Venue: e-Research Centre, Oxford University, Keble Road Date: 13 November 2014 Time: 19:47 Apologies for Absence Belated apologies were received from: Chris Dawe Kwasi Owusu-Asomaning Minutes of Last Year’s AGM The notes of last years meeting had been published on the Branch web site. No comments had been received, and there were no comments at… Read more »
Author Archive: BCS Oxfordshire
Oxford Brookes Student Prizes 2014
From left to right. Dr Tom Shannon, keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony, and our speaker on 12 February 2015, Paul Oliver, Sheila Lloyd Lyons vice chair BCS Oxfordshire Branch, Dr Nigel Crook, Head of the Department of Computing and Communication Technologies The best final Year Project in a computing subject (£150 prize plus certificate)… Read more »
[Event Summary] Artie the Robothespian
More information to follow but there is information about the related courses being awarded initial accreditation by British Computer Society (BCS) at http://cct.brookes.ac.uk/news/items/161014-cct-courses-bcs-accreditation.html. There is a short description of our BCS visit as well.
[Event Summary] Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Josh Cowls, a researcher from the Oxford Internet Institute looked at the pros and cons of social media, and some of the challenges associated with the technology, from a non-technical perspective. If you believe the hype, it has brought down dictators, rescued thousands in natural disasters, and even solved crimes. However although there have been… Read more »
Chair’s Letter 2013-14
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