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SYS Consulting , the consultancy arm of CMP, offer an in-house 3D printing facility which can be used to create solid objects from a digital image. The team have the expertise to laser scan objects and create robust digital models which can then be used for 3D printing. For further details visit 3D facilities printing offer To discuss an idea for a 3D model contact Dr Stephen Laycock

A team of computing scientists and historians from the schools of Computing and History, part of the VIRTUAL PAST collaboration between CMP and HIS, is taking just months to assemble Virtual 3D models of castles from across the East of England and Normandy in France.  The models will include Norwich, Rochester, Colchester and Hastings Castles, plus Falaise and Caen of Northern France.   Virtual Past successfully obtained a grant for an estimated £120,000 to create the 3D...

A local company is working with researchers in CMP to develop a smart-phone app that can detect emotion in a voice signal.  EI Technologies of Saffron Walden are developing an app that can "listen" all the time to its owner's voice and extract features from the audio signal, which can then be analysed off-line to determine the speaker's emotional state at any time. These features include things such as the pitch, intensity and duration of speech sounds and are known as...

The IBM Mainframe Contest is an annual contest run by IBM for students to learn and experience mainframe skills. Although thought of by some as out-dated in fact Mainframe systems remain at the core of many large business operations such as banks and insurance companies. The Mainframe challenge is an opportunity for students to develop some skills in the use of zOS and other associated Mainframe technologies such as CICS.   The competition has three stages of increasing...

Congratulations to CMP's  Christopher Applegate for winning this year's closely contested IET present around the world competition . Tom Le-Cornu came a very close second. Both winners were awarded £150 and £75 respectively.Thank you to all those that participated. The judges were very impressed with the quality of the presentations. The event is a good opportunity to promote the university and we hope that it continues to be hosted at UEA in the future.