Monthly Archives: May 2011

Prof Jackie Cassell – Brighton and Sussex Medical School The Patient Records Enhancement Project (PREP): making free text available for public health research The problem: Electronic patient records contain a mixture of coded information and free text. Information is variably … Continue reading →

Dr Michael Herrmann – University of Edinburgh Self-Organized Criticality in Neurorobotics Self-organised criticality is a principle for the generation of complexity in nature. It is characterised by power-law event distributions and has been used to describe phenomena in domains such … Continue reading →

Prof Daniela Zaharie – West University of Timisoara, Romania An overview of the research activities at the Department of Informatics at the West University of Timisoara, Romania The presentation will cover several of the research topics and corresponding national and … Continue reading →

Dr Charles Sutton – University of Edinburgh Machine Learning for Computer System Performance Probabilistic modelling is central to modern statistical machine learning, because it allows us to connect prior knowledge to data and uncertainty. New applications of probabilistic modelling have … Continue reading →

Dr Simon Rogers – University of Glasgow Probablistic Models for Captive Touch In this talk I will present some of the work being done in the new Inference, Dynamics, and Interaction group, at the University of Glasgow. In particular, we … Continue reading →

Dr John Hamer – University of Auckland A Practical Guide to using Peer Review in Computing Science Although peer review is a normal part of both academic and professional practice, undergraduates are rarely given the opportunity to develop this skill. … Continue reading →

Dr Mirco Musolesi – University of St Andrews Sensing, Understanding and Modelling People using Mobile Phones Mobile phones are increasingly equipped with sensors, such as accelerometers, GPS receivers, proximity sensors and cameras, that can be used to sense and interpret … Continue reading →