Centre for Research in Computing

- e-Sense experiments create a buzz: Experiments devised by OU researchers working on the AHRC e-Sense project have been a popular attraction at the HCI 2009 conference, held at the University of Cambridge in September 2009.
- OU secures funding to study persuasive technologies: OU researchers, led by Prof. Yvonne Rogers of the Pervasive Interaction Lab, have been awarded an EPSRC grant to study how persuasive technologies can engender changes in people's behaviour
- RAE 2008: OU computing research leaps ahead!: The RAE 2008 results announced on 18th December recognise the dramatic rise of OU Computing research since 2001. Climbing over 40 places up the ranking of UK universities, OU Computing research is now placed joint 16th alongside universities such as Bath, Bristol and York (Source: Guardian Education Supplement).
- Security Engineering for Lifelong Evolvable Systems: Jan Jurjens and Bashar Nuseibeh (Computing, OU) have been awarded an Integrated Project (IP) in the EU's Framework 7 Program, within the Future and Emerging Technologies call. The title of the project is: Security Engineering for lifelong Evolvable Systems (Secure Change). The total budget of the project is about 7 million EUR, with the OU's share being 750,000 EUR.