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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 6 June, and it’s the last few days of the exams season, and also of this Semester, which ends on Friday. This is the last Monday Mail for this academic year, so I'll wish you a happy and rewarding summer. If you’re graduating, we hope to see you and your families here on Graduation Day (Thursday 21 July) for the ceremony in Whitworth Hall (10:00) and the reception and prize-giving here in the School afterwards – and we hope you’ll stay in touch with us as alumni. If you’re about to start a year's Industrial Experience, good luck for what I’m sure will be a fantastic time for you. If you’re returning for your next year of study with us in September, have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you again soon. On with today’s news...
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* TURING’S SUNFLOWERS. The University has recently published the solution to a mathematical conundrum proposed by Alan Turing, sixty years after his death. See Turing’s Sunflowers.
Good afternoon UG! It’s Monday 30 May, and it’s the Spring bank holiday today. I hope your exams are going well. On with today’s news ...
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS. If you have some coursework, or maybe your 3rd year Project, that you’re proud of, why not submit it to the Undergraduate Awards? You could win a trip to Ireland to the UA Global Summit in Dublin – a three-day long networking and brainstorming event which brings together the brightest and most innovative students in the world. Submission deadline is 14 June.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 23 May. So the exams period is underway and all Year 1 students will have had their first exam last week, together with some Year 2 and Year 3 students. I hope things are going well, and good luck for any exams you have in the coming week. On with today’s news...
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* QUIET ROOM. Need a noise-free zone? Room 1.12 is a quiet study space for UG students. You get to it through the 3rd Year Lab (Room 1.8). It's specifically for quiet, personal study.
* WOMEN SCIENTISTS TOUR. Join Manchester Girl Geeks for an afternoon walking tour of Manchester's city centre featuring stories of Manchester's historical scientific women. Learn about the contributions women have made to science in Manchester and around the world, and hear the stories of well-known – and less well-known – science heroes. And afterwards, come for tea and cake (included in your ticket price). The walk starts at Manchester Art Gallery, 14:00–17:00 on Sunday 5 June. Tickets are £4.50.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 16 May. Scheduled teaching activities are now over, and the Exams period starts this week. I hope all goes well. Make sure you know your exam schedule and locations precisely – it's your responsibility to be in the right place at the right time! In case of emergencies the central contact point is SSO, and you should email them (or call 0161 306 8155) immediately if you think you have any issues. Now, on with today’s news...
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* HAVE YOUR SAY. The Unit Survey gives you the chance to tell us what you think about your course units, and for COMP16212, COMP28512, COMP19120 and COMP29220 the survey has been extended to 24 May. Please take a moment to give us your feedback on these courses – you can use Blackboard or the app (iOS | Android). We take your views seriously, we react, and we publish a response to your views, for every course unit.
* WALKING. Why not have a break and go for walk? The Greater Manchester Walking Festival offers over 200 free, guided walks in and around Manchester and districts throughout May.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 9 May, and it’s Week 12, a B week. It’s the final teaching week of the year. Phew, it’s been a long Semester, and I hope it’s been a good one for you. I hate to mention it, but the exams start next Thursday 19 May for two weeks. Good luck! On with today’s news, and there’s quite a lot going on…!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* HAVE YOUR SAY. The Unit Survey gives you the chance to tell us what you think about your course units, and for Semester 2 courses it’s open until 15 May. Please take a moment to give us your feedback – you can use Blackboard or download the app (iOS | Android). We take your views seriously, we react, and we publish a response to your views, for every course unit.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 2 May, and it’s Week 11, an A week. It’s also the Early May bank holiday, so no scheduled activities today – have a break! On with today’s news…
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK. The Unit Survey gives you the chance to tell us what you think about your course units, and for Semester 2 courses it runs from today until 15 May. Please take a moment to give us your feedback – you can use Blackboard or download the app (iOS | Android). We take your views seriously, we react, and we publish a response to your views, for every course unit.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 25 April, and it’s Week 10, a B week. We have 3 weeks of teaching left, and I hope everything is going well. Good luck to all First Year students with their project presentations this week! Now, on with today’s news…
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK. The Unit Survey gives you the chance to tell us what you think about your course units, and for Semester 2 courses it runs from today until 15 May. Please take a moment to give us your feedback – you can use Blackboard or download the app (iOS | Android). We take your views seriously, we react, and we publish a response to your views, for every course unit.
* OXFORD ROAD CLOSURE. Heads up! Oxford Road will be closed from 16 May for three weeks when the University will demolish the end of the Precinct opposite the RNCM and start building the snazzy new metal and glass frontage.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 18 April, and it’s Week 9, an A week. I hope everything is going well. Lots to tell you today, so on with the news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* TALES FROM CHINA. Van Minh Nguyen (Y2, CM) spent three weeks in China over Easter as part of the University’s Study in China scheme. He’ll be talking about his experiences in LT1.4 this Weds 20 April at 13:00. If you’re interested in applying next year (or just curious to find out more about Chinese culture, business and education) come along and hear about Van Minh’s chinese adventures.
