A £500 prize is on offer to first year School of Computing students who can demonstrate that their plans for the summer will make them … Read more
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Survey reveals sorry state of European cybersecurity
Cybersecurity experts Julio Hernandez-Castro and Eerke Boiten respond to the European survey on cybersecurity. The European Commission’s annual Eurobarometer Cyber Security Survey, the third edition of … Read more
Expert response to banks using fingerprint technology
An article published on the BBC news website reports that two banks are allowing their customers to access accounts on their smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology. … Read more
New Lecturer appointment
The School of Computing welcomes Dr Marek Grzes who joined the University of Kent in February after a previous role at the University of Waterloo, … Read more
Alex Maskill, Novelist to Master’s student
Alex Maskill decided to undertake a conversion Master’s in Computer Science at Kent after he discovered an interest in programming whilst writing an award-winning science … Read more
Award for School administration team
The efficiency of the administration team in the School of Computing has been recognised with an award for ‘the fastest successful postgraduate application turnaround’ in the … Read more
Shane publishes JavaScript Creativity book
Not many undergraduates have the opportunity to order a book they have authored into their own University library, but that is just what Shane Hudson, … Read more
School welcomes new lecturers
Two lecturers joined the academic staff at the School of Computing in January. Dr Meng Wang has joined the University of Kent from Chalmers University … Read more
School performs strongly in REF
Research at the School of Computing has performed very strongly in the national assessment of research quality, the Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. We have greatly improved … Read more
Placement team used as a national example of best practice
A national report on industry placements for computer science students uses the School of Computing’s placement team an example of best practice. The report, Growing … Read more