CS@Manchester Podcast

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The CS@Manchester Podcast features episodes with interviews with academics and their research, students and their studies and life at the University, Computer Science events across the community, such as the Pint of Science festival, and wider issues, such as the challenge of attracting women to STEM subjects. The podcast is aimed to be released monthly and you can subscribe to us via itunes or search “CS@manchester” in your preferred podcast app

  1. EP.37: Imago, A Student Software Company

    10/15/2020

    EP.37: Imago, A Student Software Company

    Episode 37 of the CS@Manchester podcast features an interview with students from Imago, a student software company sponsored by the Institute of Coding, which is part of their student enterprise project. This is designed to provide the opportunity for students to engage with industry practise whilst studying at a Higher Education Institution. We speak to some of our undergraduate students from the Department of Computer Science who have been part of the Student Software Company over the summer. These are Karam Agha, Phoebe Evason and Albert Viliick. We find out about the different projects they worked on, the clients they delivered to and the positive experiences they found being part of the company. Dr Gareth Henshall, the department's First Year Tutor and one of our academic leads for the programme also joins us for the discussion, to talk about the aims of the initiative in general and the benefits to both students, clients and potential employers. You can find out more about the Imago Student Software company at: https://imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ The student enterprise: https://www.studententerprise.org.uk/ The Institute of Coding: https://instituteofcoding.org/

    47 min
  2. EP.36: Amelia Huang - from Singapore to Skyscanner, via @CSMCR

    03/03/2020

    EP.36: Amelia Huang - from Singapore to Skyscanner, via @CSMCR

    Our latest episode of the Cs@Manchester podcast features BSc Computer Science graduate, Amelia Huang. Amelia graduated last year and we caught up with her just before graduation. She's now working full time as a software developer at Skyscanner. We talk about why she chose to come to Manchester from Singapore, her experiences on the Computer Science course, why she dislikes scruffy code, the behaviour of Bees and why romanesco cauliflowers are used to explain computer science techniques. Find out more about our UG programmes at www.cs.manchester.ac.uk Follow us on twitter @csmcr Instagram: UoMCompsci

    40 min
  3. EP.35: Research Symposium pt2 - Alaa Alahmadi, Prof Carole Goble Medal Winner for Best Doctoral Paper

    12/23/2019

    EP.35: Research Symposium pt2 - Alaa Alahmadi, Prof Carole Goble Medal Winner for Best Doctoral Paper

    The second part of our PG Research Symposium features an interview with winner of the Professor Carole Goble award for Best Doctoral Paper Alaa Alamahdi. Alaa's paper is titled: Evaluating the Impact of Pseudo-Colour and Coordinate System on the Detection of Medication-Induced ECG Changes. We talk to both Alaa and her supervisor, Dr Caroline Jay about the challenges of the research behind the paper, and also joining us for the discussion is Dr Bijan Parsia, one of the academics on the judging panel for the award. If you are interested in some of our PGR opportunities here at the Department of Computer Science please email us at pgr-compsci@manchester.ac.uk Or look on our website: www.cs.manchester.ac.uk Follow us on twitter for the latest news from the department @csmcr

    44 min

  4. 10/31/2019

    EP.34: Research Symposium pt1 - Dr Henry Reeve, Prof Steve Furber Medal Winner for Best Thesis.

    Episode 34 of the CS@Manchester podcast features and interview with Dr Henry Reeve, who recently won the 'Prof Steve Furber Medal for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis' in Computer Science at the PG Research Symposium in the Department of Computer Science. Together with a member of the judging panel, Dr Bijan Parsia, we talk to Henry about his thesis titled LEARNING IN HIGH DIMENSIONS WITH ASYMMETRIC COSTS and what he is now working on at The University in Birmingham as a Post Doc. Read Henry's thesis: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/85713292/FULL_TEXT.PDF Find out more about Henry: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~reevehwj/ Follow us @csmcr

    16 min

  5. 08/06/2019

    EP.33: UG Graduation 2019 - Where next for our Computer Science Graduates?

    Today's episode of the CS@Manchester podcast features interviews with a range of students who graduated last month at our ceremony on 15 July 2019. We ask them what their highlights have been, what they'll take away from their experiences and where their joinery will take them to next, now they're leaving the University of Manchester! We speak to (in order) Will Davidson (Computer Science with Ind Exp) Richa Shah (Computer Science with Ind Exp) Ben Lister (Computer Science & Maths with Ind Exp) Aidan Abbott (Human Computer Interaction with Ind Exp) Prof Simon Harper (HCI Programme Director) Hendrik Mölder (Computer Science) Danielle Holliday (Computer Science & Maths with Ind Exp) Stay connected by following us on twitter @csmcr or instagram on UoMCompsci

    30 min

  6. 07/12/2019

    EP.32: Cyber Security with Prof Daniel Dresner

    Episode 32 of the CS@Manchester features an interview with Prof Daniel Dresner, who is the Academic Cyber Secutiry Lead at The University of Manchester. Daniel is THE expert for all things Cyber Security, often featured on the BBC to explain risk and opportunities of information systems to the wider community. He was also voted the UK's second top influencer in cyber security in the 2017. Find out more about Daniel and his research and other projects and ventures here: https://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/about/people/?ea=daniel.dresner https://twitter.com/danielgdresner?lang=en Find out more about Computer Science @ Manchester: @csmcr

    47 min
  7. EP.31: Anna McCartain: Balancing Computer Science & Music - A life in 1st Year...

    05/17/2019

    EP.31: Anna McCartain: Balancing Computer Science & Music - A life in 1st Year...

    Ever wondered what it's really like settling into a new city and undertaking the first year of an undergraduate degree in Computer Science? Join us for a really insightful reflection as we talk to Anna McCartain who, after moving to Manchester from Brighton in September, is just coming to the end of her first year here. We talk about why she chose CS, how she found moving and settling in her new surroundings and what she's enjoyed and found challenging about the different elements of the course. We also discuss her interests outside the subject area, including her musical projects and how she grown to love the city of Manchester. Featured in this episode are tracks from Anna's musical artist name 'Paper Swan'. You can find and listen to her EP here on her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIX6UOugcF0D3NUlo7UQWpA Follow us on twitter for all the latest news from the School @csmcr

    35 min
  8. EP.30: Cognitive Robotics with Prof Angelo Cangelosi

    05/01/2019

    EP.30: Cognitive Robotics with Prof Angelo Cangelosi

    Episode 30 of the CS@Manchester podcast features an interview with Prof Angelo Cangelosi. Angelo Cangelosi is Professor of Machine Learning and Robotics at the University of Manchester (UK). He also is Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. Previously Angelo was Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognition, and founding director, at the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems at Plymouth University (UK). Cangelosi studied psychology and cognitive science at the Universities of Rome La Sapienza and at the University of Genoa, and was visiting scholar at the University of California San Diego and the University of Southampton. Cangelosi's main research expertise is on language grounding and embodiment in humanoid robots, developmental robotics, human-robot interaction, and on the application of neuromorphic systems for robot learning. We catch up with Angelo and ask him about moving to Manchester, his research areas and also the future of AI and Robotic learning. Here's a recent talk from Angelo on Developmental Robotics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXdPLnfB1Xs

    43 min
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The CS@Manchester Podcast features episodes with interviews with academics and their research, students and their studies and life at the University, Computer Science events across the community, such as the Pint of Science festival, and wider issues, such as the challenge of attracting women to STEM subjects. The podcast is aimed to be released monthly and you can subscribe to us via itunes or search “CS@manchester” in your preferred podcast app

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  • Creator
    Department of Computer Science
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2020
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Clean
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