* KILBURN HACK. Charlie Reynolds (Y3, AI4wIE) writes: HackSoc & 1UP invite you to KilburnHack, this coming Fri/Sat 22/23 April. Over two days teams will compete for prizes and prestige, with the best hack taking pride of place alongside the SpiNNaker board and historic memory device currently on display in the Byte Cafe. Participants will be encouraged to make use of hardware provided by the school, or use their own. Software hacks are just as encouraged, however judging will reward projects that are impressive, interactive and can be adapted to fit inside the cabinet with a control panel exposed on the outside. If the winning hack isn't in a form where this is possible, we can work with you to make it so after the event. Signup is now open.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 11 April, and it’s Week 8, a B week. I hope you've had a refreshing three weeks' break over Easter. We have another 5 weeks of teaching, and then it’s the exams. And after that, yes, it's the Summer – so lots to look forward to! Have a good week. On with today’s news… lots of tell you today!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* POSTER WIN. Congratulations to Imogen Gough (Y3, CMwIE) who was awarded Second Prize in the third year poster competition at the 2016 BCS Lovelace Colloquium held at the University of Sheffield on 31 March. Imogen's poster "Models for neurons and neuronal networks" summarised results of her 3rd year project supervised by Eva Navarro López. You can see the full-sized poster here. Well done Imogen!
* KILBURN HACK. Charlie Reynolds (Y3, AI4wIE) writes: HackSoc & 1UP invite you to KilburnHack, on Fri/Sat 22/23 April. Over two days teams will compete for prizes and prestige, with the best hack taking pride of place alongside the SpiNNaker board and historic memory device currently on display in the Byte Cafe. Participants will be encouraged to make use of hardware provided by the school, or use their own. Software hacks are just as encouraged, however judging will reward projects that are impressive, interactive and can be adapted to fit inside the cabinet with a control panel exposed on the outside. If the winning hack isn't in a form where this is possible, we can work with you to make it so after the event.
* SPRING BALL. Shane Booth (Y3, CS4) writes: tickets for the Spring Ball on 29 April at The Place are still on sale for the next two weeks, on the SU website! So buy your tickets, get your best suit or dress ready – there will be food, a live band, a photo booth and much more, so come along and have the night of your life! To those who are having trouble buying tickets, make sure you register as a member of the society on the SU website as we have discounted tickets!
* TEACHING AWARDS. Is there a lecturer, or a TA, or someone in SSO that you think deserves recognition for being especially fabulous? Why not vote for them in the annual Manchester Teaching Awards, open until 15 April.
* BRIDGE DEMO. If, like me, you enjoy watching things being demolished, check out this cool timelapse video of the Faraday bridge on the North Campus being removed last month.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 21 March, and it’s the first week of the 3-week Easter vacation. I hope you’re enjoying a well-earned rest and maybe doing a bit of catch-up. Year 3 students, good luck with writing your project reports and making your screencasts, and remember to ask your Supervisor for comments on drafts of each. The Monday Mail is having an Easter break, but will be back again on Monday 11 April (Week 8, a B week). Meanwhile, on with today’s news, and have a Happy Easter!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY. The amazing Raspberry Pi-powered NSS Response-o-Meter is now up and running on LF, thanks to Steve Rhodes, Jeff Pepper and Tim Morris. Remember, when the response rate hits 40%, it’s FREE COFFEE for all Year 3 & 4 students. When it hits 60%, it’s a FREE PIZZA LUNCH. Beyond that… well it will be something special!
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 14 March, and it’s Week 7, an A week. I hope things are going well for everyone. It’s been a long Semester so far, but the good news is that this is the last week of teaching before the 3-week Easter break. I hope you enjoy this week!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* INTERNET OF THINGS. This week’s COMP101 guest lecture is by Geraint North from ARM on Software Development on the Internet of Things (IoT). Geraint will be demonstrating mbed.com, a platform for developing applications using the IoT. Geraint graduated with a BSc in Software Engineering with Industrial Experience from The University of Manchester in 2002. Since graduating Geraint has held various roles at Transitive, IBM and now ARM in Manchester where he is a High-Performance Computing (HPC) Architect. All welcome, this Thurs 17 March at 11:00 in LT 1.1.
* BLOG UPDATES. Check out the excellent new blogs by Veneta Haralamieva (Y3, CSwIE) and Todd Davies (Y3, CS), pictured here. Veneta, together with Zarina Meeran from Brunel University, has created another blog too, Tech-logica.com, “Planting A Voice For Women In Technology”, aimed at encouraging young kids, and more girls, to pursue a career in Computer Science. If you’d like to contribute to Veneta and Zarina’s blog, and share your experiences of studying Computer Science, please contact Veneta. By the way, the School is always looking for talented bloggers who’ll commit to contribute posts regularly. You can check out current and past bloggers here. If you’re interested in joining the team, why not apply and you could earn £100 each semester.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 7 March, and it’s Week 6, a B week. I hope things are going well for everyone. Time marches on – it’s only 2 weeks to the Easter vacation. Lots of news today – have a good week!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* CSSOC AGM. Shane Booth (Y3, CS4) writes: Come to CSSoc’s Annual General Meeting! It's the time of the year when people can put themselves forwards and everybody decides who will lead us to further drunken glory! But far more importantly, we're going to be bringing a tonne of pizza, snacks and drinks! So come for the pizza, vote on who gets to run the society and feel free to run for a role, if it sounds like something you'd enjoy! This Weds 9 Mar 14:00–15:00 in LF15.
