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Jane Hillston recognised in King’s Birthday Honours | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [19/06/2023] Professor Jane Hillston, Head of School of Informatics, was awarded a MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List for services to computer science and to women in science.

Professor Douglas Cairns (MA, PhD, FHEA, FRSE, FBA, MAE) | The University of Edinburgh

• Email: douglas.cairns@ed.ac.uk
• Tel: +44 (0)131 651 1647

3, Douglas Cairns’, of ‘Emotions and Ancient Sources: Conversations with David Konstan, Angelos Chaniotis, and Douglas Cairns’, in A. ... Metaphors for Hope in Early Greek Literature’, in R R Caston and R A Kaster (eds), Hope, Joy, and Affection

INF1B Object-oriented programming course to get an innovative revamp | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [19/01/2023] Vidminas Vizgirda, Fiona McNeill and Brian Mitchell (course organisers for INF1B, Object-Oriented Programming) set out to give their course a modern revamp. They will improve the materials’ presentation and accessibility and enable

Informatics researcher’s thesis earns an outstanding dissertation prize from TU Dresden | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [04/10/2022] Andres Goens, who is currently a researcher in the Consistency, Availability and Persistency via Synthesis research group within Institute for Computing Systems Architecture has been awarded “Cloud & Heat Dissertationspreis” for

Edinburgh joins ELLIS, European AI collaboration | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [2020] Edinburgh is joining the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) – a pan-European Artificial Intelligence collaboration.

William Waites involved in test, trace and isolate study to save lives and economy | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [2020] Population-wide testing, contact tracing and isolation in the UK could save more than 50,000 lives and around £700bn over the next two years, research suggests.

Wayra UK and University of Edinburgh to launch new AI and Blockchain Accelerator | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [2018] Wayra, Telefonica’s open innovation platform, and the University of Edinburgh are proud to announce an AI and Blockchain Accelerator that will welcome 20 start-ups a year from September.

Beyond Bitcoin - IOHK and University of Edinburgh establish Blockchain Technology Laboratory | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [2017] The establishment of a Blockchain Technology Laboratory within the university’s School of Informatics was announced today.

Informatics research will bring high speed broadband to rural areas | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [21/03/2023] The technology that was developed as part of Dr Mohamed Kassem’s PhD at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics, supervised by Professor Mahesh Marina, will be used to bring high speed broadband to hard-to-reach areas.

Gordon Plotkin elected the International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences | School of Informatics | School of Informatics

25 Nov 2025: [21/04/2023] Gordon Plotkin, a Professor in the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh is among 270 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023. The Academy is both an honorary society that recognizes and