Events

Regular events:

• Distinguished Lectures in Computer Science
• Research Group Seminars
• ITWales Events

Forthcoming and recent events:

• Distinguished Lecture Series:

  Dame Wendy Hall: Web Science: Research, Education and Diversity

  6:30pm Wednesday 15th February 2012, Faraday Lecture Theatre, Faraday Building

Some past events (since 2005):

• Distinguished Lecture: Professor Muffy Calder on Does my component-based system work?
  From bits and bytes to wet and sticky. (6 Dec 2011)
• Distinguished Lecture: Professor Tom Rodden on Homework: Reinventing the domestic network. (15 Nov 2011)
• Distinguished Lecture: Professor Brian Randell on Forty Years of Software Engineering. Joint History of Science and Technology lecture with the British Computer Society and the Learned Society of Wales. (1 Nov 2011)
• Domains X: This international Workshop on Domains was aimed at computer scientists and mathematicians alike who share an interest in the mathematical foundations of computation. Besides its traditional topics Domains X focused on the special themes Modelling Computational Effects and Modelling Continuous Data. (5–7 Sep 2011)
• The IBM "Smarter Planet Comes to You" tour has made one of only three UK stops at Swansea University. Throughout the day a Skills Truck was based on campus, enabling one to meet with IBM experts; 'play' with IBM's 'serious' games; and learn about new and exciting technologies. There were also various presentations by IBM and members of the Computer Science Department on research topics of relevance to the "Smarter Planet" theme. (17 Mar 2011)
• Invention, Innovation and Change - The Commercialisation of Science: Swansea University and the Learned Society of Wales welcome Professor Graham Richards CBE to a lecture that will explore the growing importance of commercialisation within science and technology, how this can be achieved without distorting activities and the advantages of spin-out companies and licensing. (2 December 2010)
• Delivery from a Service Science KTC: An ITWales/SAW presentation by Visiting Professor Chris Tofts, concinnitās ltd (21 Jul 2010)
• The Future of Services: An ITWales/SAW presentation by Visiting Professor Chris Tofts, concinnitās ltd (10 Jun 2010)
• Wales RIVIC Visual Computing Graduate School: A four-day meeting, bringing distinguished international scientists in computer graphics, computer vision, image processing, visualization, and other areas of visual computing together to share their expertise, knowledge, wisdom, and vision with young researchers (e.g. PhD students and PostDocs). (6–9 Apr 2010)
• Women Shaping the Future of Wales. Now in its 9th year, the event celebrates International Women's Day. It provides an insight into the diverse range of business and career opportunities for women in the 21st Century and offers a platform for sharing experiences, knowledge and best practice for women working with science and technology. (9 Mar 2010)
• Prof Harold Thimbleby gave a talk on Avoiding Death by Computer in the Swansea Science Café. (24 Feb 2010)
• Prof Robin Milner gave a series of talks at our department, starting with a colloquium on The Space and Motion of Large Informatic Systems, and continuing with lectures on Bigraphs: a Model for Mobile Agents. (5–9 Nov 2009)
• AVOCS '09: Ninth International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (23–25 Sep 2009)
• British Science Festival 2009: Members of the department presented work on the EPSRC-funded StoryBank project throughout the Festival. The exhibit was also funded by the EPSRC and our collaborator from India joined the team to explain how the work can impact rural communities. (5–10 Sep 2009)
• BLC 2009: British Logic Colloquium (3–5 Sep 2009)
• SAT 2009: Twelfth International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (30 Jun – 3 Jul 2009)
• Computer Science in Action: Collaborative Project Fair. Final year computing students will showcase their project work on a range of topics, by means of display posters and live demonstrations. From software development to computer graphics, and communication technologies to future interactive interfaces, this event provides a unique opportunity to see some of the innovative research projects produced by Swansea University Computer Science students. (7 May 2009)
• The World According to Google: BCS Xmas Lecture, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (4 Dec 2008)
• Swansea University's History of Computing Collection was launched at an event celebrating 50 Years of Computing in South Wales (22 May 2008)
• Computer Science in Action: Collaborative Project Fair (6 May 2008)
• Russell '08: Proof Theory meets Type Theory (15–16 Mar 2008)
• ICT Forum Wales 2007: Information Communication Technology, Embedding Technology into Life (12–23 Nov 2007)
• BMC 2007 splinter group: Logic and Theoretical Computer Science (16–19 Apr 2007)
• PCC 2007: Proof, Computation, Complexity Workshop (13–14 Apr 2007)
• CiE 2006: Computability in Europe 2006, Logical Approaches to Computational Barriers (30 Jun – 5 Jul 2006)
• BCTCS 2006: 22nd British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science (4–7 Apr 2006)
• ICT Forum Wales 2005: Information Communication Technology (14–24 Nov 2005)
• CALCO: First Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (3–6 Sep 2005)
• Weapons of Maths Construction: Royal Society Exhibition (Summer 2005)