* JUSTFEST. The University of Manchester’s Social Justice Festival takes place this Weds 9 March in and around Academy 1 from 12:00 to 16:00. The event challenges injustice, supports human rights and promotes a fairer society, in a festival environment. There’s a diverse line-up of performers who share a passion for Social Justice including, George The Poet, Akala’s Hip-hop Shakespeare Company and Blak Twang and Silvastone. In the JustFest Exhibition you can speak to people whose work challenges injustice, including those working in international humanitarian relief, mental health, and refugee support.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 29 February (yes, 2016 is a Leap Year!), and it’s Week 5, an A week. I hope things are going well for everyone – and good luck to all 3rd year students whose project demos begin this week. Have a good week!
best wishes
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* ULTIMATE PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP. Charlie Reynolds (Y3, AI4wIE) writes: Tomorrow Tues 1 March at 14:00 in Collab OnTheBeach.co.uk will be running a workshop in which we will go through a simple holiday filtering exercise using Ruby and HTML, given some criteria and holiday data. We aim to cover some of the fundamentals of TDD and BDD (Test Driven, and Behaviour Driven Development) using Cucumber and ultimately students will develop some of their own features alongside the examples provided.
* BIG GREEN. Our Faculty is holding a Big Green Gathering next Tues 8 March – a day to celebrate the environmental sustainability activities of our staff and students. Visit the programme page to find out more.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 22 February, and it’s Week 4, a B week. I hope all's going well. We're about halfway through the first part of Semester 2, with the Easter break in another 4 weeks. Lots of news today, so let's get on with it!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* VOLUNTEERING WEEK. This week is Student Volunteering Week #SVW2016 at universities across the UK. Find out about voluntary unpaid activities that involve spending time doing something that aims to benefit people and the environment.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 15 February, and it’s Week 3, an A week. I hope everything is going well. Spring is in the air, and the daffodils are coming up around the campus. Hooray! Now, on with today's news, and I have quite a lot for you today!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* MEET THE PRESIDENT. The President of the University, Nancy Rothwell, is making her annual visit to the School this Weds 17 Feb and she's holding an informal open 30-minute meeting for students at 15:00 in Kilburn 2.19 (second floor). If you’d like to have the chance to talk directly to her, here’s your opportunity. If you can’t make it yourself, you can ask a student Rep to raise an issue on your behalf. Also, Becky Fox, Student Representation Intern at the Students Union, will have a table on Kilburn LF tomorrow Tues 16 Feb from 12:00-14:00 with postcards you can fill in with anything you’d like to say to the President, and these will be passed onto Reps for the meeting.
* NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY. All students graduating this year will have been emailed by IPSOS/MORI and invited to take part in this survey. Once you’ve done the survey, take the acknowledgement (on your phone, or printed) to SSO for a FREE bar of chocolate and the chance to vote for a charity. When the survey ends at the end of April) the School will donate £400 to the charity with the most votes. The contenders are: Francis House Children's Hospice, Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention, Manchester Deaf Centre, Manchester Mind, and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity.
* CAMP DIGITAL. Camp Digital is a conference that brings together Digital, Design and User Experience (UX) communities on Thursday 17 March in Manchester Town Hall. The organisers have 12 free tickets (normally £300) to give to students at the University.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 8 February, and it’s Week 2 of teaching, a B week. I hope you're getting back into the swing of things after the exams period, and we plan to announce provisional exam results on Thursday 25 Feb. There's lots of Monday news today, so let's go!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* CLEAN CODE. This week’s COMP101 guest lecture is from George Theofanous, Danya Bouskouchi and Gareth Mok, Java Developers at AutoTrader, who will talk about clean and smelly code, or “how to make your code awesome”. Gareth graduated with from the School in 2012 (CSwIE). Thursday 11 Feb at 11:00 in LT1.1. All welcome, see full details.
* GRADUATE WISDOM. Joe Forshaw (CSwIE, graduated 2014, now at Retrofuzz creative design agency in Manchester) has written some from-the-heart 6-point advice for Computer Science undergraduates, based on his own experiences here in the School. As well as his 6 Top Tips he says: “Remember to have a good time. Particularly with Computer Science, you're surrounded by smart, brilliant people. Make the most of it!” How true! Read Joe’s excellent blog post.
