School of Computing, University of Kent

We're looking forward to seeing all the alumni coming back to visit us as part of the We Are Kent weekend!

🧭School of Computing Guided Tours
🗓️Fri 19 June, 15:00-17:00, Kennedy Building
Explore the Kennedy building with some guided tours around our facilities (we're not in Cornwallis any more!)

🎥End of Year Digital Showcase
🗓️17:00, Gulbenkian Cinema
See some of the projects our students have been working on in their final year!

💻Computing at Kent: Past, Present & Future
🗓️Sat 20 June, 10:00-12:00, Kennedy Building
Alumni and guests are invited to meet with some of our staff, take a walk down memory lane, hear about what we're up to in the school at the moment and take a glimpse into what is to come down the road!

We look forward to seeing all of you there!

Did you know the library’s open during the summer? Check the UKC website for full opening hours!

Also, most books auto-renew so if you’re looking for something to keep you busy during your time away - textbook maybe or perhaps something more literary - now’s the time to go for a wander and explore the approximately 4 million titles available to borrow 📖

We hope you had a wonderful weekend at Pride Canterbury 🌈 🌈 🌈

There are no more classes this term and for some of you that means it’s time to relax into summer!! Weather’s gonna be warm, bright and sunny this weekend so be sure to enjoy it☀️

For those of you with exams or final projects in the next few weeks, good luck 📚 For exam info check out our repost on tips and best practices.

Graduation’s 👨‍🎓 🧑‍🎓 just round the corner and we’re almost at the end of another great year!

The at UWS

London Campus ended with a lot of joy. We are very pleased to share that the two University of Kent teams won the 2nd and 3rd places! Congratulations to both teams and all the members!

Thanks Manesh Thankappan, PhD, Dr Sin Wee Lee and many other organisers and volunteers who made the event such a great success!
Thank Dr Charles Clarke, John Madelin Nigel A. Jones, Leslie Leigh and Phibian Nosa Brown BSc, MBCS, PCSP, MCIIS for being the judges.

Thanks all the volunteers and the supporting bodies UWS; Cyber Security Programme, UWS London Cyber Club, CSE
Connect, KMCC (Kent & Medway Cyber Cluster), Cyber London, KMCS3 (Kent & Medway Cyber Security Student Society), SOEBIT_Cybersecurity and The Education Group London.

Xerox is famous for photocopiers.

But one of its research labs may have done more to shape modern computing than almost any company in history.

In the 1970s, researchers at Xerox PARC developed technologies that would become fundamental to personal computing: graphical user interfaces, windows, icons, mice, Ethernet networking, laser printing, object-oriented programming, and more.

The Xerox Alto looked remarkably similar to the computers many of us use today, despite being built in 1973.

When Steve Jobs visited PARC in 1979, he immediately recognised the significance of what Xerox had created. Apple would later build on many of these ideas with the Lisa and Macintosh. Microsoft would eventually help bring similar concepts to hundreds of millions of computers around the world.

The story of Xerox PARC is one of the most fascinating examples of a company inventing the future before the market was ready for it.

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t inventing the future. It’s recognising what you’ve invented.

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What a week! The garden of England is really living up to its name with all this lovely weather ☀️

Rainy days are the perfect time to find a new indoor study spot! Plenty of seating and coffee shops across campus from Kennedy to the library. Make the most of each day no matter the weather 🌦️ 📚

Assistant lecturer Alp Arslan teaching vectors to a class of first years as part of our Foundations of Computing module!

Bell Labs may be the most important technology company most people have never heard of.

Originally created as the research division of AT&T, Bell Labs became one of the greatest concentrations of scientific talent in human history. During its peak, researchers there helped invent the transistor, UNIX, the C programming language, information theory, lasers, cellular networking, fibre optics, and countless other technologies that still underpin modern life.

Much of the digital world traces back to one laboratory.

Modern phones, computers, operating systems, servers, networks, and even the internet itself still carry Bell Labs DNA decades later.

It was a rare moment where scientists were given enormous funding, long time horizons, and the freedom to experiment without immediate commercial pressure.

Bell Labs still exists today as part of Nokia, but its golden age fundamentally reshaped human civilisation.

The future was built a long time ago.

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We’re getting closer to summer everyday! Campus is looking great right now, a perfect opportunity for solo studying or meeting up with friends for group work and coffee 😁🤌