News 2010
Students Reach Semi-Finals of IBM Challenge (Mar 10)
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A team of CMS students has reached the Semi-Finals of the IBM Universities Business Challenge 2009/10.
The team consisted of Fiona Conn, Luca Guarnieri, Christakis Demetriou, Aaron Elliott & Rudolf Klokner, all second year students on Digital Media and Web Technologies programmes.
On February 25th, they joined 7 other teams from across the region to compete in a series of team activities including a task to come up with innovative ideas concerning sustainability within 30 minutes.
Although they did not win, their performance in all presentation challenges was excellent and they were commended a number of times.
The IBM Universities Business Challenge
CMS PhD student appointed to IMIS council (Feb 10)
A CMS PhD student, Schmidt Chintu, has just been elected to the council for the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS).
Schmidt, whose PhD is entitled "Optimising of end to end journey time using network algorithms and solutions" and who is based in Zambia, is the first overseas representative to take on such a role and has also been appointed to the IMIS educational standing committee.
IMIS is an independent professional association for both users and developers of today's information technologies with a focus on the practical issues involved in the application and management of information and communication technologies..
IMIS website
TV documentary features CMS Cutty Sark research work (Feb 10)
A one hour History Channel documentary about the Cutty Sark features some of the research work, by a team from CMS, that has helped to preserve her.
Professor Chris Bailey and his team have used computational technology to build a digital model of the ship in order to answer all of the 'how to' questions - how to lift the ship, how to support it - and thus ensure that restoration work did not damage the structure.
Cutty Sark - the TV show -
Research project website
CMS alumnus leads award-winning airport terminal design team (Feb 10)
Dr Stellios Plainiotis, who studied for his PhD in CMS, has been leading a team of consultants engaged in designing the new Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
Dr Plainiotis, whose thesis was entitled "Study of airborne pollution in the Trans-Manche atmosphere", and his team from IEN Consultants specialise in enviromentally-friendly design and the new terminal is expected to reduce energy bills by 75%, use of mains water by 60% and solid waste to the landfill by 50%.
It will be the World's first airport terminal to receive the LEED Platinum 3.0 award from the U.S. Green Building Council and the first building to receive Platinum cerification with the Green Building Index (GBI).
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IEN Consultants
Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today - undergraduate conference (Jan 10)
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The Department of Mathematical Sciences, in conjunction with The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), is hosting the inaugural Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, entitled Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today, which will be held on Saturday 6th February 2010 on the Greenwich campus.
The keynote speaker will be Professor Ian Stewart, FRS, best known for his popular science writing on mathematical themes, who will talk on "Mathematical Curiosities and Treasures from Professor Stewart's Cabinet".
There will also be 30 student talks with presenters from as far afield as Abderdeen, St Andrews and Exeter.
Tomorrow's Mathematicians Today
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