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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:44 AM

Imagine Cup Registrations

Hello Everyone, Interest for the Imagine Cup has been strong and we can confirm the various categories are now open for competition. From experience we know that the next couple of months will be key in getting great UK representation in the Imagine

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Friday, November 21, 2008 3:02 PM

Student Technology Day - Future User Experience Technologies

Hello All, Filmed at the Royal Festival on 1st October, please find below the session by Paolo Barone on Microsoft Surface : If for any reason you cannot view this clip, please do let me know. Best wishes, Allison

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Friday, November 21, 2008 2:53 PM

Student Technology Day - Microsoft Research Talk on CS Inside Halo 3 True Ranking System

For those of you who joined us at the Royal Festival Hall on 1st October and, especially for those who were otherwise engaged, please find below the session by Thore Graepel, Joaquin Quiñonero Candela and Ralf Herbrich on Microsoft Research Talk on CS

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Friday, August 15, 2008 9:29 AM

Microsoft Research Asia - 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum

On August 12, Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft ® , joined visionary technologists from Microsoft Research (MSR) Asia, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and the University of Hong Kong, to

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Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:03 AM

News from the Faculty Summit

Lee Dirks, the Director for Education and Scholarly Research , announced five new ‘lifecycle’ tools for academics and researchers. The tools are as follows: Research Information Centre Creative Commons (an add-in to Microsoft Office) Article Authoring

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Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:46 PM

Why Rare recruits games graduates

The academic team has enjoyed working with Rare over the past 18 months and it seems they have enjoyed it too, so much so that Nick Burton has put pen to paper (OK, type to screen) to bring our attention to some great facts. You might be surprised to

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Filed under: Teaching, Academics, Games, Students, Graduates, Recruitment