Birkbeck, University of London are seeking talented, passionate candidates to undertake PhD research in Computer Science and provide assistance to Academic Staff in a part-time Graduate Teaching Assistant role.

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The Department was awarded a number of scholarships by the Office for Students for postgraduate conversion courses in AI and data science. These aim to increase diversity in the AI and data science sector and support students from underrepresented groups to access, participate and succeed in higher education.

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The fully-funded PhD studentship, which recognises the contribution of pioneering computer scientist Dr Kathleen Booth, is made possible with support from Google.

Read more about Birkbeck offers Kathleen Booth Anniversary PhD Scholarship to support representation in Computing

Programme induction sessions will take place from Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 September, 2022. All new students joining the department should attend. Sessions are programme specific, please make sure you attend the correct one.

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Our department (A. Provetti) is partner to the AHRC-funded research project "The Design Generator".

Read more about AHRC-funded research project "The Design Generator"

This free workshop, run by the Sports Python educational project via a grant from the EuroPython Society, will introduce participants to practical applications of coding within the Sports industry. The specific focus will be on applying Python, a powerful open-source programming language, and best-in-class open-source Python software for Data Analytics/Science to real Football use-cases, from both on and off the pitch.

Read more about Workshop: Introduction to Coding for the Sports Industry

Happy 99th birthday to Raymond “Dickie” Bird. Dickie copied Andrew Booth’s circuit diagrams and built the HEC1 for BTM. He later wrote up his design of the HEC range as his PhD under Booth’s supervision, graduating in 1957.

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Having completed his PhD in the Department whilst acting as the CIO for Mitsubishi Finance's London operation, Dr. Hideyuki Matsumoto has pursued an illustrious career firstly with the London (UMEA) division of Nomura Research Institute and latterly in Tokyo with Deloite Tomahtsu to the age of normal retirement in Japan.

He currently directs the Japan Association for Information Systems, an affiliate of the global Association for Information Systems. From this year he has accepted positions as Consulting Fellow of the Japanese Government's Research Institute of Economy, Industry and Trade; Visiting Professor, the Graduate School of Economics, Soka University; and Visiting Professor at Japan's Professional Graduate School of Project Design.