School of Computer Science & Informatics news

Cyber security centre of excellence to open at Cardiff University

24 April 2017

Cardiff University and Airbus launch first centre of its kind in Europe to tackle cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure

First EPSRC Inverse Problems Network Meeting to be held at Cardiff

6 April 2017

The first meeting of the EPSRC sponsored Inverse Problems Network will commence with lunch at on 24 April at Cardiff University.

A camera pointed at the Academy Manager, Matthew Turner

National Software Academy to feature on BBC Wales Today

5 April 2017

On Wednesday 5 April, The National Software Academy will feature as part of a BBC series on the Digital Economy in Wales.

GW4 world-first supercomputer launched at national exhibition

30 March 2017

The supercomputer, known as Isambard, is being developed by GW4 researchers in collaboration with the Met Office and Cray Inc

IBM Research Vice President impresses at this year’s Turing Lecture

22 February 2017

On Tuesday 21st February, Cardiff University hosted the annual BCS Turing Lecture with this year’s speaker, Dr Guruduth Banavar; the Vice President of IBM Research.

Brexit hate crime

9 February 2017

Social Data Science Lab awarded £250,000 grant to set up centre to monitor Brexit-related hate crime on social media

Prestigious BCS Turing Lecture to return to Cardiff University

3 February 2017

The BCS Turing Lecture will return to Cardiff University with guest speaker, Dr Guruduth S. Banavar, the VP and Chief Science Officer of IBM Research, the largest industrial research organisation in the world.

Postgraduate Computer Science Students Impress at Annual Poster Day Exhibition

23 January 2017

Earlier this month saw the annual Research Student Poster Day exhibition take place at the School of Computer Science and Informatics

University joins industry partners to develop ‘first of its kind’ supercomputer

17 January 2017

High performance computing service is a major breakthrough for UK scientists

New UK research partnership to unlock medical evidence

14 December 2016

School part of new network to transform health record free-text into practical data

Meeting of 'big data' alliance

5 December 2016

Government, business and academia gather in Cardiff for launch of international research alliance.

Social Data Science Lab awarded funding

16 November 2016

Half a million-pound grant will enable Cardiff computer and social scientists to study big data together.

Cyber Ready Girls' Day

4 November 2016

Cardiff University hosts one-day event to inspire the next generation of girls to take up a career in coding and cyber security

School welcomes new lecturers

4 November 2016

The School of Computer Science and Informatics has welcomed three new lecturers to teach undergraduates.

National Software Academy ‘flourishing’

3 November 2016

Students and companies work side-by-side as unique software engineering programme takes off

A meeting of minds

26 October 2016

University welcomes computer scientists and mathematicians from KU Leuven

Tackling hate online

12 October 2016

Cardiff University experts join forces with Welsh Government to tackle cyberhate

Students return from placements for final year

3 October 2016

A group of Computer Science undergraduates have returned to the School after spending a year in industry.

Tackling hate crime in Los Angeles

22 September 2016

University team awarded over $800,000 by the US Department of Justice to develop real-time predictions of hate crime using Twitter

History of the human brain

12 August 2016

Experts suggest that complex decisions of whether to help someone or not could have led to the disproportionately large human brain.