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Hello UG! I hope academic year 2017-18 has been a great year for you all. In this final Monday Mail of the year we’re taking a look back at all the amazing things UG students have got involved with since last September, and as you'll see below, it’s an impressive list of successes! Well done everyone!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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* BARCELONA HACK WIN! Still in October, huge congratulations to Aayush Chadha (Y2, AI), Ana-Gabriela Pandrea (Y2, AI4wIE), Mihnea Vladimir Savu (Y2, CSwIE) and Esraa Dandash (City University of London) who won the Bloomberg Best Tech Stack award at Hack UPC in Barcelona last week, for their improvised Photo Booth (Hacker Booth). Aayush writes: it was made out of a DSLR, a Raspberry Pi running Google Home, cardboard and duct tape. We used the Pi to listen to voice commands, triggered a bash script to capture photos on the DSLR and send them to the Pi, then used Python to put the photos into a collage and tweet them to MLH/HackUPC. It became popular enough at the hackathon that Twitter ended up banning our account for rate limit abuse! Here’s the hack, and our Twitter Page.
by Karl Lundstig (KTH, Stockholm), Valters Zakrevskis, Bogdan Ionescu, Jakub Mandula (all The University of Manchester): an internet-connected tea cup that makes you the perfect cup of tea by providing constant temperature monitoring, accelerometer-powered sip detection, automatically dipping your tea bag, and pulling it out of the water when it's done. The MLH Season Champions trophy was awarded to The University of Manchester during the closing ceremony. To all the attendees, volunteers, sponsors, mentors, and organisers: thank you for making this event so great!
* OXFORDHACK WIN! Also in November, congratulations to Sam Littlefair (Y2, CSwIE), Roneel Bhagwakar (Y2, HCIwIE) and Pranay Mistri (Y2, CSwIE) who won the Microsoft challenge at OxfordHack! They made a web application to help students practice doing interviews by providing them with real-time expression analysis and speech-to-text sentiment analysis using the Microsoft Cognitive APIs. Well done!
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 4 June, and it's the final week of exams (exam timetable). As always in case of emergencies contact SSO (0161 306 8155) immediately. This is almost the last Monday Mail for this academic year – next week’s will be a roundup of the highlights of the year – so I'll take this opportunity now to wish you a happy and rewarding summer. If you’re graduating, we hope to see you and your families here on Graduation Day, Thurs 19 July. 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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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 28 May, and it’s the Spring Bank Holiday today, so Kilburn access will be out-of-hours. It’s week 3 of the exams and I hope things are going well. Know your exam schedule (exam timetable) and in case of emergencies contact SSO (0161 306 8155) immediately. On with today’s news...
beat wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 21 May. It’s week 2 of the exams and I hope things are going well. Know your exam schedule (exam timetable) and in case of emergencies contact SSO (email / 0161 306 8155) immediately. On with today’s news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 14 May, and as I’m sure you know, the 3-week exam period starts this Thurs 17 May. 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 immediately (or call 0161 306 8155) 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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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 7 May, it’s Week 12, and it’s the Early May Bank Holiday today, so no scheduled activities. Kilburn is open but you'll need your out-of-hours pass. This is the last week of activities before the start of the exam period on Thurs 17 May. It’s certainly been a long Semester, and I hope it’s been a good one for you. Please make sure you get all outstanding marking out of the way ASAP. Now, on with today’s news!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 30 April, and it’s Week 11, an A week. We're in the final two weeks of term, and I hope everything is going well. If you need any advice or help, do ask your Personal Tutor, Project Supervisor, Year Tutor, or SSO. They'll all be glad to help. On with today's news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 23 April, and it’s Week 10, a B week. We have 3 weeks of teaching left, and I hope everything is going well. And 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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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 16 April, and it’s Week 9, an A week. I hope you had a good three-week break. There are now four more weeks of teaching and scheduled activities, and then the exam period begins on 14 May. You can find your exam timetable on MyManchester. As the end of term nears, if you have lab work that needs marking, make sure to check the deadline arrangements for your courses. Now, on with today’s news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 26 March, and it’s the first week of the 3-week Easter break. I hope you’re enjoying a well-earned rest and maybe doing some catchup and revision. 