News Archive 2012
December 2012
- Tim Jackson awarded ESRC Professorial Fellowship »
- EUROPE BEYOND GROWTH? Tim Jackson speaks at London panel debate »
- Tim Jackson: "Green Growth" in the Global Crisis - Fairytale or Strategy? »
- Surrey selected by NVIDIA as a new CUDA Teaching Center »
- Civil Graduate, Tom Wallace Receives Highly Commended Award »
- The future of online shopping »
- Alan Woodward commented for Forbes on UN's role in Internet governance »
- Alan Woodward writes for BBC on 'seven deadly sins' enabling social engineering »
- Civil Undergraduate crowed a winner by ICE »
- Civil Graduate, Elizabeth Orchard Receives National Award »
- Graduate Samantha Simons wins the prestigious IET Dennis Hill award »
- New publication: Prof. Ian Roulstone »
- Alan Woodward commented for BBC on IBM's new light-based data transmission chip »
- Congratulations to Gary Chaffey for successfully passing his PhD confirmation examination. »
November 2012
- Winners of the Vice Chancellor's Health and Safety Award »
- Dr Saeid Sanei and Prof Yaochu Jin awarded new EPSRC project on EEG »
- Golden Dome Distinguished Lecture Series »
- PhySoc goes to CERN! »
- Congratulations to Saideh Ferdowsi on a very successful PhD completion! »
- Undergraduate Prize-giving Evening »
- Congratulations to Jessica Rowden for successfully passing her PhD confirmation examination »
- PROFESSOR TO DELIVER A KEYNOTE LECTURE ON THE DESIGN OF FOUNDATIONS FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES »
- Prof Yaochu Jin appointed as Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE CIS DLP »
- Alan Woodward writes for BBC on small businesses' role in cyber security »
- Graduate Alex Humphries wins an educational award from the British Medical Laser Association »
- Two PhD students joining the Theory & Computation group »
October 2012
- Alan Woodward commented for BBC on Pastebin »
- Congratulations to Bin Li on a very successful PhD completion! »
- Sir Alan Rudge to Give Motivational Talk at 10th Annual Computing PhD Conference »
- HOUSEHOLDS CAN SLASH THEIR ENERGY BILLS BY SIMPLE CHANGES IN THE HOME, SAYS A NEW STUDY »
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award for Ben Murdin »
- Civil engineering graduate praises “revolutionary” course »
- Alan Bacon Wins Physics Prizes »
- Matthew Hinton Physics Prizewinner »
- Ross Maspero wins Physics Preston Prize »
- Surrey academic awarded prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award »
- Summer Project: Modelling Menstrual Hormones and Behaviour »
- Welcome New Visiting Researcher from China »
- Asteroid Murdin »
- Prof Jim Al-Khalili 2-part series on BBC4 »
- CCSR welcomes 5G Innovation Centre funding success »
- Alan Woodward commented for BBC on Facebook 'like fraud' »
- Congratulations to Neil Newbold on a very successful PhD completion! »
- Alan Woodward commented for BBC on recent European cybersecurity exercise »
- Surrey to host AVOCS 2013 »
- Welcome Prof Steve Legg, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor »
- Alan Woodward talked at RSA Europe 2012 and commented on RSA's new security service »
- DECC awarded for supporting computing placement students »
- Alan Woodward Interviewed by U.S. News on Identity Theft in College »
September 2012
- Surrey to host Vote-ID 2013 »
- FEPS Scores 93% Overall Satisfaction in Latest NSS Survey »
- Summer Project: Evolutionary game theory models of cancer »
- Research Fellow post in Structural Engineering »
- Summer Project: The Yangian on a distinguished Dynkin diagram for the AdS/CFT correspondence »
- Professor John Illingworth elected as Distinguished Fellow »
- Summer Project: Maths and Iron Absorption in the Body »
- Dr Ahmet Yazaydin involved in collaborative research for worlds highest surface area record »
- Alan Woodward commented for BBC on new findings on the malware Flame »
- Prof Yaochu Jin awarded studentship by Honda Research Institute Europe »
- Space industry pioneer wins prestigious international award »
- Two PhD Students Received Full Financial Support to Attend Short Course in Brazil »
- Surrey Computing spinout's work Tiger Nation featured by BBC »
- Civil Engineering Students and Graduates in Hong Kong »
