Category Archives: data science

Kent academic gives keynote speech at City Event

Posted on June 15, 2018 by opg

Lecturer Anna Jordanous was invited to give a keynote speech to computer scientists at investment bank Credit Suisse.  The Credit Suisse IT Expo was themed around ‘AI & Robotics’ which ties in with Anna’s area of expertise, which is computational creativity. … Continue reading →

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Sonic attacks in China and Cuba: how sound can be a weapon

Posted on June 7, 2018 by cb244

Professor Ian McLoughlin from the School of Computing Data Science Research Group has written an article for The Conversation on the possible cause of ‘sonic attacks’ in Cuba and China. The article has also been published in The Independent and on … Continue reading →

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New lecturer joins School of Computing

Posted on May 30, 2018 by cb244

Dr Tomas Petricek has joined the University of Kent as a lecturer in the School of Computing. Tomas is a member of the Programming Languages and Systems Research group and is based at the Canterbury campus. Tomas studied for his … Continue reading →

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Best Paper Award for Professor Frank Wang

Posted on May 29, 2018 by opg

Congratulations to Professor Frank Wang whose paper “Memory deduplication: an effective approach to improve the memory system” has just received the Best Paper Award of all papers published in the Journal of Information Science and Engineering in 2017. The Journal of Information Science … Continue reading →

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Expert comment: Artificial intelligence a vital tool in fight against cancer

Posted on May 21, 2018 by cb244

Professor Ian McLoughlin from the School of Computing Data Science Research Group says Theresa May is right to identify AI as having a key role in the battle against cancer. ‘AI has the potential to improve almost every aspect of … Continue reading →

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Research opportunities at the School of Computing

Posted on May 18, 2018 by opg

Talented researchers are being urged to apply for PhD and research associate positions in the School of Computing at Kent. The School is a welcoming and supportive environment that has been recognised with a Bronze Athena SWAN award. We are a … Continue reading →

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Kent’s brain interface chosen to showcase UK research to China

Posted on May 16, 2018 by opg

Brain research within the School of Computing is being used to showcase UK research internationally. The University of Kent is one of six UK universities which will feature in a video and series of features which the British Council will … Continue reading →

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Expert comment: Government’s AI tool will help in online terror fight

Posted on February 13, 2018 by opg

In response to the government unveiling an AI tool that can be used to block terrorist content before it uploaded to the web Professor of Computing Ian McLoughlin has said that the success of the technology will only improve over … Continue reading →

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Information retrieval and web search expert joins School of Computing

Posted on January 29, 2018 by opg

The School of Computing has added to its talented staff with the appointment of Shoaib Jameel, a Lecturer based at the Medway Campus. As well as teaching on the Computing programmes, Shoaib will be an active member of the Data Science Group, continuing … Continue reading →

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