News and events
News
Researchers to develop framework to determine legal and moral responsibilities for autonomous systems
Posted on Thursday 25 November 2021
University of York academics have been awarded £700,000 to develop a legal and moral framework for tracing and allocating responsibility behind autonomous systems, such as driverless cars or medical systems.
Rob Davis elected Vice-Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems (TCRTS)
Posted on Tuesday 9 November 2021
Rob Davis has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems for 2022-23 and subsequently to Chair for 2024-25.
Former Computer Science graduate appointed to President Biden's Council of Advisers in Science and Technology
Posted on Wednesday 3 November 2021
Former Computer Science graduate Phil Venables has been appointed to President Biden's Council of Advisers in Science and Technology.
New book by York lecturer Dr Siyuan Ji published
Posted on Tuesday 26 October 2021
The textbook will be of interest to postgraduate students
York academic elected as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow
Posted on Wednesday 22 September 2021
Professor Edwin Hancock from the Department of Computer Science has been elected as a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow.
Events
Micromouse robotics competition
 (2)10241024_1.jpg "The Department of Electronic Engineering, in association with YorRobots are hosting a Micromouse Competition. This competition is open to all York students and will consist of 5x1 hour events. The initial event briefing is scheduled for Thursday 11th November 2021.")
Event Schedule
- Briefing and team forming: 4-5pm, 11 Nov 2021
- Consultation: 4-5pm, 9 Dec 2021
- 1st Practice: 4-5pm, 20 Jan 2021
- 2nd Practice: 4-5pm, 17 Feb 2022
- Final event: 4-5pm, 3 March 2022
Awards
Grand Prize
Best Algorithm Award
Best Robot Award
Innovation Award
Location
CL/B/008
Church Lane building
Campus West, University of York