Electronics and Computer Science Southampton

Proud that Professor Mark Weal from University of Southampton ECS is also featured in BCS's video series "Digital Pioneers: Recoding our Future." Learn how a person-based approach to research is driving social good.

Advancing Healthcare Through Computing | University of Southampton | Digital Pioneers Discover how the University of Southampton's person based approach to research is creating social good.Learn more about the digital series created in collabo...

How exciting! Professor Age Chapman from University of Southampton ECS is featured in BCS's video series "Digital Pioneers: Recoding our Future." Discover how tech and collaboration are advancing healthcare solutions.

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Unlocking Computing in Health Care | Prof Age Chapman | University of Southampton | Digital Pioneers Professor Age Chapman, Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton discusses how interdisciplinary collaboration holds the key to unlocking the ...

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✨ We are very excited to announce that the Physics and Astronomy department will be hosting an online Physics and Astronomy summer school for UK A-level students of Afro-Caribbean heritage on 20th July. ✨

🚩This will be our second annual summer school for students of African-Caribbean heritage with the first such event last year receiving extremely positive feedback from attendees.

🚩The day will feature a presentation by Benyam Dejen, Director of Outreach at the Blackett Lab Family. The Blackett Lab Family is a social enterprise made up of people from a variety of professions and specialisms who share a passion for physics and positive representations of the Black community.

To register for this free online event: https://fal.cn/3q54R

Email [email protected] if you have any further questions or queries about the event.

Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) delegates visited Southampton last week to see the Auditory Implant Service (AIS) and meet with the Vice-Chancellor and other senior staff. The visit highlighted the crucial role played by the Higher Education sector in supporting NHS surgical services and helped develop links between the University and local surgical providers.

The focal point of the visit was a tour of the AIS, a regional centre based within Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. AIS provides assessment and life-long care to those needing cochlear implantation and related types of surgical implant for the treatment of deafness.

The AIS Team works with six hospitals in the South of England to provide this life-transforming technology and care, and supports over 2,000 patients, providing implants to up to 120 new recipients annually.

Congratulations to the Southampton CanSat team who competed in the annual CanSat Competition organized by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) in the USA.

The team were awarded 5th place out of over 50 international teams at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. The team's project was fully funded for the team to fly to the USA and succeed in the final stage of the competition.

The competition was based in the USA with sponsors including NASA, Siemens, and Lockheed Martin. With over 100 international university teams competing, it is a highly competitive and challenging project aimed to give students the experience of a full design-build-launch lifecycle.

Congratulations to MEng Electronic Engineering student, Oana Lazar – a graduating UKESF Scholar for her recognition at this year’s BrightSparks Awards. The BrightSparks programme is run by Electronics Weekly in partnership with RS Grassroots, and aims to highlight the brightest young electronic engineers in the UK.

Among her long list of achievements, Oana was the 2021 UKESF Scholar of the Year, runner-up for the 2020 UKESF Automotive Electronics Competition, student volunteer with ‘Invent Plus.' She will soon be starting a graduate position with her sponsor company as a Software Engineer.

Read more: https://fal.cn/3pOLG

✨Happy International Women in Engineering Day! Hear from our amazing Southampton Women ECS Engineers below! ✨

Student Grace Main was always fascinated by STEM growing up, and it was her namesake American Computer Scientist Grace Hopper who inspired her. Grace is a recipient of the Ada Lovelace Scholarship, which 'gave me the confidence to believe that I am truly meant to be here.'

Jennifer Wataranan is proud to be a woman studying Electronics and Computer Science, no easy feat. So, what's her advice to others? 'Never question or doubt your ability because even though it can be a tough area to study, you are more than capable!'

Teaching Fellow, Dr Sarah Hewitt, told us about her journey. 'For someone with a first degree in English and Art History, being able to say I have a Doctorate and teach computer science in my 50’s always fills me with pride.'

Research Fellow Jennifer Williams tells us what led her to Computer Science. 'I found my niche when I discovered that I could mix language/linguistics with computer science.'

It's International Women's Day in Engineering this week! Hear from the best, brightest and bravest women in engineering part of the solution. 👇Register below for this exciting webinar!

Date: Thursday, June 23rd 2022
Time: 12PM
Register here: https://fal.cn/3pzQG

🚩It's International Women's Day in Engineering this week! Join this event to hear from the best, brightest and bravest women in engineering, and the inventors and innovators who dare to be part of the solution. 👇Register below for this exciting webinar!

Women’s Engineering Society INWED Webinar
Date: Thursday, June 23rd 2022
Time: 12PM (BST)
Register here: https://fal.cn/3pzQA

ECS research at Southampton is improving living conditions and reducing emissions.


Dr Tasmiat Rahman, Assistant Professor in the School of Electronics and Computer Science, is leading a project in the heart of the Bangladeshi slums to introduce the use of solar powered cookers in a bid to improve conditions and reduce emissions.

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Solar Powered Cooking | University of Southampton Southampton research is improving living conditions and reducing emissions