School of Computing News

Staff and students at the School of Computing are looking forward to welcoming visitors to a series of Open Days on Saturday 8 and 22 October in Canterbury and Saturday 15 October in Medway. At the Open Day on 22 October the School will be open from 9.00-15.00 and you can talk to staff, undergraduate and postgraduate students to find out more about studying computer science at the University of Kent. Timings: 09.30-13.30 – Dem...

Dr Anna Jordanous, lecturer in the School of Computing, worked with language expert Dr Bill Keller (University of Sussex) on how to define the language people use when talking about creativity, known in the field as computational creativity. With that knowledge it becomes possible to make computer programs use this language too. Dr Jordanous and Dr Keller looked at what people say when they talk about "what is creativity" in academic discussio...

Congratulations to four members of academic staff who have been promoted in the recent round of academic promotions which took effect on 1 October 2016. Dr Mark Batty and Dr Matteo Migliavacca have been promoted to senior lecturer and Dr Eerke Boiten and Dr Scott Owens have been promoted to reader. Head of School, Professor Frank Wang, said: ‘I am extremely happy for these colleagues and they fully deserve this recognition. Hopefully their pr...

Drs Carlos Perez Delgado and Dominic Orchard have joined the University of Kent as a lecturers in the School of Computing. Dr Carlos Perez Delgado Carlos is a member of the Security Research Group and the Future Computing Research Group and has joined the School from Singapore University of Technology and Design where he was  Senior Research Fellow conducting and disseminating scientific research in the areas of quantum information and quantum computing. He has an und...

Over 100 students have once again embarked on industry placements with the support of the team in the School of Computing. Placement Officers Sian Robson and Katie Van Sanden announced that 113 students will be on placement for the 2016/17 academic year. This includes nine Master's students, 24 undergraduates studying at Medway and 80 undergraduate students based at the Canterbury campus. Katie said: 'The students are based in 67 companies across 7...

  Steve Baker was among the first cohorts of Computing students in the 1970s. Computers have come a long way since then, and so has his career.   What made you decide to study at Kent? Back in the mid-1970’s, it wasn’t clear how important computers were going to become.  I took a single class on FORTRAN programming in school and that convinced me that some kind of a career with computers...

This article by Professor Ian McLoughlin was first published in The Conversation. It's one of the most famous quotes of all time. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were the first words NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong uttered when he set foot on the moon at 02.56 GMT on July 21 1969. Or were they? Armstrong himself has always insisted he said "one small step fo...

A survey at Kent has revealed that 5% of British adults have browsed the darknet, with 1% acknowledging they have bought items from it. The survey by the by the Cyber Security Centre found that the percentage who bought items is much higher for 18-24 year olds at 14%. The survey, now in its third year, also revealed that: At least 4% of British adults have been victims of ransomware, where their computer has had malware installed, which encrypts t...

The School of Computing has been awarded Silver in the inaugural University International Impact Award scheme. The award is a new venture which recognises and rewards international achievements within schools and departments at Kent. The scheme has been devised to share key areas of good practice across the institution, which have had international impact over the last 18-month period. The School was ranked on five different criteria and was one of only eigh...

Masters students from the School of Computing recently targeted the home of the Large Hadron Collider in a whitehat hacking exercise. The team of seven School of Computing students are computer security specialists who offered to help CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research ) test for potential security weaknesses. In 2012 scientists at CERN discovered evidence of Higgs boson, a key element of theore...