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* [[Richard Jebb]] from [[PCF Ltd]] | * [[Richard Jebb]] from [[PCF Ltd]] | ||
* [[Steve Poole]] from [[IBM]] | * [[Steve Poole]] from [[IBM]] | ||
* [[Robert Aish]] from [[Autodesk]] | |||
[[Crucible Theme: Design education]] | [[Crucible Theme: Design education]] |
Revision as of 14:38, 1 September 2011
The Cambridge undergraduate programme in computer science includes a strong design theme influenced by Crucible research, including research into computer science project work by Sally Fincher and Marian Petre. Students in their second year undertake an intensive design project working for an external client. Professional clients are often recruited via the Computer Lab Ring and Industrial Supporters Club. Annual prizes are sponsored by IBM and
A selection of these projects with explicit connection to interdisciplinary research concerns includes:
- African SMS Radio
- Energy market forecast
- Party Line Detection
- Critical Care for the World
- Scanning and feedback from chemical structures
- i-Professor
- Phone programming for children
Clients from companies affiliated with the Crucible network include:
- Dave Betts from CEDAR Audio
- Steve Basford from Grant Instruments
- Lee Smith, Matthew Gretton-Dann, Andrew Chapman, Bhaveet Shah, Bernard Ogden, Tejas Belagod from ARM
- Steven Gilham, Simon Frost and Nick Wise from Citrix
- Diarmid Mackenzie. Oliver Nicolson from Data Connection
- John Piper from Kodak European Research
- Jonathan Boardman from Aveva
- Richard Jebb from PCF Ltd
- Steve Poole from IBM
- Robert Aish from Autodesk