News from Head of
School
Chair Interviews
Last week was very productive in terms of
strengthening the School, with interviews for an array of impressive
candidates for both the EPSRC-funded Chair in Computational Systems
Biology and the Chair in Computer Engineering, funded from the UoM
Strategic Initiative in Research Fund (SIRF). An initial offer has
been made to two very strong candidates, and we are hopeful that we will
be able to bring the two individuals to Manchester; if we can, they will
certainly make a difference.
APT Career Development Fellowship
interviews
There will be more recruitment activity this week
with presentations and interviews for the SIRF-funded APT Career
Development Fellowship. The details of the talks are below, and I encourage
as many of you as possible to attend.
UCU Action
As you all know, the UCU has suspended its action
short of a strike, pending a ballot of members. Although this is
good news for our current cohort of students, I appreciate that many staff
view the terms of the proposed settlement with some dismay; I recognise
there is every possibility that the dispute will resume in a few weeks
time. In the meantime, Graham Gough and his team are managing the
difficult balance between doing the best that is possible for our students
(particularly mindful of the approaching degree day), whilst avoiding
unreasonable pressure falling on individuals – be they academic or support
staff. Most of you will have seen from Graham’s detailed messages
that the plan is to minimise pressure by concentrating on third and fourth
year results at the Internal and External Examiners’ Meetings on 16 June
and 20 June, respectively, putting arrangements in place to amend
provisional results if additional marks become available, right up to the
deadline for finalising degree classifications in advance of the degree
ceremony. An additional Examiners’ Meeting has been arranged for 3
July, to deal with first and second year marks, and to resolve any
remaining issues with final year results. As always, the
professionalism and constructive approach of CS staff, under difficult
circumstances, have been outstanding.
Teaching and Learning Innovation
Grant
Congratulations to Pete Jinks, Graham Gough and
Steve Pettifer who have been awarded £10k from the Faculty Teaching and
Learning Innovation Fund. The grant is for e-learning support of the new
1st Year undergraduate groupwork
project.
Events this
Week
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APT Career Development Fellowship
New
12 June
FPGAs for high performance
computing in astronomy
Dr. Alastair Basden, Department of Physics,
Durham
University
1400, Atlas 1
APT Career Development Fellowship
New
12 June
Runtime Speculative
Parallelization
Dr Mikel Lujan Moreno, Sun Microsystems
Laboratories, CA, USA
1615, Atlas 1
Regular Seminar Series
See links
in contents bar for information on seminar series organised by the
School of
CS, E-Science North
West and National Centre for Text Mining.
Future School
Events
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UG Exam
Boards
14, 16 & 20 Jun,
3 Jul 06
Wed 14
Jun: UG Special Circumstances
Committee.
Fri 16
Jun: UG Internal Exam Board
(3rd
& 4th years
only)
Tue 20
Jun: UG External Exam Board
(3rd
& 4th years
only)
Mon 3
Jul: UG Internal Exam Board
(1st
& 2nd years
+ remaining 3rd & 4th
year)
Requirements
and Technologies for
Provenance
22 Jun 06
ENSW technical meeting. Volunteers required
to give 10-15 min presentations.
1400 – 1700, ESNW Access Grid room, adjacent to
1.17 Kilburn
Email Dean Kuo or visit wiki
Research
Retreat
29 - 30 Jun 06
Palace Hotel, Buxton
Programme under
development, input welcomed (email
Ursula)
School UG Graduation
Party
5 Jul 06
We will be celebrating the
graduation of our UG students
1430 – 1530, prize-giving
1445, graduation ceremony 1645.
School
BBQ
14 Jul 06
Details to follow
Future
External
Events
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Brouwer and the Development of his Foundational
Views
13 Jun 06
Prof Dirk van Dalen (Utrecht)
A guided tour through the highlights of Brouwer's
intuitionism(!)
1400, G17 Newman Building
EPSRC Regional Academic
Seminars
14 Jun 06
14 June 2006 Manchester: Manchester Conference Centre
(register by 2nd June)
More
Information
Microsoft Invites you on a Deep Dive!
27 – 29 Jun 06
The UK Academia Team is partnering with DevelopMentor, to host an intense,
hands-on technical event for academics in June 2006.
More
Information & Registration
CLASS (Clerical and Secretarial Support)
Network:
30 Jul 06
One Day Conference giving staff the opportunity to
attend a range of personal and professional development sessions and the
chance to network with colleagues from across the University.
More
details and Registration
Interdisciplinary Summer School on Complex
Systems
20 – 29 Aug 06
From Individual to Collective
Behaviour in Large-Scale Complex Systems
Organised by the Schools of Computer Science,
Mathematics and Physics
St.
Martin's College,
Ambleside.
More
Information
Lunchtime Yoga Classes – Karon
Mee
Every Tues
1200 – 1300 Tues, Staff House
UMSA members £1.50; non-UMSA £2.00 per
class
Funding
Opportunities
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RAEng Industrial Secondment
Scheme
Open
An opportunity for university lecturers in
engineering to gain state-of-the-art industrial
experience.
More
Information
BBSRC International Scientific Interchange Scheme
(ISIS)
Open
To help scientists make and establish new contacts
with their international counterparts.
More
Information
RAEng Global Research
Awards
Open
Projects in centres of excellence overseas
focussing on stimulating wealth creation and improvements in the quality
of life.
More
Information
BBSRC Research Equipment Initiative (REI)
2006
28 Jun 06
For the purchase of mid-range multi-user,
multi-project equipment.
More
Information
EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
26 Sep 06
For talented young researchers, shortly or
immediately after completing a PhD.
More
Information
Royal Society Research
Grants
New
1 Nov 06
Seed corn funding for new projects of timeliness
and promise initiated by research scientists at an early stage of their
career or by established scientists wishing to change the direction of
their research. The objectives of the scheme are to increase the
availability of equipment and consumables for high quality
research.
More
Information
Prize and
Award
Opportunities
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We have acknowledged the need to raise the profile
of the School both nationally and internationally. Nominating
individuals for awards, and working actively with others to ensure that
deserving individuals are nominated is one way of doing
that.
Microsoft European Science Award
31 May 06
For a major contribution to the advancement of
science through the use of computational methods. More
Information
The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
1 Jul 06
For exceptional contributions to information
sciences, systems and technology.
More
Information
The IEEE John von Neumann
Medal
1 Jul 06
For outstanding achievements in computer-related
science and technology.
More
Information
Research
Awards
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None this week
Staff
News
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Awards and Promotions
None this week
Academic Arrivals
None this week
Academic Departures
None this week
Research Arrivals
None this week
Research Departures
None this week
Administrative Arrivals
None this week
Administrative Departures
None this week
Sabbatical Leave
Andrei
Voronkov: Microsoft Research, Redmond USA
Aug 05 – Aug
06.
Ian
Horrocks: University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bell Labs, and Stanford University
Feb 06 – Sep
06.
Peter
Aczel: Nijmegen University, and Maths Institute at the
University
of Munich
Jan 06 –
Sep 06.
Alasdair
Rawsthorne: 80% secondment to
Transitive Technologies
Oct 05 – Sep 06.
Alvaro
Fernandes: IBM Almaden Research Centre
US
Jul – Dec 06.
Vacancies
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Academic Staff
None
Research Staff
Research Associate – BHIG – Sealife
Project
New
More
Information
Academic-Related Staff
Manchester Centre for MesoScience and NanoTechnology:
Senior Experimental Officer and Technical
Director
More
Information
Bioinformatics Curator – myGrid
Project
New
More
Information
Administrative Staff
None
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