On Wednesday 21st March 2012, the Department will hold its 9th Annual PhD Conference. The conference celebrates the work of all of our PhD students through presentations and posters, recognising their valuable contribution to computer science research. The purpose of the conference is to give students an opportunity to experience a conference environment as well as providing a showcase of the current research being performed in the department.

Professor Sir Christopher Snowden, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Surrey, will give an opening address at the conference, and two keynote speakers will present motivational talks (one in the morning and the other in the afternoon): Dr Alastair MacWillson, the Global Managing Director of Accenture Technology Consulting's global security practice, and Professor Dave Robertson, Head of Informatics, University of Edinburgh.

More detail about the conference can be found at here. The tentative programme of the conference is available at http://www.compconf.org.uk/agenda_phd_conference.pdf.