School of Computing News

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...

Students from the School of Computing have been active in the University’s Employability Points (EP) scheme, winning rewards for their participation. The EP scheme rewards students for their involvement in extra-curricular activities whilst studying at the University of Kent. Students can claim 'Employability Points' for each activity completed and towards the end of each academic year, students can redeem their points for the chance to ...

Simon Thompson, Professor of Computing, and Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, together with the Food Bank Bear, are planning to do the 'London 100' Bike Ride on 31 July, to raise funds for Canterbury Food Bank. The Food Bank provides emergency food parcels to individuals and families in short term financial crisis across the Canterbury District. According to the latest child poverty statistics, there are over 4,000 children living in ...

Professor Ian McLoughlin has published a new book Speech and Audio Processing: A MATLAB-based Approach, which promises to be one of the few books to provide a practical hands-on approach in this area. Professor McLoughlin, Head of School at Medway said: "With the increasingly rapid worldwide adoption of smartphones and the popularity of streaming music services and speech interaction through systems like Siri, Google Now and Cortana,...

Staff and students at the School of Computing are looking forward to welcoming visitors to an Open Day on Saturday 2 July. The School will be open from 9.00 – 15.00 and prospective students can talk to academic staff and undergraduate and postgraduate students to find out what studying a computer science programme at the University of Kent is like. All Day – demonstrations in Cornwallis SW101 All Day – our makerspace The Shed will be ...

Following the UK vote to leave the European Union, the University has reinforced its commitment to remain a European university and to continue to provide one of the best student experiences in the UK. In a statement to staff and students, the Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow said: 'The University of Kent is proud to be outward facing and international. We are especially proud of our diverse student body and our European and international...

David Chadwick, Professor of Information Systems Security in the School of Computing has raised money for King’s College Hospital after their excellent care for him following a severe cycling accident, by taking part in a sponsored abseil. David was cycling down St Thomas’ Hill, Canterbury in January when he was knocked off his bike by another cyclist, resulting in extensive injuries. He was motivated ...

Visitors have the chance to find out more about undergraduate and PhD study at the University of Kent Open Day at the Medway campus on Saturday 18 June. Staff from the School will be on hand to talk to prospective students about studying on the Computing,  Business Information Technology and PhD programmes. The Open Day includes the following opportunities: General information talks (Life at Kent, Student Finance, the UCAS process, Accommodation) Talks, demonstrations, sample lectures a...

A new Master’s programme, MSc Cyber Security, run by the School of Computing has been provisionally certified by  GCHQ, as the National Technical Authority for Information Assurance. Dr Eerke Boiten met Ciaran Martin, GCHQ Director Cybersecurity at the Houses of Parliament as the official announcement was made this week. This is the third time that GCHQ has awarded certification of Masters’ degrees in Cyber Security, and brings the...