most excruciatingly annoying challenges on the internet. User Inyerface is ‘a challenging exploration of user interactions and design patterns.’ This challenge will show you why well considered web design and user interfaces really matter and how we take good design for granted. To play the game, simply fill in...

BSc Computer Science student Mihail Munteanu took first place in the American Express global intern coding challenge while on an internship at Amex. In total, 278 interns attended the challenge from the UK, the US and India. Mihail said 'We were given 3 algorithmic problems and were asked to solve them using the most efficient way. In order to solve these problems we had to be familiar with data structures, algorithms and time complexity, luckily e...

The School of Computing will welcome four new members of staff who will be teaching from September 2020. Three were members of staff who were previously in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts and have a background in computing. They are Gareth Howells, Chee Siang (Jim) Ang and Christos Efstratiou. We will also be welcoming Dr Kemi Ademoye who joins us from University of Wales Trinity St Davids. Helen Frampton has also recently joined the School a...

Congratulations to Janet Carter who has been promoted to Reader in the School of Computing with effect from 1 October 2020. Janet is a long-standing member of staff in the School of Computing whose expertise lies in the research of computing education. Janet's teaching includes the mathematical underpinnings crucial to computer science and a module called Computing in the Classroom, and she is the Director of Undergraduate Studies, the Senior Tutor for ...