Profeng Lecture – Considering a career in engineering?
Engineering Video Games and Beyond
Abertay University in Dundee is home to the UK’s first national Centre for Excellence in computer games education and houses the biggest Sony Playstation development lab in Europe. IESIS and partners are pleased to bring to school students this series of talks and illustrations about careers in software engineering and games development from three of the University’s leading experts. They will cover how games are made and how computer games technology is increasingly being used in other areas, such as Hollywood movies, medical research and environmental planning. Among other projects Abertay’s experts have applied the technology to the pre ‐production work on last year’s blockbuster Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and are also using it to speed up the testing of anti‐cancer drugs.
Jim Bown is Professor of Systems Biology and played a key role in developing Abertay’s mathematical modelling and bioinformatics research centre. Jim will show examples of computer interactive visualisation applied to assisting science and engineering including design of urban environments and development of anti ‐cancer drug combinations.
Dr Natalie Coull teaches Abertay’s Masters degree in Ethical Hacking and Computer Security and her research covers improving computer security for children by bridging the gap between their knowledge of technology and their lack of awareness of cybersecurity. Natalie will discuss recent cyber attacks including the “Sony Hack” and the “Adobe password leak” and the lessons that can be learned from them.
Matt Bett is a lecturer in games engineering, teaches Abertay’s computergames courses, researches virtual reality and has spent recent years developing new ways of controlling “virtual cameras”. His work with Fox Studios on a film ‐making tool based on his virtual camera technology, which was used on the hugely successful Hollywood blockbuster Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has created world‐wide interest.
REGISTRATION
This event is free but attendees should register. Registration can be done on an individual basis or by a group.
To register please contact IESIS at iesis@btconnect.com or IESIS, The Clydeport Building 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8DS.
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