DNS resolvers now validating

Posted on 26 May 2012 by pb22

The CL DNS resolvers have DNSSEC validation enabled. Please report any DNS problems to sys-admin.

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Cambridge tops Guardian University Guide 2013 league table

Posted on 24 May 2012 by jms213

Cambridge has topped the Guardian University Guide league table for computer science.

Universities are ranked according to spending per student; their staff/student ratio; graduate career prospects; what grades applicants need; a value-added score that compares students’ entry qualifications with their final degree results; and how happy final-year students are with their courses, based on the annual National Student Survey.

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Computer Lab students scoop Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships

Posted on 21 May 2012 by jms213

The Computer Laboratory is proud to announce that Tadas Baltrusaitis, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez and Al- Mustafa Zaidi have been awarded Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships 2012.

Qualcomm invited applications for Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships from outstanding PhD students in the Computer Laboratory, Information Engineering and the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge.

The fellowships focus on recognizing, rewarding and mentoring innovative PhD students across a broad range of technical research areas.

 

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Computer Lab research student awarded Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship

Posted on 24 April 2012 by jms213

Congratulations to research student Vaiva Imbrasaite who has been awarded a Google Anita Borg Scholarship.

Vaiva is a member of the Rainbow Graphics & Interaction Group, under the supervision of Professor Peter Robinson.

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Ubisense wins the double

Posted on 23 April 2012 by jms213

Ubisense, founded by the Computer Laboratory’s Professor Andy Hopper, has won two prestigious UK Queen’s Awards; for International Trade and for Innovation.

The first award for International Trade recognises Ubisense’s outstanding growth in overseas earnings, with export markets now representing 97% of total revenue.

The second award for Innovation has been given to Ubisense for developing a real-time, location-tracking system that can precisely determine the 3D position of tagged objects to a much higher accuracy than is possible with technologies such as GPS.

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CBBC Newsround checks out the Raspberry Pi

Posted on 12 April 2012 by jms213

CBBC Newsround visits the Computer Laboratory to see the Raspberry Pi in action and how it can get kids inventing.

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Cambridge Computer Science undergraduate named ‘Cyber Security Champion’

Posted on 12 March 2012 by jms213

Congratulations to first-year computer science undergraduate Jonathan Millican, who has been named the UK’s ‘Cyber Security Champion‘ following a competition sponsored by GCHQ and other industry heavyweights.

Jonathan saw off competition from more than 30 other finalists in the competition to claim the top spot.

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Financial Times puts Raspberry Pi to the test

Posted on 12 March 2012 by jms213

Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory has nurtured the Raspberry Pi through its development.

With the release of the first boards, the Financial Times visited the Lab to put the Pi to the test. They challenged Philip Bielby from Jagex Game Studios, and A-level students from Hills Road Sixth Form, to write a fully functional computer game in an hour.

Watch the Pi being put through its paces.

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Remote backups resumed

Posted on 8 February 2012 by maj1

The regular remote backups that were suspended on 30th January have now resumed. In particular home directories are now up to date on the remote server and should continue to be backed up hourly.

Some snapshots with non-standard names will remain on the local filer for about another week.

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IPv6 address changes

Posted on 8 February 2012 by maj1

There has recently been a change to the IPv6 address allocations used in the University, though at present this affects relatively few people. The reason for the change is that the original allocation to Cambridge was not thought to be large enough; a larger allocation was subsequently obtained but this entails phasing out the old addresses.

The use of 2001:630:200::/48 is now deprecated in Cambridge, and these addresses might one day be allocated to a different institution. The replacement allocation is 2001:630:210::/44. The address space in use in the Computer Lab is now 2001:630:212:200:/56. There is no guarantee that the address space used in CL will always be contiguous, but the 256 subnets we have been allocated should last us for some time.

This change should only affect people who are doing any kind of address filtering or access list that uses numeric addresses.

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