Category Archives: research

PhD students to attend Google summit in Munich

Posted on November 19, 2018 by cb244

Three PhD students from the School of Computing have been accepted to attend Google’s 6th Compiler and Programming Language Summit. Hrutvik Kanabar, Joanna Sharrad and Nicolas Dilley will attend the summit in Munich, Germany from 3-5 December 2018. At the … Continue reading →

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PhD student wins 2nd prize at London Hopper Colloquium

Posted on October 30, 2018 by cb244

PhD student, Joanna Sharrad, recently won 2nd place in the Research Spotlight Competition at the British Computing Society’s London Hopper Colloquium, and was presented with a certificate and £100. The Research Spotlight competition focuses on women research masters students and … Continue reading →

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Promotion to Professor for Peter Rodgers

Posted on October 25, 2018 by cb244

Congratulations to Peter Rodgers who has been promoted to Professor in the School of Computing with effect from 1 October 2018. Peter researches information visualization. This involves the automatic generation of diagrams that represent complex interactions. In particular, Euler Diagrams … Continue reading →

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Promotion success for Radu Grigore

Posted on October 2, 2018 by opg

Congratulations to Dr Radu Grigore who has been promoted to Senior Lecturer with effect from 1 October 2018. Radu has been a lecturer in the School of Computing since 2016 and teaches on the undergraduate and Master’s programmes at the … Continue reading →

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A computational prosthesis for the speech impaired – Think Kent Video

Posted on September 25, 2018 by cb244

As part of the University of Kent Think Kent series – a collection of YouTube videos celebrating research with international impact at the University – Professor Ian McLoughlin describes how advances in speech technology are being adapted to assist patients … Continue reading →

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Think Kent video on the future of quantum computing

Posted on September 21, 2018 by cb244

As part of the University of Kent Think Kent series – a collection of YouTube videos celebrating research with international impact at the University – Dr Carlos A. Perez-Delgado explores the future of quantum computing. Google, Intel, IBM and NEC … Continue reading →

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Promotion for Dr Anna Jordanous

Posted on July 31, 2018 by opg

Congratulations to Dr Anna Jordanous who has been promoted to Senior Lecturer with effect from 1 August 2018. Anna has been a lecturer in the School of Computing since 2014 and teaches on the undergraduate programmes at Medway and Master’s … Continue reading →

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New Lecturer joins Kent’s Cyber Security team

Posted on July 2, 2018 by opg

Dr Jason R C Nurse has joined the University of Kent as a Lecturer in Cyber Security in the School of Computing. Jason is a member of the Cyber Security Research Group and is based at the Canterbury campus. Jason … Continue reading →

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Computing Student wins Sciences Postgraduate Research Prize

Posted on June 20, 2018 by cb244

Computer Science PhD student, Farhana Liza, has been selected as the Sciences Postgraduate Research Prize Winner for 2018. Farhana has won £500, which can be used for costs related to her research. The prize was presented formally at the Postgraduate … 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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