http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/ en-gb cs-support@ncl.ac.uk webmaster@ncl.ac.uk http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/many-core-club Room 701, Claremont Tower Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/many-core-club AllSeminars http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/zdnet-computer-science-project-tackles-processor-power-challenge Reported in ZdNet yesterday (21st May) are the challenges of cramming more cores onto processors and the energy constraints that restrict their use. In particular, energy efficiency doesn't scale with the number of cores stacked onto chips. As more cores are added, power consumption grows faster than performance. The solution may come from the recently awarded PRiME project which includes a team of researchers from Computing Science at Newcastle: Wed, 22 May 2013 18:16:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/zdnet-computer-science-project-tackles-processor-power-challenge AllResearch newsNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/web-developer-role-jump-newcastle At JUMP, we specialise in creating, developing and communicating brands through design and online technology. Our tagline is “You say JUMP! www.wesayhowhigh.com” JUMP is looking for a talented Web Developer. You will have a passion for creating websites that look and work beautifully Mon, 20 May 2013 09:35:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/web-developer-role-jump-newcastle AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/bbc-interview-with-martin-emms-about-contactless-card-payment-glitches Reported today (18th May) on the BBC website, Marks & Spencer have equipped their tills with not just card readers but with dual function Verifone 820 card readers. They accept contactless cards in the same terminal as normal Chip and PIN transactions. But who decides which card is used to pay? The customer - or the terminal? Many listeners tell us the machine takes the payment from a random contactless card in their wallet before they put their chosen card into the machine. Martin Emms , a researcher into new payment formats at Newcastle Universities' Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security has also replicated this glitch with his own payment cards and is interviewed by the BBC about the issue. Sat, 18 May 2013 15:33:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/bbc-interview-with-martin-emms-about-contactless-card-payment-glitches AllResearch newsNews News BBC http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/northeast-work-experience-summer-placements Newcastle Work Experience (NWE) is a summer work experience programme providing current and graduating Newcastle University students the opportunity to undertake challenging projects within North East businesses. Several 10 week full-time summer placements are currently available. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/northeast-work-experience-summer-placements AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/cyber-security-careers-fair-london This free to attend Careers Fair is dedicated to Cyber Security and will have stands from a number of Companies who will be there. Saturday 15 June, 11.00am - 5.00pm, Microsoft Ltd (80 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL, United Kingdom) Exhibitors include Microsoft, BT, SOCA, QinetiQ, KPMG, C3IA, (ISC)2 and InfoSec Skills. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/cyber-security-careers-fair-london AllCareers - EventsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/dependability-tech-chat-paolo-missier1 The W3C PROV specification for modelling provenance metadata ; Provenance, a form of structured metadata designed to record the origin or source of information, can be instrumental in deciding whether information is to be trusted, how it can be integrated with other diverse information sources, and how to establish attribution of information to authors throughout its history. The PROV set of specifications, produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), is designed to promote the publication of provenance information on the Web, and offers a basis for interoperability across diverse provenance management systems. The PROV provenance model is deliberately generic and domain-agnostic, but extension mechanisms are available and can be exploited for modelling specific domains. This tutorial provides an overview of the main concepts in the model. Claremont Tower, sixth floor, room 602 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:00 GMT Fri, 17 May 2013 14:06:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/dependability-tech-chat-paolo-missier1 AllDependabilitySeminars http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/dependability-tech-chat-ken-pierce2 DESTECS: Connecting Disciplines Through Co-simulation ; In this talk I will expand on the motivations for DESTECS, explain some of the concepts and solutions defined by the project. I will then look at fault modelling and DSE, before showing the industrial case studies used to support our work. Finally I will look at the outcomes of DESTECS and at future work. Claremont Tower, sixth floor, room 602 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:00 GMT Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/dependability-tech-chat-ken-pierce2 AllDependabilitySeminars http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/encouraging-people-to-see-red1 Reported today in the Journal and as a University press release , is the work of David Green , a PhD student in Computing Science. Together with Red Squirrels Northern England (RSNE) he is launching a competition to celebrate the red squirrel and highlight the continued threat it faces. As a result of this, red squirrel fans in the North East are being invited to contribute to a film on 30 years of fighting to save the native animals. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:39:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/encouraging-people-to-see-red1 AllDigital Interaction Research newsNews News Uni PressRelease http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/milkround-graduate-employment-work-experience-and-internships Even in these tough times, Milkround is first for graduate careers, with hundreds of internships and 1000’s of graduate jobs and schemes. Whether you are in undergraduate study, fresh out of university or looking to make the most of your degree, Milkround is the site for you. