March 2003
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House of Lords welcomes Informatics

Representatives from key industries in software telecommunications and business recently joined the School of Informatics for a research briefing and reception at the House of Lords.

The event was organised following an invite by Chancellor Baroness Lockwood, who was unfortunately unable to attend due to ill health. The University's Honorary Graduate Baroness Ramsay hosted the reception, which was attended by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chris Taylor, staff, former students, and 22 organisations.

Guests included the Department for Trade and Industry, EPSRC, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Vodaphone and Shell. Orange, who are sponsors of the new Master's degree in Mobile Computing to be launched in September, were also invited.

Dean of School Professor Rae Earnshaw gave an overview of the work of the School and its teaching, research, and industry programmes. Keynote research presentations were given by Professor Apostol Vourdas on quantum computing, Professor Jianmin Jiang on image retrieval from compressed data, and Professor Peter Cowling on real-world scheduling and optimisation problems.

Rae said: "The presentations were well received and follow-up meetings have been arranged with a number of organisations, with a view to closer collaborations and the further development of research opportunities. There was keen interest in the work done in the School."

18 March 2003

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