Informatics

Informatics — the study of the storage, transformation and communication of information — has an enormous impact on our daily lives. It contributes to and draws on ideas from many other subject areas. Informatics at Sussex is at the cutting edge of this activity and maintains a traditionally strong interdisciplinary focus.

Informatics 2015/16 current news - open the drop-down to reveal news stories

Below are some of the highlights, events, awards and activities this year; click to read the full story:

1. Dr Charlotte Rae (Sackler Centre) writes about new insights into why some people hallucinate
2. Leading theory of consciousness rocked by oddball study
3. World's first tractor beam invented by a team of researchers from Sussex and beyond
4. Professor Anil Seth comments on an "impressive" computer reconstruction of a rat's brain
5. Dr Judith Good is part of the team who developed a new app which will help people with Autism influence tech developments
6. Dr Ron Chrisley comments on a new US study to try to come up with a measure of consciousness
7. Third year Computer Science student produces winning work with an online teaching tool
8. Dr Diego Martinez Plasencia, Lecturer in Interactive Graphics in Informatics, runs session at Brighton Digital Festival

Informatics 2014/15 review - open the drop-down to reveal news stories

Below are some of the highlights, events, awards and activities for the year; click to read the full story:

1. Informatics student, Stefanos Karapatakis, finds children have better manners than robots
2. Dr Marianna Obrist and her team bring the art of touch to the Tate
3. Sussex researchers to 'programme a human' at live coding conference
4. Sussex neuroscientist Prof Anil Seth reveals his ‘life scientific’ delusions for BBC Radio 4
5. Ultrahaptics technology can transfer human emotions to your palm through air - Dr Marianna Obrist
6. Informatics team develop app that analysises tweets
7. Neuroscience researchers from Sackler Centre for Consciousness Sciene showcase their work at London’s Science Museum
8. Government minister visits Sussex Innovation Centre to learn about the digital sector
9. Researcher to present ‘girls better at programming’ findings at major IT conference
10. Student Informatics student entrepreneurs win £2,000 bursaries for health, political and tech ideas
11. Sussex academics to explore bees, brains and bubbles at Brighton Science Festival
12. Feeling cold is contagious, scientists find
13. Sussex neuroscientist to edit new OUP journal
14. Neuroscientist’s book of illusions wins children’s science prize
15. Sussex AI expert recalls her ‘light bulb moment’ for Radio 4
16. How the fruit fly could help us sniff out drugs and bombs
17. Brain scans reveal ‘grey matter’ differences in media multitaskers
18. Signal-boosting stadium app shortlisted for national award

Informatics 2013/14 review - open the drop-down to reveal news stories

Below are some of the highlights, events, awards and activities for the year; click to read the full story:

1. Computer Science student cracked smartphone ransomware in his final year
2. Rediscovered Tudor play brought back to life by Sussex students and MTL
3. Neuroscientists join major European project to develop artificial brain systems
4. Quick thinking: New book explains the brain in 30-second chunks
5. Cognitive scientist appointed adviser to Cambridge research centre
6. Funding boost to help make promising technology a business reality
7. Heart in your hand? Neuroscientists discover a new illusion of consciousness