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Byte Queens
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Byte Queens

by lenia Maietta and Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Women have made vital contributions to computer science ever since Ada Lovelace debugged the first...

Sonifying zebrafish biology
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Sonifying zebrafish biology

by the CS4FN team (from the archive) Biologists often analyse data about the cell biology of living animals to understand their development. A large part of this...

Solving Railway Timetabling Problems with Data Visualisation
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Solving Railway Timetabling Problems with Data Visualisation

by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Train timetables are complex. When designing a timetable for railways you have to think about the physical capabilities...

This quantum message will self-destruct in 10 seconds…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

This quantum message will self-destruct in 10 seconds…

A fuse burning

The Teleporting Robot
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

The Teleporting Robot

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London What is an algorithm? It is just a set of instructions that if followed precisely and in the given order, guarantees...

New EAI Self-Certification Guide Defines Categories for Email Products Based on EAI-Readiness
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group

New EAI Self-Certification Guide Defines Categories for Email Products Based on EAI-Readiness

By Mark Svancarek, Chair, UA EAI Working Group The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) has published a new guide to help email service or tool providers,...

Cooking up computer style
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Cooking up computer style

Use the recipe for hummus and tomato pasta to learn about creating a good computer program (and have a delicious meal at the end!).

Ask About Asthma
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Ask About Asthma

Person holding an inhaler Image by NIAID CC-by-2.0

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 2)
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 2)

by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London In Part 1, we spoke to Stephen Parry about his experiences of working in computer science as an autistic person....

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 1)
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 1)

by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London Autism is a condition with many associated challenges, but for some people it presents some benefits. This distinction...

Scilly cable antics
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Scilly cable antics

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London From the archive Autumn 1869. Undersea telecommunications cables let the world communicate and led to the worldContinue...

London: Celebrating Science – free event (with @CS4FN) tomorrow (Thur 29th) at Centre of the Cell
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

London: Celebrating Science – free event (with @CS4FN) tomorrow (Thur 29th) at Centre of the Cell

CS4FN is taking part in the Centre of the Cell's "Celebrating Science" family-friendly event in Whitechapel, London tomorrow afternoon 12-4pm (free).

Global Internet Community Encouraged to Submit Event Proposals for UA Day 2025
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group

Global Internet Community Encouraged to Submit Event Proposals for UA Day 2025

Event proposals are now being accepted for the third annual Universal Acceptance (UA) Day, to be held on or around 28 March 2025 (between 1 March and 30 May 2025)...

Bank holiday fun: website whimsy, and try your hand at making 3D pictures
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Bank holiday fun: website whimsy, and try your hand at making 3D pictures

Happy Summer bank holiday from CS4FN!

Much ado about nothing
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Much ado about nothing

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London The nurse types in a dose of 100.1 mg [milligrams] of a powerful drug and presses start. It duly injects 1001 mg...

Double or nothing: an extra copy of your software, just in case
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Double or nothing: an extra copy of your software, just in case

by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London If you spent billions of dollars on a gadget you’d probably like it to last more than a minute before it blows up...

Navajo Code Talkers
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Navajo Code Talkers

Mary Ann Horton was transitioning to female at the time that she made one of her biggest contributions to our lives with a simple computer science idea with a...

A project making it easier for disabled people to be involved in the design of new ICT tools and devices
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

A project making it easier for disabled people to be involved in the design of new ICT tools and devices

"Inclusive Public Activities for information and Communication Technologies" is an EPSRC-funded project to make sure the voices an opinions of disabled people are...

Finding work experience, or a job in computer science
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Finding work experience, or a job in computer science

Some suggested resources for school pupils looking for work experience or work, or recent graduates seeking jobs in computer science and related fields.

Photogrammetry for fun, preservation and research – digitally stitching together 2D photographs to visualise the 3D world.
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Photogrammetry for fun, preservation and research – digitally stitching together 2D photographs to visualise the 3D world.

Photogrammetry, a way of creating a 3D representation from lots of overlapping 2D phototgraphs, has been around since the 1800s and is now being used by games designers...
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