News from Head of
School
EPSRC International Review of
ICT
As trailed in the newsletter last week, members of
the panel conducting the EPSRC International Review of ICT visited the
University on Wednesday. The day was shared with colleagues from
E&EE and involved poster sessions, demonstrations, focus groups and
general discussion. We particularly emphasised multidisciplinary
research and knowledge/technology transfer, since these are major foci of
the review. The EPSRC staff who were involved, and several of the
panellist, went out of their way to praise both the organisation and
content of the event. Quoting our main contact at EPSRC: “Thanks also for an excellent agenda yesterday,
there was a good buzz around proceedings and the panel were exposed to a
series of top quality researchers and projects”. Many
thanks to everyone who was involved – to Ursula, Anna and Helen for their
meticulous organisation, and to all the academic and research staff who
gave up their time to prepare for the event and participate on the
day.
First Year
Projects
Last week saw the presentations and poster
sessions for the new first year team projects. Everyone who attended,
including representatives from CEEBL, were very impressed with the quality
of the presentations and posters and with the enthusiasm shown by the
students for their chosen ventures. Although I hesitate to use the term
twice in the same newsletter, there really was a buzz around the poster
event. The posters will remain up in the Kilburn lower first area
for the rest of the week so staff and students have the opportunity to
browse. We also hope to publish some photos of the event in the near
future.
Third Year
Project Poster Prizewinners
After a terribly difficult judging session
involving Ian Pratt-Hartmann, Len Freeman and Toby Howard – who were all
amazed by the extremely high quality of the work they saw – the School can
now send its warmest congratulations to third year UG students Haroon
Ahmed (CS, project supervisor Alan Williams) and Aloysius Tan (CSwBM,
project supervisor Brian
Warboys) who have won First Prize in their respective
categories for best third year Project Poster. Haroon and Aloysius will
soon receive their official certificates and prizes (book tokens), and
their posters will be exhibited again for all to admire. Well done Haroon
and Aloysius!
New
Environment Officer
I am very pleased to welcome Eamon Griffin as our
new Environment Officer (EO). It will obviously take him some time
to become familiar with the School and its estates, but you should treat
him as the first point of contact for all environment issues. This
is also an appropriate juncture at which to thank Hilary Khan for stepping
into the breach by taking on the EO role over the past few months, on top
of her long-term commitment to making the School a more pleasant place to
work. I am also grateful that Hilary has agreed to see through a few
projects that are close to completion and to spend time bringing Eamon up
to date with outstanding issues. I know her advice on environment
matters will continue to be invaluable.
National Science Week
The 12th to the 16th of March
2007 is National Science week. Activities for 13-16 years olds
will be taking place in Schools across the Faculty. The External Affairs
office will be coordinating Computer Science activities and is currently
looking for suggestions for interactive/hands-on sessions that we can run
in the School. If you have any suggestions, or feel you could help in any
way, then please contact Bernard.
As you know, we need to give student awareness and recruitment activities
a very high priority, and I would encourage you all to put some energy
into coming up with ideas
Post Graduate Open Day
Many thanks to all those involved in last week’s
postgraduate Open Day. Around 20 prospective postgraduate students visited
the School for talks and demos, which were extremely well received.
Special thanks to Sue Wolfenden for organising the open day and to Jim
Miles and Gwenn Englebienne for putting on informative and entertaining
demos.
UMIP@CS
As part of the School’s strategy to increase
involvement in knowledge & technology transfer, we have arranged for
David Eales – one of UMIP’s business managers – to spend a day a month in
the School. During his first visit, which takes place this week (see below), he will be available to answer
questions – specific or general – concerning intellectual property and
commercialisation. During future visits, David will arrange to meet with
each of the research groups to discuss opportunities for
commercialisation.
Events this
Week
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Sensor Data Collection in a Transport Monitoring
Environment 13 Dec 06
Dr Niki Trigoni, Birkbeck, University of
London
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Information
UMIP Open Door Day
New
14 Dec 06
David Eales, UMIP, will be available to discuss
intellectual property and commercialisation. If there are issues you
would like to discuss, email David to
arrange a mutually convenient time, or drop in ‘on spec’ during the
day.
0930-1300 and 1400-1700. Kilburn
2.09a
Graduation Party New
14 Dec 06
The graduation ceremony for CS students will be
proceeded at by a small party at which staff and fellow PG students can
celebrate their success. We will also award the prize for best
performance in the taught component of our MSc
programmes.
1430-1530, Staff Common Room
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
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School Christmas Party New
19 Dec 06
There will be a DJ, wine, beer , soft drinks and
food aplenty, but don't forget to bring a bottle of your favourite tipple
as well to help things along. Offers of help with food preparation
and Christmas decorations and on the day would still be gratefully
received – drop in to ACSO/Lynn during the morning for
instructions.
