School of Computing News

Many students are keen to learn the tech skills that will make them stand out to a graduate employer, or simply want to learn more about computing for their own interests. The School of Computing is now offering a ‘Year in Computing’ for all Kent undergraduate students. This extra year can be taken after stage 2 or the final year of a students’ current degree programme. The Year in Computing will especially be of interest to students if; they are interested i...

Unlike illicit trade in drugs, guns or pornography, illicit trade in rare species doesn't have to hide on the 'darknet' because people can find whatever they want in the open market. The so-called darknet is not required for trade in species such as rhino or elephant, because laws protecting wildlife trade online are so poorly enforced, research by the University of Kent suggests. In an article entitled Assessing the extent and nature of wildl...

The School of Computing is recruiting a Computing Learning Coordinator. This is a flexible, part-time role for a Computer Science graduate. The post holder will devise, develop and run workshops on the Triesman Model – which has documented success with minority groups. Such workshops would involve engagement with non-textbook, non-routine Computer Science problems to model approaches to success, and to encourage the formation of positive self-hel...

Dr Anna Jordanous has been invited to give her expert opinion on the computational creativity involved in a new musical conceived and generated by computer. Sky Arts documentary ‘Computer Says Show‘ follows the ground-breaking process  of scientists training their computers to write a West End musical. The result of this process is Beyond the Fence; the first musical conceived and generated by computer, which is at the Arts Theatre...

Professor Ian McLoughlin, Head of School (Medway), on the changing ways in which we can use technology to identify ourselves. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The next time you do some online shopping or call your bank, you may find you no longer have to scrabble around to remember your security password. Banks are increasingly turning to voice recognition ...

The School of Computing has added two talented members of academic staff to its numbers. Dr Radu Grigore joined the School in January and Dr Budi Arief  joined in February. Both will be based at the Canterbury campus. Radu received his PhD degree in computer science from University College Dublin. He then spent some time in Queen Mary, University of London and then in University of Oxford. His research interests centre around program...

Forbes Middle East has named a Kent alumnus’ in a list of Entrepreneurs Shaping Saudi Arabia’s future. Luca Passone who graduated from Computer Science with a Year in Industry is one of the founders of Falconviz, an aerial surveying company. Falconviz was founded in January 2015 and specialises in 3D aerial survey and mapping and is currently helping the municipality of Jeddah map out a new s...

The School of Computing has several opportunities open to people looking for a change of direction in their work or studies in the New Year. There are currently two roles available on the Canterbury campus. A Lecturer in Computing (applications close 25 February) and an Examinations & Postgraduate Assistant (applications close on Sunday 24 January). Graduates who are looking to change careers and mov...

A PhD student from Kent has won international recognition in an unprecedented way for his work with the computer language Java. Daniel deOliveira won the Oracle Duke's Choice Award at the JavaOne 2015 conference – the first time the award has been made to an individual rather than a project or team. Winning the Oracle Duke's Choice Award is the equivalent of winning a film Oscar for the nine million-strong Java community. The awards celebrat...

The latest video of a masked Islamic State jihadist apparently speaking with a British accent led to him being tentatively identified as Muslim convert Siddhartha Dhar from East London. Voice recognition experts were reportedly working with UK intelligence services using voice analysis. But how does this technology work and what is it capable of? Most of us can, when we hear a voice we know well, recognise who is speaking after just a few words, w...