Activities
2025
Years 5 and 6 from Ysgol Rhosneigr visited the school for a day of workshops including building hand glider out of household items, code-breaking and sending messages using Morse code.
14 May 2025
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement (Contributor)Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Ysgol David Hughes, Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy and Ysgol Brynrefail visited the University for a day of workshops. The school hosted two workshops; one run by the NFI where the pupils built a balloon powered car, and one with the DSP where they built a Visible Light Communication (VLC) circuit.
12 Mar 2025
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement (Contributor)
2024
TITAN Research Community Event at the University of Cambridge - in total, 90 researchers from 24 partner institutions were in attendance.
13 Sep 2024
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)Destination STEM placement to carry out projects on Optical Wireless Communications: The placement provided a unique opportunity to explore the field of electronics and communication technologies via a number of practical projects. A laboratory induction followed by training on basic equipment was provided along with material and guidance on the basic concepts of optical wireless communications - utilising light as a medium for transmitting voice and data communications. The projects enabled both to demonstrate their newfound knowledge and improved their skills in circuit design, assembly, and troubleshooting - by bridging the knowledge gap between theory and practice.
19 Aug 2024 鈥� 23 Aug 2024
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement (Host)
2023
A technology seminar for Bangor University students, staff, and industry experts, led by Keysight, to provide technical support and expertise to the DSP Centre and University, and identify future collaboration opportunities.
2 Nov 2023
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Presenter)The event was an opportunity for the University to open its doors to the local community, and showcase how Bangor University contributes to the social, economic, environmental and cultural life of North Wales and beyond through a range of activities, from research and teaching to leisure and entertainment facilities.
14 Oct 2023
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Contributor)Third NEWFOCUS Training School, covering WGs 2, 3, and 4, from Short to Long-range OWC systems. The Third Training School was held at the DSP Centre of Excellence at Bangor University, on 17-18 July 2023
On Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th July 2023, the DSP Centre hosted a bespoke Training School for PhD students, to explore the latest advancements in short-to-long range optical wireless communication (OWC) systems.
Twenty-three students from universities across the UK and Europe, who are currently studying towards PhD degrees in subjects across the field of optical communications, were selected to attend the two-day Training School, to learn about our research in OWC systems and innovative digital signal processing (DSP) technologies.
Several world-leading experts from universities across the globe (including the University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, Northumbria University, Valencia Polytechnic University - Spain, & University of Aveiro - Portugal) joined us in-person, to present their research in a series of lectures and tutorials for the students. DSP Centre Senior Lecturers, Dr Roger Giddings and Dr Sujan Rajbhandari, then led specialist workshops presenting our digital communication technologies and providing guidance on publishing scientific research papers. The trainees also had the opportunity see live technical demonstrations on our state-of-the-art equipment and get involved in some practical activities led by our research team.
The Training School was organised as part of 鈥楴EWFOCUS鈥�; an EU-funded project led by a network of university academics, research institutions, businesses and government bodies across UK and Europe, aiming to develop sophisticated communication systems that meet the demands of future networks. These days, current networks, such as 3G and 4G, are struggling to cope with various pressures, including risks to online security and privacy, demands for faster online connection, and the need to reduce environmental impacts. In 2023, we successfully submitted an application to COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology); the funding organisation responsible for the NEWFOCUS project, to deliver the Training School, to share the research we鈥檙e leading and the technologies we鈥檙e developing to meet these demands and make future networks more accessible, more convenient and more secure.
Dr Sujan Rajbhandari, Senior Lecturer and organiser of the event, said
'the Training School provided the platform for the DSP Centre, students and experts from across the world to come together to share knowledge, establish academic partnerships, and to showcase the world-leading research that takes place here at Bangor University. It was a highly rewarding experience for DSP Centre colleagues to meet fellow students and experts from across the world and has opened the doors for further research collaborations in the future. '
17 Jul 2023 鈥� 18 Jul 2023
Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Participant)