News in brief, 25 February 2020
Published: 25 February 2020
A round-up of news across the University
School of Life Sciences launches photography competition
The School of Life Sciences has launched an exciting new photography competition, the aim of which is to showcase and celebrate the talents of our students and staff and create a vibrant environment in which to study and work.
Winning entries will be framed and displayed on the walls of School corridors and offices and may also be used as part of our online presence.
Entry is open not only to current School of Life Sciences staff and students but also the wider Life Sciences community, including Honorary, Affiliate and Associate members of the School.
Entrants are invited to explore the following themes, in relation to Life Sciences and according to your own interpretation:
- Campus Life
- Architecture & Design
- The Natural World
- Whatever the Weather
Let your imagination run wild!
There is no limit on the number of the entries, but each submission must be accompanied by a title and a short description.
Please submit a high-quality digital image (.jpg or .png) suitable for printing by email to Information and Media Officer Jonathan Mitchell.
Images should have a minimum resolution of 3072 x 2048 pixels and minimum file size of 2 MB (20 MB maximum file size).
The deadline for entries is 31 March 2020.
Winning entries will be chosen by a panel of judges and announced after the Easter vacation.
The outright winner will receive an Amazon voucher to the value of £100.
Full terms and conditions can be found at: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/lifesciences/photographycompetition/
CENSIS partnership wins CeeD award
Innovation award received for groundbreaking AI work
A project partnership between CENSIS, Police Scotland, Thales UK in Glasgow and the University of the West of Scotland has picked up a top prize at the second annual CeeD Awards.
The event, held in in Glasgow on 20 February 2020, celebrated Scotland’s engineering and manufacturing communities, recognising achievements and best practice across 13 categories.
CENSIS and partners received the Innovation Award for the ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI) work that is helping Police Scotland’s remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) find missing and vulnerable people. The technology – thought to be the first of its kind used by a UK police force – is a form of machine learning that provides real-time image analysis for identifying a human in rural and remote areas.
As Scotland’s Innovation Centre for sensing, imaging and Internet of Things technologies, CENSIS is focused is not only on creating and supporting sustainable economic development in Scotland but also generating social benefit. With this project, CENSIS and its partners achieved both, pushing the boundaries of AI and machine learning to create technology that in turn will be used to save lives.
By pairing UWS’ machine learning expertise with the imaging knowledge and exploitation experience of the Thales team in Glasgow, a brand new capability has been developed that addresses a real-world challenge of further improving national public safety. Not only will the technology benefit Police Scotland, but once fully commercialised the potential applications could be impactful worldwide.
Paul Winstanley, CENSIS CEO said: “The collaboration has been extremely successful. It is testament to the depth of technical skills and knowledge in our universities and businesses that this pioneering technology has been developed in Scotland.
"This project is a great example of what can be achieved when the right academic institution and industry specialists team up with an end user with a specific but scaleable challenge. The outcomes of this project place the technology partners at the forefront of research and industrial applications in this area.”
First published: 25 February 2020