Alumni

School of Informatics Undergraduate Scholars

Emma Duncan

4th year, BSc Hons Computer Science & Management Science

From Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland

I have always had an aptitude and passion for technology but through experiences in university and the workplace, I've found that I possess the flair and personal skills required in the Marketing and Public Relations industries. I love being part of a team and relish the challenge of learning and developing new skills.

Andrew Burnie

3rd year, BSc Hons Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science

From Dunfermline, Scotland

My interests lie mainly in the AI side of my degree, particularly the field of robotics. While studying here I'm also very involved in the academic representation side of our student association and volunteer with CHV, a student run, children's charity.

Alex Davies

4th year, BSc Hons in Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science

From Langholm, Scotland

My project is on Robot Dancing. Plans to study towards a PhD at the Doctoral Training Centre in Neuroinformatics.

Tsveta Stoyanova

4th year, BEng in Software Engineering

From Sliven, Bulgaria

My final year project topic is Visualisation and analysis of neural activity in a silicon visual system. The aim is to develop a tool to visualize how people see.

Laurentiu Prodan

4th year, Master of Informatics

From Timis county, Romania

My latest project, "Hierarchical distributed representations for statistical language modelling", uses a combination of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques in order to mitigate the problem of data sparsity/the curse of dimensionality. I am also interested in algorithms & data structures and advances in programming languages.

Ondrej Pialek

3rd year, BEng Hons in Software Engineering with Management

From Namest nad Oslavou, Czech Republic

Focusing on user-centric technologies. I have been always interested in computers and programming and this passion brought me to Edinburgh, a leading university in this field. I have been able to benefit from many opportunities presented by the University, local businesses and bright and enthusiastic people around me. I am about to finish my degree with excellent grades and hope to start my own business.