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:41:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/milkround-graduate-employment-work-experience-and-internships AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-programme-it-computer-engineering-tokyo-hq-osaka-shanghai-and-singapore Works Applications, fast growing Japanese company (JASDAQ Stock Exchange listed) specialises in development and sales of computer software packages COMPANY® and Enterprise Recourse Planning (ERP) systems and customer support for clients, is seeking talents from around the world to join the global team. You will have opportunities to work with global talents, and develop your skills within challenging competitive business environments. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:17:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-programme-it-computer-engineering-tokyo-hq-osaka-shanghai-and-singapore AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-role-php-developer-newcastle CY Partners are recruiting in partnership with a UK-based specialist digital agency with an office in the North East. Specialising in building, managing and marketing online strategies in their sector, they are currently expanding and are looking to recruit several PHP Web Developers in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:12:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-role-php-developer-newcastle AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/squidge-won-the-innovative-interface-category PhD student Thomas Smith has won the Innovative Interface category of the Student Games Competition at the Human-Computer Interaction conference CHI2013 with his project Squidge: An Integrated Controller. The competition aims to provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate their game design and development skills to the CHI community. Mon, 13 May 2013 10:59:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/squidge-won-the-innovative-interface-category AllDigital Interaction Research newsNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/design-of-future-integrated-systems-a-cyber-physical-systems-approach In this talk, we address some fundamental issues related to the modeling and optimization of power and performance of next generation of integrated systems while taking a cyber-physical approach. As such, the focus of the design methodology is not only on establishing an efficient communication between the computational elements, but also on including time, communication, and feedback-based control as intrinsic components of the programming model; this goal allows us generalize the classical computational paradigm such that more direct interaction between the cyber-system and physical world becomes possible. CPD Room (M413) Merz Court Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 11 May 2013 08:12:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/design-of-future-integrated-systems-a-cyber-physical-systems-approach AllConcurrent Asynchronous SystemsAsynchronous Systems Lab Seminars http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/industrial-placement-open-answers Open Answers ( www.openanswers.co.uk ) is a provider of premium quality Open Systems and Open Source technology services to a predominantly blue-chip customer base including ASOS.com, British Airways, Camelot and Xerox. We also provide specialist engineering and consulting services directly to technology vendors such as Oracle, Red Hat, IBM, NCR and MuleSoft. Fri, 10 May 2013 09:52:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/industrial-placement-open-answers AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-web-developer-inspired-creative-digital-agency Do you love to code, enjoy solving complex problems and want to work on projects for companies everyone has heard of? Fri, 10 May 2013 09:49:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-web-developer-inspired-creative-digital-agency AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-php-role-northeast CY Partners are recruiting in partnership with a UK-based specialist digital agency with an office in the North East. Specialising in building, managing and marketing online strategies in their sector, they are currently expanding and are looking to recruit several PHP Web Developers in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Fri, 10 May 2013 09:36:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/graduate-php-role-northeast AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/zero-knowledge-proofs I will give an introduction to zero-knowledge proofs with a particular emphasis on non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs, where the proof consists of a single message sent from the prover to the verifier. We have in the last years achieved significant efficiency advances and non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs have grown from being a purely theoretical concept to being efficient enough to be used in practical applications. CLT.701 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT Thu, 09 May 2013 16:16:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/zero-knowledge-proofs AllColloquia http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/north-tyneside-pupils-put-learning-aid-to-test1 Reported today (8th May) in the Journal, is the work of academics from the School of Computing Science. Interactive tables have been trialed in Longbenton Community College, in North Tyneside, for six weeks. Led by Dr. Ahmed Kharrufa , a research associate from Newcastle University’s Culture Lab , the team worked with students from the school to see how the technology works and could be improved further. Wed, 08 May 2013 17:43:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/north-tyneside-pupils-put-learning-aid-to-test1 AllResearch newsNews News Uni PressRelease http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/brc-to-fund-cloud-e-genome-project The School has been awarded a grant by The Biomedical Research Centre to fund the Cloud-e-Genome project. The success of the grant is due to Prof. Paul Watson (Computing Science) and Prof. Patrick Chinnery (Biomedicine) and the project will be led by Dr. Paolo Missier . The following is a short description about the project: Tue, 07 May 2013 14:13:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/brc-to-fund-cloud-e-genome-project AllResearch newsNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/heif-funding-success-to-broadband-project Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) support