* NICE AND CLEAN. You may have noticed a certain sparkle in the labs. I hope you have! Because we had all the UG labs professionally and anti-bacterially cleaned in early January – quite a job, 324 keyboards, mice, monitors and desk areas. One of the cleaners noted that a particular PC “looked like someone had eaten a roast dinner off it”, so please remember that food and drinks (other than bottled water) are off-limits in labs! And definitely no roast dinners!
* DIGITAL TALENT DAY. Manchester Digital Talent Day, this Weds 10 Feb in Manchester Town Hall, has some great opportunities from a wide range of employers including The Co-operative, AO.com, Rentalcars, AutoTrader, The Hut Group, On The Beach and the BBC. Free registration.
* HASHCODE. Hash Code is a team-based programming competition organized by Google. You pick your team and programming language, Google picks a real-life engineering problem for you to solve. The University’s HackSociety is hosting a hub in Kllburn Collab 1 this Thurs 11 Feb at 17:30 for the Online Qualification Round, and registered teams from Manchester are invited to participate from the hub. Top-scoring teams from this round will then be invited to Google’s Paris office to compete in the Final Round of the competition in March. If you’re interested in joining the hub, find a team (2-4 people) and first register with Google (be sure to select Manchester from the list of hubs) and then register for the hub itself (before the event, otherwise you may not get in) using this form.
* CREDIT SUISSE COMP. CS is running their Global Navigator competition. Play by 14 Feb for the chance to win a ski trip to Switzerland, an Apple Watch, or £250 Amazon Voucher.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 1 February, and it’s week 1 of Semester 2 teaching, an A week. The exams are over, and lectures and other activities start today. Check your timetable! I hope you’re ready for the new semester, and I hope everything goes well over the coming months. On with today's news!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* TECH EVENTS IN MANCHESTER: There are tonnes of Technology Events in Manchester (and the North West) every week, so wouldn’t it be nice if there was a single calendar which told you about all of them? Thankfully, Gemma Cameron aka @Ruby_Gem (who many of you will know from HackManchester.com) has put together a shared calendar of events which is regularly updated by the tech community in the North West. Check it out.
* TIME TO TALK. 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year, yet there continue to be stigmas and misconceptions around mental health. This Thurs 4 Feb is Time to Talk Day (see video), a day for the nation to take 5 minutes to have a conversation about mental health and tackle the stigma surrounding it. Check out the the charity bake sale and information sessions on Thurs from 11:00–14:00 in University Place Foyer and First Floor Atrium. If you think you need to talk to someone, the University's Student Counselling Service offers the chance for you to do so in a totally confidential environment.
* PODCASTING. It’s got a longer history than you might think. In the late 1960s two lecturers here in the School, Simon Lavington and Jeff Rohl, pioneered a system for recording lectures and making them available on 1” videotape. The tech was a bit different in those days! Read more.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 25 January, and it’s the second and final week of the Semester 1 exams. I hope they’re going well. Make sure you know your schedule, and in case of emergencies, don't delay, email SSO immediately or call them on 0161 306 6625. Semester 2 teaching starts next Monday – something to look forward to! Now, on with today's news!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* IBM MENTORING. IBM is bringing its Peer2Peer mentoring scheme to The University of Manchester. Connect with a current student or recently-graduated employee at IBM and get one-to-one guidance and feedback on your applications and CVs, and insight into careers. Register your interest by emailing Belinda Mbuthia (a current University of Manchester Electrical and Electronic Engineering student working at IBM). Deadline Monday 22 Feb.
* DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT PHDS. The Centre for Digital Entertainment, based at Bath and Bournemouth Universities, is offering 12 paid postgraduate research studentships, to start September 2016. Their funded PhD programme includes mentoring by companies specialising in games, visual effects, and animation.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 18 January. Welcome back and Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a good break. The two-week exams period starts today, so I wish you good luck. Top tips: stay calm, write and illustrate your answers clearly – and keep in mind that someone has to actually read your writing! Now, on with today's news!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* MEET BEN CARTER. Hi everyone, my name’s Ben Carter and I’m the newly-arrived Careers Consultant for the School of Computer Science. If you’d like to meet up with me to look over applications, practice for interviews or just chat about career concerns, you’ll be able to find me in the CareersLink booking system as we go into the new semester, as well as on Facebook. I’ve come to Manchester for a new challenge after spending four years careers advising at the University of St Andrews. Before that I was a research chemist in Liverpool (ask me about dry water and flammable ice), and science remains the thing that motivates all my work. Outside of the office you’ll find I am an enormous geek, and will happily hold forth on Game of Thrones, D&D, Warhammer or many other topics, given the chance. I look forward to meeting you as I settle in Manchester, please get in touch if you would like my help.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 14 December. Not only is it Week 12, an A week, but it’s also the last week of term – but I suspect you already know this! I hope that this Semester has been a stimulating, interesting, and enjoyable 3 months for you. The Monday Mail will be back in mid-January, for the first week of the exams. Until then, have a great Xmas and recharge your batteries! Now, on with today's news… lots of it too! Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* HAVE YOUR SAY. A reminder that each Semester the University runs Unit Surveys to give you the chance to tell us what you think about your course units. Please take a moment to give us your feedback – you can use Blackboard or download the app (iOS | Android). We take your views seriously, we react, and we publish a response to your views, for every course unit.
