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Americo Sampaio
PhD in Computing
Nationality: Brazilian
Now at: SAP Belfast
“The Computing Department is an excellent research
environment with world class research in many areas of
Computer Science. During my PhD I was able to develop a
lot of important skills such as analytical and critical thinking
as well as the necessary skills to produce high quality research
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ideas and scientific papers, implementing these ideas in
practice and evaluating the results. Moreover, I was able to
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meet many well-known experts in my research field as well as
to attend international conferences to present my PhD work.
The Department is unique in its cross-disciplinary approach to
The maturity and skills gained during my PhD are really
important for my current job as a researcher in SAP Research
solving problems in SE and to applying SE in other areas. Example
where I constantly face challenging research tasks and apply
projects of this kind include Isis, uTELLus and MaTREx, which unite
cutting edge technologies to solve real world problems.”
SE research with social sciences, ethics, linguistics and design
science research at the same time as working with national
“Lancaster is not only an exciting place to study and learn but
organizations such as law enforcement agencies.
also a very friendly and fun environment where people are
always willing to help you and give interesting feedback on
Cooperative and Interactive Systems
your research.” Computing
Prof A Dix, Dr A Friday, Prof H Gellersen, Dr M Rouncefield,
Dr G Kortuem, Dr E Rukzio, Dr J Mariani, Dr P Rayson, Dr C Sas.
However good our technology is, it is worthless unless real people
in real situations can use it. Therefore, we are exploring the way
humans interact with computers and also the way human-human
interactions are affected by technologies. As part of this, we have
established a strong international reputation for our expertise in
social and ethnographic analysis, particularly for investigating
echnology:
collaborative work.
As well as investigating how people interact with and through
technology, we also design and construct novel software and
devices including interaction with virtual environments, wearable
computers and even using physiological measurements. Very
often these are deployed ‘in the wild’ – real use not just a
Alireza Fallahi
demonstration in the laboratory. One example of this is the use of
MSc in Distributed Systems Engineering
electronic doorplates for leaving digital post-it notes that is now
Current position: Software Developer, Coexis, London Science and T
deployed to 40 offices giving invaluable insights into the way
people use new technology. Another example of technology in
action is work in statistical natural language processing based on “The best thing about the course was the friendly atmosphere.
information derived from large bodies of naturally occurring text - There are lots of great professors that I got on with really well,
‘corpora’, which has been applied to industrial problems in areas especially my supervisor. All of the courses were interactive
as diverse as dictionary creation and speech processing. Language between the students and the professors, so there was plenty
modelling is being used to identify paedophiles posing as children of opportunity to work together and to ask questions. The
in online chat rooms in collaboration with specialist UK law
tutors really listened to you and devoted a lot of time to
enforcement agencies.
solving your problems.”
“The facilities were great, if anything there were too many!
There are Labs specifically for Computing students and these
are always open for use with plenty of machines available.”
“What I enjoyed the most was the environment and the
friends I made, from many different cultures and nationalities.
I am really proud to say I studied my MSc at Lancaster.”
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