Electronics and Computer Science (ECS), University of Southampton
Electronics and Computer Science (ECS)
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ECS Alumni reconnect at 2013 London reception
There was a great atmosphere at this year’s ECS Alumni Reception, held in London on Tuesday 21 May.
A third environmental chamber added to the laboratory
Our on-going programme to enhance facilities in the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory has recently led to the commissioning of a new climate controlled facility to join our Salt-Fog chamber and Faraday Cage.
ECS researchers at Southampton University develop new tool to provide radiation monitoring in Japan
A team of researchers from Electronics and Computer Science at University of Southampton have designed a new tool to intelligently combine nuclear radioactivity data in Japan. The technology harnesses the power of crowdsourced radiation data; an innovative resource which became available after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
£5.6m national collaboration to develop the next generation of computing systems
PRiME: Power-efficient, Reliable, Many-core Embedded systems, brings together four world-leading research groups from the Universities of Southampton, Imperial College, Manchester and Newcastle. The five-year £5.6m Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded project will undertake creative research into the design and implementation of energy-efficient and dependable embedded systems with many-core processors.
First standard for provenance of information on the Web published
PROV, a worldwide specification for provenance of information on the Web, has reached a key milestone, with the publication of a standard thanks to the work of an international group led by a University of Southampton professor, Luc Moreau.
ECS Athena SWAN Award for supporting women in science
The University of Southampton’s Electronics and Computer Science department is recognised for tackling gender inequality with an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.
Erica the interactive rhino gets ready to hit the streets
An interactive rhino that responds to faces, tweeting and touch is set to take to the streets of Southampton this summer as part of a project involving the University of Southampton and Marwell Zoo.
Celebrating ECS alumni May 2013
This year's reception for ECS alumni of all years will be held in London on Tuesday 21 May from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
BAE Systems Detica: Capture the Flag!
BAE System Detica ran a very successful ‘Capture the Flag’ event for students in ECS-Electronics and Computer Science earlier this month.
ECS Entrepreneurs channel enterprise and innovation!
The newest student society in Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) has already scored two outstanding successes.
Launch of the first HE equipment-sharing database
The first national equipment and facilities-sharing database has been launched for UK higher education – equipment.data.ac.uk.
22 March 2013
ECS Postgraduate Open Day a success
Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) held a successful first MSc Open Day, which attracted a cross section of overseas students based in UK universities, as well as students from the EU and UK.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee honoured for inventing World Wide Web with Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a leading academic in Web and Internet Science at the University of Southampton, is one of five joint winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
ECS joins University dignitaries for Malaysia Campus opening celebration
Representatives from Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) will join other dignitaries to celebrate the formal opening of the University of Southampton Malaysia Campus this week.
Take-Off funding helps Don's business grow
Computer Science and Mathematics student Don Ndiweni is combining his final year of undergraduate studies with running his company Urban Expert, aided by a valued prize from the University's Take-Off Fund.
Arinze speaks up for the future of engineering
ECS undergraduate student Arinze Ekwosimba gives an excellent account of the dedication and wide knowledge of ECS students in a feature interview with EEWeb – the Electrical Engineering Community.
Snowflake Code-Off winner gains summer internship
Innovative Southampton software company Snowflake Software held a Code-Off competition in the ECS Zepler Computer Lab last month, with the first prize being a summer internship working in the company’s Southampton office.
Leading the debate on open data
The University of Southampton’s Head of the Web and Internet Science Group (WAIS) and co-founder of the Open Data Institute, Professor Nigel Shadbolt, will be a key speaker at the British Library’s Inspiring Science events.
The data acquisition phase of a project to field test a cable location system on a 275 kV cable circuit has been undertaken.
04 March 2013
Repository ranking underlines Southampton’s global influence
The global influence and quality of the University of Southampton’s online repository of research is recognised in the latest world rankings.