* STEVE'S NEW ROLE. Congratulations to Steve Pettifer on his appointment as Associate Vice Dean for Teaching and Learning in our Faculty (this is an extra job, he's not leaving the School!). Those of you who have been taught by Steve will know he’s an outstanding lecturer. Steve believes passionately in excellent teaching and will be a huge asset to the School, and the University as a whole, in his new role.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 7 December, and it’s Week 11, a B week. I hope everything is going well. It's been a long and busy semester but keep going – Xmas is in sight! On with today’s news and lots to tell you about today!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* HAVE YOUR SAY. Each Semester the University runs Unit Surveys to give you the chance to tell us what you think about your course units. Please take a moment to give us your feedback – you can use Blackboard or download the app (iOS | Android). We take your views seriously, we react, and we publish a response (here’s our response to your 2014 Semester 2 comments).
* CSSOC HOODIES. This from Shane Booth (Y3, CS4): CSSoc are taking orders for our popular Computer Science hoodies this week! We're selling them for £15 in the Byte Cafe this Thursday and Friday 10 & 11 Dec, from 12:00-14:00. They come with the University of Manchester crest on the left and the CSSoc logo on the back as well as the new option to have your name on the right! Place your orders!
* MIPS CPU Hackathon. Dirk Koch and 1-UP are organising a MIPS CPU Hackathon this Friday 11 Dec from 13:00 in Tootill 0. This is a "flipped hackathon" where you get a system that comes already with everything, including a small ROM (containing a 32-bit MIPS-1 binary program), but with a missing CPU! Your challenge: build the CPU and get the program running on real hardware (FPGA)! All students are invited, and no previous skills are needed (a brief knowledge of HDL and assembly is a plus). Please let Dirk know if you plan to come, and for any other queries, contact Anuj Vaishnav (Y2, CSE).
* HASHCODE. Hash Code is a team-based programming competition organized by Google. You pick your team and programming language, Google picks a real-life engineering problem for you to solve. The online qualification round will be followed by a final held in Google’s Paris HQ. Sounds exciting! Registration is open now.
* ADVANCED SEMINAR SERIES. This week, David Lester from the Advanced Processor Technologies group will tell us about “SpiNNaker and the Human Brain Project: What’s it all about?”. SpiNNaker has been in development for over ten years; the physical hardware is now over four years old; and the Human Brain Project was first mooted over five years ago: in that time how has the technology and the project developed? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the technology and the project, and how do they compare with the alternatives? Finally, David will discuss open problems within HBP and how staff, UG, PGT, and PGR students can get involved with the project. He will emphasise the software rather more than the hardware, and highlight the neuroscience use-cases driving APT involvement in the HBP. There may be cake! Tomorrow Tues 8 Dec at 17:15 in Kilburn LF15, everyone welcome. You will need an out-of-hours access pass to attend this event after 18:00.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 30 November, and it’s Week 10, an A week. I hope everything is going well, despite the horrible weather! The end of term is fast approaching and I hope you're on top of things, but if you have any concerns, do have a chat with someone: for example, your Personal Tutor (Year 3 students this is also your Project Supervisor), or your Year Tutor, or SSO – you can find useful contacts in the link box below. Now on with today’s news!
Toby Howard
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* ADVANCED SEMINAR SERIES. Antoniu Pop writes: this week, Gavin Brown from the Machine Learning and Optimisation group will give an overview of the field of Multiple Classifier Systems, also known as "Ensemble Methods". This is a sub-field of Machine Learning, hence assuming an introductory course level background in Machine Learning. Gavin will cover the basics of the field, including the most popular algorithms and the theory behind them, concluding with the outstanding theoretical questions of the area. This talk will be in 2 parts, each about 50 minutes, with a possible third part for those interested. Tomorrow Tues 1 Dec at 17:15 in Kilburn LF15. You'll need an out-of-hours access pass to attend this event after 18:00.
* MUSIC AT MADLAB. Manchester Girl Geeks are hosting a musical tea party, with four talks on music and tech. It’s at MadLab this Saturday 5 December from 14:00-16:00. Girl geeks and boy geeks (and grown-ups too) equally welcome! Get tickets.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 23 November, and it’s Week 9, a B week. I hope everything is going well! This Semester seems to have gone quickly – after this week there are only 3 more weeks before Xmas! On with today’s news...
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* CSSOC. Shane Booth (Y3, CS4) writes: CSSoc is organising a trip to the Silicon Drinkabout, at the Manchester Museum (opposite Kilburn) this Friday 27 Nov from 18:00-22:00. It's a great chance to meet some interesting people from tech startups. Free food and drink sponsored by the Biospheric Foundation.
* CODING DOJO. Tudor Morar (PhD) writes: Join us for a workshop focused on how to do well in a technical interview. We’ll provide some guidelines and tips to increase your chance for getting the position. We'll also do some mock interviews using real interview questions so come along if you're interested! This Weds 25 Nov at 14:00 in Collab.
