University of Southampton joins Siemens and Arm...
The University of Southampton?s School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is a founding academic partner in the newly announced Siemens Cre8Ventures Open Higher Education Program, launched in collaboration with Arm and Siemens Cre8Ventures to drive semiconductor innovation and bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Read MoreECS welcomes Dr Ihab Zaqout from the Al-Azhar...
The School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is pleased to announce that Dr Ihab Zaqout has joined the school as an Associate Professor. Dr Ihab Zaqout is Head of Department of Information Technology at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
Read MoreDetermining the naughty vs nice list has been shown to be computationally intractable. Based on the recent publication from Claus et al, we believe the GIFT metric is being used as a proxy to estimate which children should receive presents this year. However, concerns over the privacy implications of this new method have been raised, casting doubt on whether any gifts will be delivered at all.
If the reindeer are also having to self-isolate, then the drones will be most useful this year. Santa may need about a million drones to do this, with some bigger ones transporting the gifts from the North Pole, others bringing them to homes, and even smaller ones taking them down the chimney to living rooms.