August 2012
- Computing Student Awarded Student of the Year Award for Professional Training »
- Welcome new visiting PhD student from Hong Kong, China »
- Welcome new academics: Dr Norman Poh and Dr Clive Cheong Took »
- Alan Woodward writes for BBC about the art of hiding messages in plain signals »
- Surrey Space Centre Antenna Paper in Prestigous Top-100 IEEE Xplore List »
- Congratulations to All Our Graduating Students! (Plus some photos of the ceremony.) »
- Maths and London 2012: Professional Placement at LOCOG »
- Surrey Computing in Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012: Top 10 in UK, Top 150 in the World »
- Michalis Hadjikakou wins ICOT Young Scientist Award »
- Autonomy Group awarded EPSRC Grant »
- Oldest New Graduate Brian Richards »
July 2012
- Two AWE-placements for Euromaster students starting September 2012 (Two AWE-placements for Euromaster students starting September 2012 »
- The Centre for Environmental Strategy celebrates 20 years »
- PhySoc 2012 »
- Laser redesign takes the heat off the internet »
- Teaching Medical Statistics in Ghana »
- Using Bismides to reduce the energy demand of the internet »
- Lara Barazzuol receives the Mercia Award for her research at the Surrey Ion Beam Centre »
- Welcome new visiting UG student from China »
- Graduate Samantha Simons wins best paper award at MEDSIP 2012 »
- Congratulations to Jon Pennant for successfully passing his PhD confirmation examination »
- CVSSP Research featured at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition »
- Surrey's Researcher of the Year Award »
- Coatings Innovation Prize to Surrey’s Soft Matter Group »
- Jim Al-Khalili discusses the Higgs Boson on the BBC »
June 2012
- Mark Manulis awarded DFG Project on Privacy and Cryptography »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for The Telegraph on phishing attack targetting NatWest customers »
- Surrey physicists study fast decay of doubly magic tin nuclei »
- Congratulations to Weina Jiang on her successful PhD completion! »
- Steve Schneider and Alan Woodward write for Scientific American on verifiable e-voting »
- IET announces launch of Diamond Jubilee Scholarships to help address key skills shortage »
- Welcome new visiting UG students from China »
- Higher efficiency and longer lifetime for organic light-emitting diodes »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for BBC and the Independent on the Flame malware »
- Braithwaite scholarship available for Medical Physics MSc »
- Best paper award at VISAPP2012 »
- Dr Jhuma Sadhukhan receives IChemE Junior Moulton Medal »
May 2012
- MCR Award for best paper of the year 2012 awarded to Civil Engineering academic »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for BBC on the Flame malware »
- Undergraduates win funding to do research over the summer »
- University of Surrey's impressive rise in the latest Guardian league table »
- Congratulations to Ioana Sporea on her successful PhD completion! »
- Photonics Team win the Al-Khalili Challenge »
- Three EPSRC Doctoral Prizes awarded to Advanced Technology Institute PhD graduates »
- Carbon nano octopi invade Surrey University »
- Prof Alan Woodward writes for Scientific American on cloud storage »
- Physics Students go Stargazing »
- Al-Khalili Challenge Plate »
- Prof Alan Woodward interviewed by the RGS-IBG for its 21st Century Challenges »
- Matt Reed Wins PGR Award »
- UG work on digital ecosystems accepted to DEST 2012 »
- Top cryptology conference co-chaired by Dr Mark Manulis »
- Department to participate in Brazilian Government's Science without Borders programme »
April 2012
- Tiger Nation featured in the Daily Telegraph »
- Prof Alan Woodward writes for Scientific American on quantum cryptography »
- Department of Computing Postgraduate Research Student of 2012 Award »
- Department to host high skill code camp »
- Civil Engineering student awarded an Engineering Leadership Advanced Award »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for BBC on quantum computers »
- FEPS Postgraduate Research Student of the Year - 2012 »
- CES postgraduate researcher's work featured in the Sunday Telegraph »
March 2012
- Prof Alan Woodward writes for Scientific American on cyber threat »
