A zero-credit-point unit designed to challenge the more advanced 1st and 2nd year students in the B. Computer Science, B. Software Engineering, B. Science majoring in Computer Science, and other related double degrees: Here is a chance to do something special and creative for the "honour" of it.

Semester-1

Talks for advanced 1st and 2nd year students on varied topics.

Week 10

1pm, Thurs 11 May, Building 75, room G55 (rescheduled): Sarah Boyd, Computational methods to understand cancer (and other diseases).

Week 11

1pm, Thurs 18 May, Building 75, room G55: Jon McCormack, Impossible Nature.

Week 12

1pm, Thurs 25 May, Building 75, room G55: Steve Gardner, Prior Convictions.

Week 13

1pm, Thurs 1 June, Building 75, room G55: Alan Dorin, Computers and Life±.

End of semester-1 lectures, 2 June.

Semester-2

Week 1

Semester starts Monday 17 July

Week 2

1pm, Thurs 27 July, Building 75, room G55: Initial meeting. Supervisors will explain their [projects], and "students can attach onto a project (think remoras)" -- A.N. '04.
[Attendees]

Week 3

1pm, Thurs 3 August, Building 75, room G55: Ann Nicholson, Bayesian Poker

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Week 6 plus : progress meetings, Wed 12.00, 75/G55.

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Week 13

Wed, 12.00, dry-run for final talks.

End of semester-2 lectures, Friday 20 October.

 

October/November, to be decided:

"This is your finest hour, when you deliver your ten-minute presentation showing off your project to a hushed audience full of your fellow advanced students, and staff." -- A.N, '04.

 

Week +1:

Final talks: 11.30-13.00, Thurs 26 Oct, 75/G55 [schedule.html].

 

Reports, on paper for the supervisors, and pdf or html to go on-line here, can be submitted after the talks, but not too late if we are to meet the examiners' meeting deadline in Nov..

 

Final Projects:

B-Tree Steven Cunningham Chat Michael Mifsud Ghost Space Sohrab Hosseini Netball Hoang Anh Nguyen Statistical Analysis of Exams Daniel Heath