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Verification of Shared-Memory Concurrent Software

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According to a recent ranking, Oxford is the top place in Europe for Computer Science (ETH second, Cambridge third). Click here to see the Academic Ranking of World Universities in Computer Science 2009 online.

Awards

Congratulations to Marta Kwiatkowska and Georg Gottlob on the award of European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigators Grants totalling approximately 4.4M euro over 5 years. Only 9 such grants in computer science have been awarded for the whole of Europe. Advanced grants are advertised as being "For exceptional research leaders only" so this is a wonderful endorsement of Marta's and Georg's distinction. Click here to view the ERC website.

Studentships

Two 3-Year EPSRC Funded DPhil Studentships

Miscellaneous

The OWL 2 Language, which Ian Horrocks helped to develop, became a W3C Recommendation on Tuesday 27th October 2009. Click here to read the press release online. The Oxford main website also features a press release: 'Wiser OWL learns to unravel doctor talk'.

Vacancies

Translation of Biophysical Modelling into the Heart of the Clinic

Studentships

The Computing Laboratory invites applications for full and partial scholarships for D.Phil (Doctor of Philosophy) to commence in October 2010

Miscellaneous

The Oxford main website features a new section on 'Research at Oxford', and the Comlab is represented on the MPLS index page, with a short video clip from Computational Biology, as well as in the MPLS People section with a profile of Professor Kwiatkowska and her research from Verification.

Publications

Stephen Pulman was recently interviewed by the MPLS Press Officer Pete Wilton. The article 'Computers look for meaning' has now been published on the University's Science Blog.

Miscellaneous

During the summer, Tom Gibson-Robinson carried out a project to implement a number of enhancements to Casper. The project was funded under the EPSRC Vacation Bursary scheme, and supervised by Gavin Lowe.

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Peter Jeavons was on the international judging panel for the Boyle Medal, awarded by the Royal Dublin Society last week. Click here to read the article online.

Projects

Michael Benedikt has been awarded an EPSRC grant entitled "Query-driven Data Acquisition from Web-based Data Sources". This project funds one RA and one DPhil student for 3.5 years, in addition to salary costs, travel, equipment, etc.

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An article about Karo Moilanen's DPhil work appeared in the most recent issue of The Economist. Click here to read the article online.

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Our new Undergraduate Brochure is now out. Click here to download a copy.

Events

The Comlab Student Conference is a chance for DPhil students to present their research in a friendly environment and gain valuable feedback. There will be a day of short presentations and poster sessions.