* ALAN TURING TALK. Sir Dermot Turing has written a new biography of his uncle, Alan Turing, titled Prof: Alan Turing Decoded. He’ll be talking about the book next Weds 2 Dec from 14:00-16:00 in Room G205 in, fittingly, the Alan Turing Building. Tea and cake will be served after the event. Pre-registration is open now.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 16 November, and it’s Week 8, an A week – yes it’s definitely an A week, I double-checked! As always I hope everything is going well, especially for Y3 students who are doing their project seminars at the moment. On with today’s news, and lots of it as usual!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* CODE FOR LIFE. The University of Manchester Bioinformatics Society is running a weekly series of workshops called Code for Life every Friday at 16:00 in Stopford 1.065, open to all levels. In their first 2 workshops they covered Git and SQL. The next event is RNA-seq analysis using Tophat/Cufflinks – open source software for gene expression analysis. Full details.
* ARE YOU A SECURITY NINJA? The 2015 NCC Group Graduate Challenge has launched. It allows graduates to qualify for the interview stage of their 2015 program intake by working through online challenges and finding as many “flags” as possible
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 9 November, and it’s Week 7, an A week. I hope you had a bit of a break last week, but now it’s back to business and we’re on the home stretch towards Xmas – another 6 weeks to go! Have a great week, and on with today’s news!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* GREAT UNI HACK. Sami Alabed (Y2, CSwIE) writes: GreatUniHack is a 24-hour student hackathon on 5 and 6 December at the CityLabs, Manchester. Take on the challenges to win prizes or just come to build and learn using hardware and gadgets provided by our sponsors and the University. Mentorship from experts in the industry, free goodies, food and much more! Check our website for more details. Tickets are extremely limited – we will be releasing the only batch of tickets this Weds 11 Nov at 18:00, here.
* SCHOOLS EVENT. On Saturday 31 Oct, as part of Manchester Science Festival the University hosted the Science Spectacular – a range of public engagement interactive science activities for all ages. George Vanburgh (Y3, CSwIE), Teodore Taylor (Y3, CS4) and Lora Lovchalieva (Y3, CSwIE) (L to R in the pic) demonstrated Oculus Rift VR tech and Lego mindstorm robots. The event was a huge success with over 1,500 people passing through the Whitworth Hall. If you’re interested in taking part in inspiring events like this, contact Jez Lloyd.
* IBM SERVER. In partnership with the Australian Open and IBM Big Data, Return Serve uses an Oculus Rift headset and a motion-sensitive tennis racquet that allows you to return a live serve from one of the best tennis players on earth. Wear the headset and find yourself on centre court with a 360 degree view of the arena. Come along for a chance to play against the likes of Serena Williams … virtually! Today Monday 9 Nov 11:30-16:30 in University Place.
* DROPBOX PROMOTION UPDATE. Participants from this University in the worldwide Dropbox Campus Cup scheme have now received 3GB free storage for two years. That could soon rise to 8GB if people promote the scheme further. We are not affiliated with Dropbox, other cloud services are available, etc, etc!
* BOOLEAN DOODLE. Did you see the cool Google Doodle last week in celebration of George Boole’s 200th birthday?
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 2 November, it’s Week 6, and it’s Reading Week. There are no scheduled teaching activities this week in the School – it's a chance for you to recharge your batteries and maybe do some catchup. Usual teaching and timetabled activities resume next Monday 9 Nov (Week 7A). I hope you enjoy your week!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* ZEN AND THE ART OF BEING AT UNI. Edoardo Moreni (Y4, CS4) has been writing a regular blog for the School for almost 3 years, and in his new post he reflects on what being at University is all about. It’s a superb and honest piece of writing that I urge you to check out. If you're Interested in joining our blogging team and earning £25 per post, talk to Jez Lloyd.
* GREAT UNI HACK. Also from Sami: GreatUniHack is coming back again this semester, so mark 5 and 6 December on your calendar for 24 hours of hacking in the CityLabs. Take on the challenges to win prizes, or just come to build and learn using hardware and gadgets provided by our sponsors and the University. Tickets are extremely limited for this edition so please visit our website to pre-register and be notified when tickets go live.
* RED BULL RACING. They’ll be visiting the University this Thurs 5 Nov, talking about Formula 1, aerodynamics and High Performance Computing (HPC) at 13:00 in Renold Building room E7 (North Campus). For an example of Computer science Careers at Red Bull see Kyriacos Georgio’s profile – he graduated in 2014 and now works full-time at Red Bull.