- 9th Computing PhD Conference held successfully »
- Recruitment of New Chairs within the Department »
- Recruiting a new Chair in Photonics »
- Recruiting a new Chair in Solar Energy »
- HRH The Duke of Kent included a visit to two research areas with the Division of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering »
- HRH The Duke of Kent included a visit to two research areas with the Division of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering »
- CVSSP receives Honorable mention for Best Paper Award ACM SIGGRAPH I3D 2012 »
- Seeing Double? Prof Adrian Hilton – Invited Speaker at the Royal Society »
- PhD Studentships fully funded - Starting in October 2012 »
- Prof Marios Chryssanthopoulos has been appointed to a Fellowship of the Transport Research Foundation »
- New appointments in Astrophysics »
- Institution of Civil Engineers - Inspire scholarship enrolls its new scholars for 2011/12 »
- Alan Woodward elected as Fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP) »
- IBC Welcomes New Staff »
- PGR Conference poster success »
- Computing Department Industrial Partner Consult Hyperion Won Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2012 »
- Racing Cars at the University of Surrey »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for the mass media on influence of recent solar storms on computer systems »
- How the solar flare will affect the UK »
- PhD studentships for 2012 starts in the Department »
- Prof Alan Woodward talks on recent arrest of LuzlSec hackers with BBC »
- MMA students finalists in the IMechE 24th Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for BBC on arrested LulzSec hackers »
- Hidden geniuses: scientists who don't get enough credit »
- Congratulations to Peter Anthony for successfully passing his PhD Confirmation examination »
- Congratulations to Linyu Peng for successfully passing his PhD Confirmation examination »
February 2012
- Shujun Li awarded Royal Society International Exchange grant »
- Computing PhD Student Won Bright Ideas Competition 2012 »
- Stephen Sweeney on Radio ORF Austria »
- Former Computing PhD Student Nominated for Thales PhD Prize 2012 »
- Taking on the CVSSP Challenge »
- Prof Alan Woodward talks on "the broken internet" with BBC Radio Surrey Breakfast Time »
- Total Ion Beam Analysis - IBC Leads the Way »
- Surrey helps launch the Renew Channel in the City of London »
- Prof Alan Woodward talks about "the broken internet" with BBC »
- Prof Alan Woodward talks about how law enforcers catch hackers with BBC »
- Prof Alan Woodward talks about "how hackers could decapitate the internet" by attacking DNS servers »
- Second Computing Winter Olympics Ended with Joy and Passion »
- Prof Anthony TS Ho appointed Editor-in-Chief of leading security journal »
- Computing PhD student shared experience with British Council's CLUB UK magazine »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for BBC on Wolfram Alpha's new analysis service »
- Applications to do undergraduate Physics up 39% »
- Welcome new academic: Dr Mark Manulis »
- Prof Jianmin Jiang awarded EU project on cybersecurity »
January 2012
- The Braithwaite Family Foundation PhD studentship in Civil Engineering »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented on next generation RAM memory for BBC »
- Strategic Collaboration with China on Super-Computing: New Grant announced for Prof Jianmin Jiang »
- Research Fellow in String Theory »
- Four New Appointments in Mathematics »
- Prof Alan Woodward commented for BBC on McAfee's recent 'spam hijack' flaw »
- Irrigation with seawater »
- Prof Steve Schneider commented on e-voting for New Scientist Magazine »
- SEPnet PhD Studentships »
- CEO of the Kier Group judges student bridge design competition »
- CEO of the Kier Group judges annual student bridge design competition »
- Bogdan Vrusias awarded EPSRC Pathways to Impact grant »
- New interdisciplinary grant for Prof Anthony Ho and Dr Shujun Li on Digital Forensics »
- Zoe Bushell Awarded Two Prizes in HE1 Physics UG Programmes »
- Peter Humby Awarded Level HE2 Physics Prize »
- Matthew Large Wins UG Prize »
- Jim Al-Khalili presents Horizon Special »
