Tag: Simon Thompson

Simon Thompson, Professor of Logic and Computation retired from the School of Computing on Monday 6 April after more than 36 years at the University … Read more

Computer scientist Professor Simon Peyton Jones has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent. Professor Peyton Jones is a British computer scientist who researches … Read more

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’ … Read more

An app developed by students at the School of Computing will be used to track the progress of cyclists from the University of Kent as … Read more

On Monday 13 July at the degree congregation in Canterbury Cathedral, the Chancellor conferred an honorary doctorate on a former student of the School of … Read more

The University has launched a series of masterclasses in Erlang, a programming language that powers websites around the world, including WhatsApp. The free online classes  include contributions … Read more

As preparation for a Paris to Canterbury cycle ride in September, Professor Richard Jones and colleagues from the University took park in a 60-mile charity … Read more

Today Kent launched the pilot K-MOOC (Kent massive open online course) in Functional Programming in Erlang (a programming language) with over 500 participants. The K-MOOC is a … Read more

Every department in every university in the country has its research evaluated by its peers every six years, under the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The … Read more

Dr Peter Rodgers has been appointed as the School’s Director of Research and Enterprise. The three-year post begins in September 2014 until August 2017. Head … Read more