CompSoc Radio Show

Jasper Lyons joins us to talk about his experience from accidentally getting into Computer Science to becoming an entrepreneur, what it takes to be an entrepreneur, and his plans to bring entrepreneurialism into the Computer Science department at RHUL.

Security Analyst Andrew Nicolalde joins us to talk about how he started his journey into computer science, his transition from student to analyst, and what you can do to improve your personal security.

We travel to the Codecademy HQ to talk to Curriculum Project Manager Cole Romano and Senior Curriculum Developer Sonny Li. We talk about what Codecademy is and why it's useful, the challenges they face, and how Codecademy can help you break into the industry.

Lizzie Coles-Kemp of the Information Security Group takes us through her experiences going from an undergrad in linguistics to Professor and lecturer in information security. We discuss digital security, the social conceptualization of security, and what implications it has in the way we approach security.

PhD student Phil Ovington joins us to talk about his journey from an undergraduate in economics to PhD student in machine learning and computational biology. We'll be discussing job hunting, why you would want to get a graduate degree, and the differences between working in industry and academia as a data scientist.

Dave Whiteland of the Royal Holloway Computer Science Department joins us to discuss his journey starting as a computer science graduate to traveling around the world, what civic technology is, and how it can help a modern democracy.

Mark Chaplin, principal at the Information Security Forum, joins us to discuss cyber risk, information security, and things you can do to protect your privacy.

We interview researcher Nicolo Colombo about his background in physics and machine learning, how machine learning is being applied to problems today, and how you can get involved.