Joe Clarke from Cambridge Intelligence.

The Computer Society were very happy to host a visit from software developer Joe Clarke from Cambridge Intelligence who visited the school and the Society this month.

His visit was timed in order to catch Year 13 students before their study leave begins so they could benefit from some realistic and current careers advice. Cambridge Intelligence specialise in building data visualization technologies; supporting law enforcement, cyber security and fraud detection. Joe had kindly pre-prepared for his presentation with an excellent Powerpoint explaining more on KeyLines and Graph Visualization as well as giving an overview of the company. Joe made his subject extremely accessible to the students which included some younger pupils which was really helpful. He also gave us some excellent careers advice regarding pathways, training and work experience and after an animated Q & A, we thanked Joe for his time and trouble and for making the journey from Cambridge.

Freddie Jonas, Year 13
TBSHS Computer Society

Former Student Visits Computing Society

On Tuesday 5th March, the Computing Society welcomed ex-student Charles Lockie back to school after leaving TBSHS in 2018 to study Computing Science with Electronics at Bristol University.

The session was well attended by sixth form students, with a number of avid and eager Year 11 students also joining us.

Charles spoke about his current university studies, and the type of projects that he’s currently working on. He also spoke about the importance of Computer Science in the future, and how Electronics is key to how Computers are used and built. Charles also talked about his life at university, and the type of clubs and societies he’s currently joined, all of which were insightful into the life of a Computer Science university student.

The session ended with a Q&A, with students asking a range of questions from how useful TBSHS was for preparing Charles for university and student life, to his future career prospects as a Computer Science graduate.

The Computing Society thanks Charles for the enormous time and trouble he took to return back to school, and we wish him all the best for what we’re sure will be, a very bright future.

Dr Gopalan Visits from Imperial College

Last Tuesday, the newly-formed TBSHS Computer Society were very privileged and happy to welcome its second guest speaker, Dr Anandha Gopalan, a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Computing at Imperial College, London.

The session was extremely well attended by Year 12 & 13 students plus we were very happy to see some keen and enthusiastic Year 11 students there too.

Dr Gopalan spoke briefly about the work currently being completed at Imperial College, whilst also speaking about the importance of Computer Science and its impact on us in the future. He also talked about specific topics, in particular cyber security, artificial intelligence and robotics. After his speech, Dr Gopalan opened up the floor to questions from the audience, which proved insightful as students asked a huge range of questions from Is a driverless car driven solely by AI ethical? How will the medical industry change in the future with advances with robotics and AI? Will anti-virus software ever reach a point where it can stop every type of malware?

The talk and Q&A session was incredibly interesting and allowed students to grasp some of the work currently being researched at Imperial as well as the research being undertaken within the sector as a whole. The Society thanks Dr Gopalan for taking the time and trouble to travel from London to visit us here at TBSHS and present such a fascinating session – he is a tough act to follow! We wish him every good wish for his research and for the future.