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Is a picture really worth a thousand words?

An exploration into Digital Image Steganography and the journey of a third year Dissertation Project by Krusha Vekaria

Learn more about doing a dissertation project

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My first research paper

PhD student, Magnus Ross, talks about his experience of writing and submitting his first research paper.

Read Magnus' blog post

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Dr Steve Maddock's Blog

As part of our blog series we will be bringing you other blogs from around the school, starting with Head of the Visual Computing Research Group, Dr Steve Maddock.

Dr Steve Maddock's Blog

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What I wish I knew before starting university.

Damian has just graduated and is about to start working as a technical product manager at Net4. We asked him what he wished he had known before starting university and he has written four blog posts for us. In this fourth one he talks about things to consider when buying a laptop.

Part 4

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What I wish I knew before starting university.

Damian has just graduated and is about to start working as a technical product manager at Net4. We asked him what he wished he had known before starting university and he has written four blog posts for us. In this third one he talks about how to learn to type and why its important.

Part 3

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What I wish I knew before starting university.

Damian has just graduated and is about to start working as a technical product manager at Net4. We asked him what he wished he had known before starting university and he has written four blog posts for us. In this second one he talks about the importance of maths in computer science.

Part 2

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What I wish I knew before starting university.

Damian has just graduated and is about to start working as a technical product manager at Net4. We asked him what he wished he had known before starting university and he has written four blog posts for us. In this first one he talks about how uni life is different from being at school.

Part 1

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Turning ideas into a popping success!

What started as a bit of a joke between three friends has turned a meme into a furious competition to get to the top of a leader board! The rules are simple, the stakes are high. Welcome to Popcat.click.

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Why I came back to study at Sheffield - April 21

In this blog post Grace talks about her experiences of starting her undergraduate degree as a second year direct entrant and also why she chose to come back and study her MSc with us despite there being a global pandemic.

Why I came back to study at Sheffield

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Part 3: Why Sheffield is a great place to be a Computer Science student - Nov 20

The third in our series of blogs on the Digital Sector in Sheffield and why being a student here could really enhance your future.

Part 3: Why Sheffield is a great place to be a Computer Science student

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Part 2: Why Sheffield is a great place to be a Computer Science student - Oct 20

The second in our series of blogs on the Digital Sector in Sheffield and why being a student here could really enhance your future.

Part 2: Why Sheffield is a great place to be a Computer Science student

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10 years since Genesys - Oct 2020

Eva M. Barabas talks about her experiences since working for Genesys, 10 years ago.

10 years since Genesys

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Part 1: Why Sheffield is a great place to be a Computer Science student - Sept 20

The first in a series of blogs on the Digital Sector in Sheffield and why being a student here could really enhance your future.

Why Sheffield is a great place to be a Computer Science student

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Department of Computer Science hosts online Sheffield Startup event for students and graduates - July 20

Sheffield Startup Summer is a Student Enterprise event run as part of the Institute of Coding within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield.

Department of Computer Science hosts online Sheffield Startup event for student…

Damian Bemben

10 Steps to Planning a big tech project during the lockdown - July 20

Blog from Damian Bemben on putting the skills he's learned at Sheffield into Practice

Why Sheffield is a great place to be a Computer Science student

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Invisible Pollution - July 20

Follow on blog from Damian looking at his project tackling pollution.

Invisible Pollution

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A Visiting Professor in Sheffield's Department of Computer Science - June 20

Thoughts from Prof. Dr. Jochen L. Leidner on his time in the department.

A Visiting Professor in Sheffield's Department of Computer Science

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Institute of Coding Sheffield along with Beautiful Canoe - developer handbook - May 20

Does your student enterprise need a developer handbook? Over at Beautiful Canoe our developer handbook has become an essential part of how we deliver high quality products for clients. Now that, like everyone, we are working remotely, the handbook is more important to our productivity than ever.

Institute of Coding Sheffield along with Beautiful Canoe - developer handbook

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World experts on spoken language processing and robotics gathered in Germany for a Dagstuhl Seminar on "Spoken Language Interaction with Virtual Agents and Robots" (SLIVAR) - Jan 20

In January 2020, world experts on spoken language processing and robotics gathered in Germany for a Dagstuhl Seminar on "Spoken Language Interaction with Virtual Agents and Robots" (SLIVAR).

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Online Abuse toward Candidates during the UK General Election 2019 - Dec 19

This time the NLP group look at abuse during the General Election

Online Abuse toward Candidates during the UK General Election 2019

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Online abuse towards politicians rises ahead of General Election, study finds - Nov 19

Our NLP group looks at online abuse prior to the 2019 General Election

Online abuse towards politicians rises ahead of General Election, study finds

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Attending the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) - Nov 2019

Eleftherios Ioannou tells us about his experience of ICUR

Attending the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR)

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What I love about Sheffield - Oct 2019

Jodi Swift talks us through their favourite things about Sheffield, which will hopefully give you some inspiration of places to go and things to do, to get you started here

What I love about Sheffield

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Lessons From My Placement - Oct 2019

COM student Damian Bemben talks everything placements

Lessons From My Placement

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Stepping up: From undergraduate student - Oct 19

Georgica Bors talks us through the transition from undergraduate student to researcher

Stepping up: From undergraduate student