Monday 31 July 2017

New research looks to improve internet experience

Taken from the University of Northampton site: New research looks to improve internet experience


Dr Mu Mu
University of Northampton researcher Dr Mu Mu has been awarded £100,000 to research ways of making the internet work better for users.
The two-year project – funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) – aims to find solutions to common frustrations such as slow music downloads or buffering during video playback.
“At the moment, user experience is not given precedence, with priority usually given to other features such as network coverage,” said Dr Mu, from the University’s Advanced Technologies Research Group.
“As such, different media streams compete for resources, and user experience suffers.”
To improve the flow of internet traffic, the project aims to develop software that will improve network efficiency, fairness, and ultimately, user experience.
High quality and reliable media streaming will also be beneficial to the digital economy and digital public services, added Dr Mu.
The grant ‘Software Defined Cognitive Networking: Intelligent Resource Provisioning for Future Networks’ starts this autumn and will employ a research associate and at least one PhD student.
Also involved are Lancaster University and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.
You will be able to follow the progress of the project on Dr Mu’s blog.


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Tuesday 4 July 2017

Computing academic to host #caschat - 4th July 2017

Tuesday night's (most weeks)  8:00 PM, twitter becomes active with Computing At Schools (CAS) members, taking part in a Tweeter Chat #CASchat. The goal is the sharing of practical advice and support, under the guidance of the Simon Johnson (@clcsimon) but often hosted or co-hosted by other CAS members. Each week there is a different topic.

This week a University of Northampton Computing academic Scott Turner (@scottturneruon) will be hosting the chat on the topic of Physical Computing. The questions are below:
Thank you Simon Johnson, for producing the image above.

This is an open twitter chat for those involved in Computing within Schools. To join in, on Twitter follow the hashtag #CASchat and add the hashtag to replies and tweets to take part.


All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with. Twitter: @scottturneruon