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Electronics and Computer ScienceWelcome to Computer Science and Software Engineering
by
Srinandan (“Sri”) Dasmahapatra
Why we have invited you here today
• Because we’d like you to come and study here! You have an excellent:
previous record
personal statement
reference
set of predicted grades
• we want to give you an opportunity to find out about Computer Science at the University of Southampton
How we differ to other CS/SE degrees We teach our students to think and do
Our students are highly skilled and understand the context and theory behind those skills
Our specialist options in year 3&4 are driven by world class research
The Degree Courses BSc/MEng in Computer Science
BEng/MEng in Software Engineering
Include specialist options in:
Image and Multimedia Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Distributed Systems and Networks
Mobile and Secure Systems
The Structure First Year
Programming, Computer Systems, Engineering Maths, Data Management, Algorithmics , Foundations of CS, Software modelling and design.
Second Year
Computational Systems, HCI, Software analysis and design, Operating Systems, Theory of Computing, Databases, Distributed Computing, Coms and Nets, Compiler Eng. Software Eng. AI.
Software Engineering Group Project
The Structure Third Year
Specialist skills (E.g. Machine Learning, Comp Vision, Comp Graphics, Comp Biology, Hypertext + Web, Security, Critical Systems)
Individual Project
Fourth Year (MEng students)
Research skills (Complexity, Numerical Methods, Agents, Cryptography, Social Networking, Biological Inspired Robotics, Comp Finance)
Group Design Project
Independent Research Project
Research Led Teaching We are a Research University
Rated as 5* in the last research assessment
One of the best Universities for CS research in the UK
Many famous Research Areas, e.g.
Dependable Systems
Machine Learning
Agent Technologies
Complex Systems
Web and Internet Science
Research led teaching We Research and Teach
Leaders in research
Our Teaching reflects our Research
We teach the state of the art
Cutting edge trends and technologies
You can get involved
3rd year projects
4th year research projects
Summer internships (Paid!)
Summer internships?
Many people take on a paid job in the summer after year 2 or 3
with one of our partners/contacts
Or work with ECS on a project!
"Snowflake code-off"
Students have worked in Iceland on climate change projects
Support for ECS Students
Dedicated Lab Space
Support for your own PC
Networked rooms in Halls of Residence
Free student licenses for key software
Including Windows, Office and .NET
Personal Tutor and Project Supervisor
Extra tutorial support if you get ill and miss material
Admissions Process
We select the best candidates from UCAS forms
Aim to admit around 100 students
Approximately 1000 applications (20% of which are international)
Make around 300 offers
Trust that slightly better than one in 3 will go CF with us
A typical offer for Meng is A*AA (including Maths A)
Beng is AAA including A in Maths
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Student Robotics Electronics AND Computer Science get together:
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Computer Systems lab Using BeagleBone computers
Three hands-on labs
An ECS Success Story
Richard Jones developed Audioscrobbler as his third year project
Recommended new music based on your listening
Thankfully we gave him a good mark for it!
Richard moved to London and launched Audioscrobbler as a Web startup. In 2005 Audioscrobbler.com merged with an internet radio station creating Last.fm
In 2007 CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for $280 million
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Some companies CS students went to last yearGoldman Sachs, Bloomberg, FactSet, Micro Focus, Critical Software Technologies, M&G Investments, J P Morgan, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, PA Consulting, Accenture, Snowflake Software, Yahoo! IBM, ARM, Imagination Technologies, Altera, Amazon, Deloitte, BAE Systems, Detica, Ericsson, Cisco Systems, HSBC, Netcraft, OpenBet, Open Market, PwC, Sony Professional, Chemring, Technology Solutions (Roke), Ocado, Fidessa, Barclays, Capital, Alliants
We will help you choose We understand that choosing
a University can be a difficult and daunting task!
we are in the top 5 CS in UK so our students are top too!
Remember you are choosing a place to both live and study
Don’t be afraid to ask questions
Don’t take our word for it
Check out the student videos on our website
Reflect the reality of studying here
Talk to the student helpers and guides today
Questions?
• feel free to contact us at any time
1:30 Applicants tour labs on the way to Interviews at 2pm
Parents stay here for outreach/pastoral talk
3.00 to 3.15 all meet downstairs for coach and visit to halls at 15.15.
Undergrad computer systems 40 Linux, 100 Windows 8.1 PCs
new machines are 4-core 12-16 GB RAM!
virtual machines available on request
on the 24 core, 128GB RAM server
8GB filestore, Web area etc
fast optical Internet (faster to download CD than write it to CD)
Time for a Brief Tour
• Have a look around the Zepler Building (this one)
– UG Electronics Labs
– UG Computer Labs
• Feel free to ask questions at any time