* PODCAST. As part of the celebrations of Ada Lovelace Day last week our summer student intern, Natalie Taylor, interviewed a number of academics and students to find out their thoughts about the challenges facing Women In Computer Science/STEM. Interviewees include Caroline Jay, Uli Sattler, Sophia Ananiadou, Danielle George from EEE, recent CM graduate Sarah King, and Osnat Katz from Robogals Manchester. You can stream the podcast, download through itunes or search “CS@Manchester podcast” in your preferred app. If you have any questions or podcast suggestions please contact Jez Lloyd.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 26 October, and it’s Week 5, an A week. I hope everything is going well. A reminder that next week is Reading Week and there won't be any scheduled teaching activities then – it's a chance for you to take a breather. But this week is as busy as ever, so on with today’s news!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* HACK MANCHESTER. We hope that all the students competing in Hack Manchester over the weekend had a good time. Here’s George Vanburgh (Y3, CSwIE) and Matt Akerman (graduated 2015) aka Team Everyday Superheroes (see their vid); and Jakub Kijack (Y3, CS4), Obaya Dralega (Y3, CS), Samson Dalmeida (Y3,CS4wIE) and Anmol Khurana (Y3,CS) aka Team Sigma Phi (see their vid).
* CSSOC. This from co-chairs Sami Alabed (Y2, CSwIE) and Shane Booth (Y3, CS4): CSSoc are going to K2 this Friday 30 Oct to "sing" their hearts out. Come along for a great karaoke time! We'll be selling tickets from this Weds in Byte Cafe so come and guarantee your spot and prepare your vocal chords! We managed to get a massive discount and the Karaoke tickets are £4. Advance tickets aren't needed to attend but you will be asked to pay at the door and you won't be guaranteed entry. Don't sing? Not a problem – you can watch other people ruin your favourite songs. Meeting at The Paramount (near the Central Library) at 19:00 for food, and at 21:00 for K2. See the FB page.
* TALK TALK HACK. Our very own Daniel Dresner, Lecturer and researcher in Information and Cyber Security and Governance, was on the BBC talking about the implications of last week’s widely-publicised cyber-attack on TalkTalk.
* COMPUTER SCIENCE CAREERS FAIR. We hope you enjoyed our careers fair last week on Thursday & Friday. We’d appreciate your feedback on what you liked (and didn’t like) about the fair by answering three short survey questions. This will help us to plan future fairs to best fit your needs.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 19 October, and it’s Week 4, a B week. I hope everything is going according to plan, and that life in Manchester is treating you well. On with today’s news, and there’s quite a lot of it (as usual!).
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* BLOG. Veneta Haralampieva (Y3, CSwIE), is one on the School’s bloggers and she’s just written a great new post about starting her final year here in the School. Check it out. We’re looking for more bloggers, so if you're Interested in joining the team and earning £25 per post, email Jez Lloyd.
* COMPUTER SCIENCE CAREERS FAIR. This year’s fair is taking place over two days due to the high demand – this Thursday 22 & Friday 23 Oct, 11:30 – 15:00 in Kilburn. We have 27 different exhibitors! If you’re looking for a placement or grad job come along and see what’s on offer. This is preceded by the Engineering & Science Careers Fair this Weds 21 Oct, and the Business & Management Fair this Tues 20 Oct, both in Manchester Central (next to the Midland Hotel) with around 80 exhibitors on each day.
* ADVANCED SEMINAR SERIES. This week: "Go Parallel or Go Home!". Parallel programming skills are scarce and in very high demand. At the end of Dennard scaling, hardware transitioned from frequency to parallel scaling, but software is lagging behind. Join Antoniu Pop (pictured here) from the Advanced Processor Technologies group to find out how we got here, why such skills are essential and what are the high-impact research opportunities with which you could get involved. This Thurs 22 Oct at 17:15 in Collab 1. Please be aware that you need an out-of-hours access pass to attend this event after 18:00.
* OUR NEW CHANCELLOR. This week the University appointed its new Chancellor, Manchester poet Lemn Sissay. He’s written a new poem about his role at the University, Inspire and be inspired. Lemn was recently on Desert Island Discs too.
* DAFT ITEM OF THE WEEK. The Telegraph newspaper had an interesting item last week on public appearances of the Windows Blue Screen of Death. Here’s one, when advertising columns in a Thailand shopping mall were struck by the dreaded BSOD.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 12 October, and it’s Week 3, an A week. I hope you're doing well and enjoying life both inside and outside the School! A lot to tell you today, so on with the news…
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* LOCAL HACK DAY. This from Sami Alabed (Y2, CSwIE): last Saturday we ran the Manchester Local Hack Day, with 164 students attending. We had very interesting talks by our speakers from Coding Dojo, 1UP, and EEEPass. Special thanks to our workshop speakers Mihai Bujanca (Y2, CSwIE), Aivaras Tumas (Y2, CSE4wIE), Edoardo Moreni (Y4, CS4), Jack Kelly (Y3, CS), Tolijan Trajanovski (Y2, CS4), Stefan Idriceanu (Y2, CS4), and Alex Gleseriu (Y2, CSwIE). Our special guest was the co-founder of WordPress Mike Little, who shared with us an inspiring talk about open source and the beginnings of WordPress. This was the second biggest local hack day out of the 88 universities worldwide who participated (see map) – we were only 2 people short of being the biggest! All talks were recorded and will be uploaded to our website soon. I would like to thank the whole team who helped make this run so smoothly. See you soon at GreatUniHack!
