Electronics and Computer Science

Electronics and Computer ScienceWelcome to Computer Science and Software Engineeringby 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 recordpersonal statementreferenceset 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

• [email protected]

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