NSS 2022
The National Student Survey 2022 launches at Imperial
Final year undergraduates are asked to rate their experience at Imperial as the 2022 National Student Survey opens for responses.
Stories tagged with 'Engineering Computing'
Brain–computer interfaces
Imperial startup wins global competition for its brain-computer interface tech
Cogitat has won a prize for a technology that could make it possible to control machines using the brain – and enable more life-like virtual reality.
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A Sea Change
New developments in the use and manipulation of maritime trajectory data.
While AIS data has many legitimate uses, it can be misused for illicit activities in many contexts, including human trafficking and sanctions evasion.
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Three Thumbs Up
Pianists learn to play with robotic third thumb in just one hour
Pianists equipped with a third robotic thumb were able to adapt to using the extra digit after just one hour of practice, Imperial research has found.
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Health pod
Podcast: HIV tests, infectious reading, and the fight for cheaper drugs
In this edition: A new test to monitor treatment-resistant HIV, a book tracing the fight against infection, and how the NHS can make cheaper drugs.
Under the radar
Proposed illegal image detectors on devices are ‘easily fooled’
Proposed algorithms that detect illegal images on devices can be easily fooled with imperceptible changes to images, Imperial research has found.
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NSS
Imperial delivers high student satisfaction, as NSS results are revealed
Student satisfaction at Imperial is now at 84%, according to the most recent National Student Survey (NSS).
Open source optimisation
New open-source software for making better decisions in uncertain conditions
Research to improve the efficiency of geothermal drilling has led to freely available software for optimisation challenges that involve uncertainty.
Baby brains
800 newborn brain scans made available to help clarify how some diseases develop
The Developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP) has made the scans of 800 baby brains available to study how developmental disorders progress.
Patient privacy
New AI technology protects privacy in healthcare settings
Researchers at TUM and Imperial have developed a technology that protects patients’ personal data while training healthcare algorithms.
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