3rd Year students, good luck with writing your project reports and doing your screencasts, and remember to ask your Supervisor for feedback on drafts of each. The Monday Mail is having an Easter break, but will be back again on Monday 16 April (Week 9, an A week). Meanwhile, on with today’s news, and I wish you a Happy Easter!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 19 March, and it’s Week 8, a B week. It’s the final week before the 3-week Easter vacation, which seems to have been a long time coming! Anyway, on with today's news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 12 March, and it’s Week 7, an A week. I hope things are going well. It's been a long Semester so far, but only two short weeks to go before the Easter break! On with today's news!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 5 March, and it’s Week 6, a B week, and we're almost halfway through the 12 teaching weeks this Semester. Good luck to all 3rd Year students, whose project demos start this week. And let's hope we have a warmer week this week! On with today's news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 26 February, and it’s Week 5, an A week. Only four weeks until the Easter break, and the daffodils and tulips are coming up around campus, despite the cold weather promised for this week... Anyway, on with today's news, and rather a lot today!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 19 February, and it’s Week 4, a B week. I hope all's going well. If you need any help or advice about anything, please ask. Lots of news today, so let's get on with it!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 12 February, and it’s Week 3, an A week. I hope you’re settling into Semester 2 now, and things are going well. For many courses labs will start this week so I hope you'll find those interesting and challenging. On with today's news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 5 February, and it’s Week 2, a B week. I hope you're getting back into the swing of things after the exams. Remember that you need to make your final course unit choices by this Friday 9 Feb. So have a good week and now on with today's news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 29 January, and it’s Week 1 of Semester 2 teaching, an A week. The exams are over (I hope they went well) 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!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 22 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 8155. Semester 2 teaching starts next Monday – something to look forward to! Now, on with today's news...
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 15 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. Make sure you know your schedule, and in case of emergencies, don't delay, email SSO immediately or call them on 0161 306 8155. Now, on with today's news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 11 December. Not only is it Week 12, but it’s also the last week of term – as you probably know! I hope that this Semester has been a stimulating, enjoyable and interesting 3 months for you. The Monday Mail will be back on 15 January, for the first week of the exams. Until then, I wish you a very happy Xmas break, and see you in 2018! Now, on with today's news… lots of it too, starting with three, yes THREE, wins!
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Joint winners of Best concept for application were Z5 with “Key-by-Key” (Tutor Milan Mihajlovic) – Worabodee Denvittaya (Y1, CS4wIE), Jakir Hussain (Y1, CS), Harry James (Y1, CS), Konstantinos Katsamaktsis (Y1, CS), Joad Nacer (Y1, HCI4), Mark Paveszka (Y1, CSE4wIE), David-Gabriel Petrescu (Y1, HCIwIE) – and W3 for “Goat Racing" (Tutor Kung-Kiu Lau) – Arifa Amin (Y1, CSwIE), Lalitha Bhupalam (Y1, CS4), Shilpa Johncy (Y1, CS4), Yin Lim (Y1, SE4), Adrian-Ionut Vaduva (Y1, CSwIE), Daniel Wilson (Y1, CS), Tomasz Winnicki (Y1, CS).
Winners of Most visually appealing poster with “Powerfluffs” were Y2 (Tutor Duncan Hull) – Nikolay Dimitrov (Y1, SEwIE), Alexandra-Catalina Luminariu (Y1, CS), Laura Mihai (Y1, CS), Adela-Maria Mihaila (Y1, CSwIE), Octavian-Costin Teodorescu (Y1, CS), Matthew Walton (Y1, CS4), Owen Watkins (Y1, CS4).
