Asterion: The Sheffield spinoff experience

The pacemaker story: a cold heart spinoff.

It is 1949. Room 64 in the hasement of the Banting Institute in Toronto was the home of the fledgling cardiovascular surgical lahoratory. Experiments on the microcirculation and on hypothermia were initiated as two different projects. We were astonished to find as work progressed, that they were closely interrelated: Cooling an animal helow a certain body temperature level produced serious obst...

The Sheffield Medical Journal

The sheffield wargames corpus

Recognition of speech in natural environments is a challenging task, even more so if this involves conversations between several speakers. Work on meeting recognition has addressed some of the significant challenges, mostly targeting formal, business style meetings where people are mostly in a static position in a room. Only limited data is available that contains high quality near and far fiel...

Asterion and Chara – the Confusion of the Chase

The study of astronomy, as an important part of any science education programme, provides our students with insights into more than just the cosmos. It may also serve as a mechanism to link them to other natural and social sciences. This article examines equally valid interpretations of the constellation Canes Venatici as an example of how the study of astronomy may serve this multidisciplinary...

The University of Sheffield

Acknowledgments I would like to particularly thank my advisor, Yorick Wilks. Over the years I have known him, Yorick has always been insightful, cheerful and generous. His ability to understand and constructively critique research over an extraordinarily wide range of topics has been extremely helpful, both professionally and academically. Moreover, his willingness to consider and even nurture ...