News from 2015

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  Ruskin Library brings masterpieces online with the Google Cultural Institute

  Starting today, over 50 artworks from the Ruskin Library at Lancaster University can be viewed online by people around the world due to a new partnership between the Google Cultural Institute and the Ruskin Library.

• ‘Girls in Computing’ event encourages girls to become ‘smart makers’

  The School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University recently hosted a special ‘Girls in Computing’ event encouraging girls from schools in Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire to become ‘smart makers’.

• Robot Wars judge to attend ‘Girls in Computing’ event

  A judge on the new series of the BBC’s Robot Wars will attend a special ‘Girls in Computing’ event at Lancaster University.

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  App created by Lancaster start-up company wins a Google Play Award

  An App developed by a Lancaster University alumnus has won the ‘Early Adopter’ category at the first Google Play Awards.

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  Data mining of Twitter posts can help identify when people become sympathetic to groups like ISIS

  Researchers have shown that data mining techniques can be used to understand when Twitter users start displaying supportive behaviour to radical terror groups such as ISIS.

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  Human-Computer Interaction technology in The Economist

  Technology developed by researchers in Lancaster University’s School of Computing and Communications has been highlighted by The Economist.

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  Psychology of strategic deception revealed by online poker

  Online poker offers new insights into the mind-set of scheming Machiavellians, researchers have found.

• Shape-shifting modular interactive device unveiled

  Lancaster researchers have helped develop a prototype for an interactive mobile device, called Cubimorph, which can change shape on-demand.

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  Is this the kind of world we actually want?

  An emotion detector which, potentially, can tell whether a person really finds you attractive on a first date has been created by researchers at Lancaster University.

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  North West firms urged to tap into Lancaster's funded business-led R&D initiatives

  Lancaster University is providing a unique opportunity for ambitious North West small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to take advantage of funded three-year industry-led research and development initiatives with support worth up to £100,000.