Winners of Best planned project with “Discounts Discovery” were X5 (Tutor Mary McGee Wood) – Denisa Baboi-Dragan (Y1, BMwIE), Gabija Bernotaite (Y1, BMwIE), Evripidis Christodoulides (Y1, CS), Oscar Driver (Y1, CS), Gabriel Rosca (Y1, CS4), Rebecca Wiggins (Y1, CS), Jie Xu (Y1, CS). Well done winners and well done everyone!
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 4 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 near! Good luck to all First Year students on their project presentations this week, and the poster session on Thursday, which this year will be in the foyer of University Place, for the first time. On with today’s news and lots to tell you about today!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 27 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. If not do have a chat with someone: your Personal Tutor or SSO would be glad to help. Now, on with this week's news, and I hope you have a good week!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It's Monday 20 November and it's Week 9, a B week. We're 3/4 of the way through the Semester, and I hope things are going well. Remember, if you have any concerns or there's anything we can do to help, please let us know. Speak to your Personal Tutor (3rd Years: this is also your Project Supervisor) or pop into SSO. Right, on with today's news and I hope you have a good week!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 13 November, and it’s Week 8, an A week. I hope everything is going well, especially for Year3 students who are doing their project seminars at the moment. Have a good week everyone, and on with today’s news!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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by Karl Lundstig (KTH, Stockholm), Valters Zakrevskis, Bogdan Ionescu, Jakub Mandula (all The University of Manchester): an internet-connected tea cup that makes you the perfect cup of tea by providing constant temperature monitoring, accelerometer-powered sip detection, automatically dipping your tea bag, and pulling it out of the water when it's done. The MLH Season Champions trophy was awarded to The University of Manchester during the closing ceremony. To all the attendees, volunteers, sponsors, mentors, and organisers: thank you for making this event so great!
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 6 November, and it’s Week 7, a B week. I hope you had a bit of a break last week. Now it’s back to business as usual, and we’re on the home stretch towards Xmas – 6 weeks to go! And good luck to all 3rd Year students whose project seminars start this week. Have a great week, and on with today’s news!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 30 October, and it’s Week 6 – Reading Week. There are no scheduled teaching activities this week – it's a chance for you to have a break and recharge your batteries and maybe do some catchup. Usual teaching and timetabled activities resume next Monday 6 Nov (Week 7B). But this week is as busy as usual, so on with today’s news! And enjoy Halloween tomorrow!
best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 23 October, and it’s Week 5, an A week. As always, 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 have a break and maybe do some catchup. But this week is as busy as usual, so on with today’s news!
best wishes
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 16 October, and it’s Week 4, a B week. We're a month into the academic year, and I hope everything is going well. First Year students, I hope you're beginning to feel settled in the School, and in Manchester too. Remember, if you have any questions or concerns, talk to us! SSO is a great place to start and they can advise who best to speak to. Right, let's get on with today’s news, and there’s rather a lot of it – as usual!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 9 October, and it’s Week 3, an A week. How are things going? Well, I hope! We seem to have an incredibly packed week of events this week – another Careers Fair, competitions launching, employer visits... something for everyone! Have a great week!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 2 October, and it’s Week 2, a B week. I hope everyone is settling down and everything is going well. Remember, if you need any help, just ask! SSO is a great place to start. Autumn seems to be here, so let’s have a seasonal haiku from the master Basho (1644–1694):
on a leafless branch
a crow has settled
an autumn evening
I have a huge amount to tell you about today, so get involved and have a great week!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 25 September, and it’s Week 1A of Semester 1. Teaching starts today. Throughout the semester we alternate Week A's and Week B's, with different timetabled activities according to A and B. Your Monday Mail will always remind you which week it is – and this is a Week A (here's the full UG timetable). OK, on with today’s news, and as usual there’s a lot to tell you about! Get involved! And have a great week!
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 18 September, it's Welcome Week, and a very warm welcome to you all, to students joining us for the first time, and those of you returning for another year. 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.
Best wishes,
Toby Howard
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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