and develop a broad range of knowledge-based interactions between universities and colleges and the wider world, which result in economic and social benefit to the UK. The School has received HEIF funding to support a new project recently reported on the School website: "Newcastle receives 6m for fast broadband"; Newcastle is receiving 6m to build city-wide networks, offering homes and businesses speeds of up to 100Mbps (megabits per second). Follow this link to read more about the fast broadband project. Tue, 07 May 2013 13:39:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/heif-funding-success-to-broadband-project AllResearch newsNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/epsrc-iaa-funding-success-to-aid-projects Computing Science’s success with EPSRC IAA funding will stimulate new and strengthen existing relationships with industry through secondments, collaborative projects and proof-of-concept developments to accelerate the uptake of EPSRC research outputs into society. Tue, 07 May 2013 08:55:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/epsrc-iaa-funding-success-to-aid-projects AllResearch newsNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/improving-healthcare-devices-and-systems Culture Lab Kitchen Talk ; This talk will be of interest to computer scientists, clinicians, medical physicists and to patients. It exposes and addresses the culture that leads to persistent substandard systems, and introduces an approach (blending human factors and computer science) that can be used to improve design, for healthcare in particular, but also for any other critical area. In our labs, we can reduce wrong dose errors by factors of ten. Culture Lab, Space 2 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT Mon, 06 May 2013 09:55:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/improving-healthcare-devices-and-systems AllDigital InteractionSeminars http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/waterstons-graduate-roles Waterstons are a business and technology consultancy based in Durham with a satellite office in London. We work with a range of clients and industries across the UK providing creative solutions using technology to improve business performance and deliver competitive advantage. Our services include IT strategy and business consulting; disaster recovery and business continuity; the design, delivery and support of secure and resilient infrastructure; bespoke software development; project management and system analysis; business intelligence; unified communications. Two roles are advertised a Software Development Consultant and an Infrastructure and Networking Consultant. Fri, 03 May 2013 09:51:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/waterstons-graduate-roles AllCareers - Jobs and PlacementsCareers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/exploring-art-at-a-stroke1 A unique app which allows you to peel back the layers of a masterpiece and uncover a previously hidden world has been developed by experts from Newcastle and Northumbria Universities and is the topic of a recent University press release. Thu, 02 May 2013 13:30:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/exploring-art-at-a-stroke1 AllDigital Interaction Research newsNews News Uni PressRelease http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/investigating-pretty-good-privacy In this talk, we consider how Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) works and demonstrate that while the encrypted payload might be secure in a mathematical sense, there are other modes of analysis which exploit weaknesses in PGP, and how it is used, to provide insight into communications, conversation, and payload. The talk will draw on real-life investigative experience in a high profile case in Australia... CLT. 701 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 01 May 2013 18:26:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/investigating-pretty-good-privacy AllColloquia http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/two-refinement-based-approaches-to-verifying-linearisability Linearisability is the key correctness criterion for concurrent implementations of data structures shared by multiple processes. In this talk we present a proof of linearisability of the lazy implementation of a set due to Heller et al. The lazy set presents one of the most challenging issues in verifying linearisability: a linearisation point of an operation set by a process other than the one executing it... CLT. 701 Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 01 May 2013 18:23:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/two-refinement-based-approaches-to-verifying-linearisability AllColloquia http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/students-rock-at-csc2015-s-trade-fair The CSC2015 Trade Fair on 30th April 2013 was a great success. The 22 teams of students demonstrated their mobile phone apps to the School, ISS, the general public and companies such as Scott Logic and Gospelware. Wed, 01 May 2013 09:41:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/students-rock-at-csc2015-s-trade-fair AllNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/digital-interaction-group-success-acm-sigchi-chi The School of Computing Science's Digital Interaction group, based in Culture Lab, are presenting 15 papers and 1 note (including 6 honorable mentions) at CHI'13 the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems held in Paris this week. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:47:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/digital-interaction-group-success-acm-sigchi-chi AllDigital InteractionNews http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/on-the-changing-role-of-data-in-embedded-systems-and-systems-of-systems-challenges-for-modelling-and-analysis Over the last decade we have witnessed an increasing use of data measurements and data processing in embedded systems. Where in the past the data processing was limited, if present at all, to the handling of a small number of "on-off control signals", more recently much more complex sensory data is being captured, processed and used to improve system performance and dependability... CLT. 701 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:34:00 GMT http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/about/news/item/on-the-changing-role-of-data-in-embedded-systems-and-systems-of-systems-challenges-for-modelling-and-analysis AllColloquia