* RESEARCH SEMINARS. A new series of seminars starts this week to showcase the latest developments in research here in the School. The seminars are for all students (and staff) eager to discover, discuss and get involved with advanced material. Each speaker will present their research and discuss the exciting opportunities for getting involved. Dirk Koch from the Advanced Processor Technologies group will be our first speaker this Thurs 15 Oct at 17:15 in IT407. His talk "Hardware versus Software Programming" will introduce FPGAs (programmable hardware chips) to software programmers and discuss when to use what and how. Dirk says: "Microcontrollers, CPUs, GPUs – the programming world doesn't stop there!"
* EDIT-A-THON. The Women in Science Workshop and Wiki Edit-a-thon October 2015 is happening in Kilburn this Weds 14 Oct – men are also welcome, of course!
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 5 October, and it’s Week 2B of Semester 1. I hope you’re enjoying the new Semester, and first year students, I hope you’re settling in well. Need any help? Call into SSO. Lots to tell you today, so let’s get on with today’s news…
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* IOS DEVELOPERS LAB. Did you know we have a dedicated iOS Developers Lab? It’s Kilburn Room LF17 and has 10 Mac-minis with 27” Thunderbolt displays, two wall-mounted HDMI TVs, and a projector. The lab is specifically intended for iOS/OS X development.
* ARM. It’s estimated that 60% the world’s population has a mobile device with an ARM chip inside. Our very own Professor Steve Furber, who teaches on COMP28512 Mobile Systems, is featured in the latest edition of BBC Radio 4’s Computing Britain, talking about his role as co-inventor of the ARM chip. Brilliant stuff.
* HACK DAY. This from Sami Alabed (Y2, CSwIE): Hi all, we hope you have settled in by now and are excited for the start of the new year. We're kicking off this year’s 'hacking' this coming Saturday 10 October with 12 hours of interesting workshops, including Introduction to Arduino Programming, SLAM and Image Processing, Network Security, Algorithms and Data Structures, an Introduction to Machine Learning, and much more! See the full schedule and register.
* ADA EVENTS. 2015 marks the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace, often called the world's first computer programmer, after she designed an algorithm to run on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, although that machine was never built. There are events around the UK, including some in Manchester, and one here in the School – the Women in Science Workshop and Wiki Edit-a-thon, on Weds 14 Oct. See full details of all events.
* DROPBOX PROMOTION. We’re not affiliated with Dropbox, but their Campus Cup scheme may be useful to some of you. “Participants can earn up to 25 GB per person for two years by rallying others at their school to join in. The more your school participates, the more space everyone earns”.
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* LIFE AT GOOGLE. Todd Davies (Y3, CS) spent the summer working as a software engineer at Google in Munich, and he'll be talking about Life at Google, their application process and coding interviews. All students welcome, LT1.1 at 12:00 this Weds 30 Sept (this is running in place of the normal PASS session which starts next week, Week 2B) → @Todd__Davies
* PASS STARTS NEXT WEEK. First year students: please note that your PASS meetings start next week (Week 2B, Monday 5 Oct), not this week. What’s PASS? It’s “Peer-Assisted Study Sessions” – in other words, experienced students mentor newer students. It works fantastically well, so check it out.
* HACKATHON. Following on from last year's successful event @GreatUniHack, Sami Alabad (Y2, CSwIE) is organising another hackathon in Manchester on Saturday 10 October, in association with Major League Hacking. Sign up → http://goo.gl/UGXMTn
Good morning! It’s Monday 21 September, and a very warm welcome to you all, especially to students joining us for the first time. I'm Toby Howard, Director of Undergraduate Studies. and you are reading the Monday Mail – which I send to all undergraduates, every Monday during term-time – to keep you up-to-date with what's happening in the School. And there's always a lot happening! So have a great week, and on with today's news.
Toby Howard → http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby
Director of Undergraduate Studies
* WE'RE HERE TO HELP. Got any questions? Need any help? Call into the Student Support Office (aka SSO) open Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00 in Kilburn Room LF21, compsci-sso@listserv.manchester.ac.uk, 0161 306 8155. And there’s a Helpdesk in the main Lower First area of Kilburn on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. You’ll also see lots of students and staff around campus wearing ASK ME badges so… ask them things!
* ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. Congratulations to Ivan Kalchev (CS), who graduated this summer, on receiving one of the University’s prestigious Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards. Well done Ivan!
* IN THE NEWS. Professor Steve Furber, who teaches on COMP28512, talked about the first mechanical mind which is expected to be seen in “decades, rather than centuries” in an article in Yahoo News → https://goo.gl/3nRtAW ...and hear Steve talk about his ground-breaking research in Episode 4 of the School’s podcast series → https://goo.gl/t5VDaP
* HACK MANCHESTER. The 24 hour coding competition is back on 24 October. Tickets selling fast. Join a team or create your own → http://www.hackmanchester.com