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ECS News - Wednesday, May 16

ECS Alumni come together in London on 16 May

Over 200 former students of ECS-Electronics and Computer Science are expected to attend an Alumni Reception at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, on 16 May.

ECS in the news

2 December 2011

The largest volume of open, free, high quality weather data in the world was released on 29 November.
Open data – more than just transparency and scrutiny

30 November 2011: Daily Telegraph

Under government plans to be announced tomorrow, the Met Office is to be forced to release its raw data so that others can draw their own conclusions.
Outlook fair for amateurs as Met Office releases data

30 November 2011: Marketing Week

As of today, government data on anything from roadworks to weather forecasts is to be made available for commercial use by third parties.
Government opens door on data free-for-all

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An incredible journey – ECS students take ambulances to Mongolia

A group of University of Southampton students are preparing to undertake a 10,000 mile journey this... [more]

New social network for university courses

Third-year student Alex Levy has devised and built a new social network for the University of... [more]

ECS students visualise OS MasterMap to win Java internship

A summer internship with local company Snowflake Software was the prize in a novel event held in... [more]

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