1600 -?, Staff Common Room,
Kilburn.
UMIP Open Door Day New
11 Jan 07
David Eales, UMIP, will be available to discuss
intellectual property and commercialisation. If there are issues you
would like to discuss, email David to
arrange a mutually convenient time, or drop in ‘on spec’ during the
day.
0930-1300 and 1400-1700. Kilburn
2.09a
President’s
Visit
28 Feb 07
The President and Vice-Chancellor will be visiting
the School. Please make a diary note – more details nearer the
time.
1400-1600
Future
External
Events
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Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular
Biology 29-30 Mar
07
With participants from mathematics, statistics,
computer science, bioinformatics, biology and related fields, the MASAMB
meetings provide an intimate setting for exchange of ideas in
methodological and applied research. Research students and scientists
newly entering the field of genomic research are particularly welcome. To
be considered for a talk or poster, authors should submit a one page
abstract describing their research. This abstract will be used to select
presentations and should provide an overview of the research objectives,
methods and results.
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Information
Funding
Opportunities
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Toshiba
Fellowhips
15 Dec 06
Toshiba in association with the EPSRC invites
applications from European scientists to join one of its high technology
research teams in Japan.
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DTI Technology Strategy -
Competitions for
Funding
08 Jan 07
The Autumn 2006 Competition for Funding was
launched in London last week and the Technology Priority Areas are as
follows: Network security; Moving towards the zero emission enterprise;
Emerging energy technologies; Bioscience and healthcare; Sensors and
imaging for medical, security and environmental applications; Plastic
electronics
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Information
Royal Commission 1851 Industrial Fellowships
2007
25 Jan 07
The Commission now sees its Industrial Fellowships
as catalysts in the encouragement of innovation and creativity in British
industry. Although the Fellowships are awarded to individuals, their
parent Companies and associated Universities derive equal advantage from
the scheme. About eight Industrial Fellowships are offered each year
for selected graduates, working in British Industry, who have a good first
degree in engineering, science or medicine.
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Information
EPSRC Challenging Engineering
Call
2 Feb 07
Prospective applicants are encouraged to submit an
outline proposal, no more than 2 pages long. Schools are asked to submit
no more than 2 outline proposals. These should be sent to Helen
Gleeson by Friday 2
February 2007 to allow sufficient time for the prospective
applicants to make an excellent application.
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Information
UoM Simon Industrial and Professional
Fellowship
1 Jul 07
The regulations and faculty financial allocations
for the Simon Industrial and Professional Fellowship appointments during
the 2006/07 academic session are available here.
Any applications should be sent to Helen
Gleeson initially (not the Dean as stated).
Nominations must be received no later than 1 July 2007.
EPSRC ICT Platform
Grants
Open
EPSRC invites outline proposals for its
information and communication technology platform grants. Platform grants
aim to provide world-leading UK groups with continuity of
funding for strategic development, longer-term research and international
networking.
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Information
Royal Academy of
Engineering Research
Chairs
Open
The Royal Academy of Engineering invites
applications for its research chairs.
Research Chairs are
full-time professorial appointments, in any engineering-related subject.
The academy particularly welcomes proposals of a multidisciplinary nature.
Funding is provided for 5 years.
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Information
RAEng Industrial Secondment
Scheme
Open
An opportunity for university lecturers in
engineering to gain state-of-the-art industrial
experience.
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Information
BBSRC International Scientific Interchange Scheme
(ISIS)
Open
To help scientists make and establish new contacts
with their international counterparts.
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Information
RAEng Global Research
Awards
Open
Projects in centres of excellence overseas
focussing on stimulating wealth creation and improvements in the quality
of life.
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Information
EPSRC Engineering
Visits
Open
Support for salary costs and travel subsistence
for scientists and engineers of acknowledged standing, either from within
the UK or abroad, to visit the
investigator's organisation.
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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.
EPSRC Computer Science Writing Competition
2006/07
31 Jan 07
We want unpublished articles of up to 750 words
about research that’s part of any EPSRC-funded computer science
project. For this competition, computer science means the study of
methods for acquiring, storing, processing, communicating and reasoning
about information, and the role of interactivity in natural and artificial
systems through the implementation, organisation and use of computer
hardware, software and other resources.
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Information
Royal Academy of
Engineering MacRobert
Award
31 Jan 07
The UK's premier award for
innovation in engineering. The Award, first presented in 1969, honours the
winning company with a gold medal and the team members with a prize of
£50,000. The presentation of the Award recognises the successful
development of innovative ideas in engineering. It seeks to demonstrate
the importance of engineering and the role of engineers and scientists in
contributing to national prosperity and international
prestige.
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European Science
Awards
21 Feb 07
These prestigious awards, bestowed by the Royal
Society and Académie des Sciences, and sponsored by Microsoft Research, is
designed to recognise and reward scientists working in Europe who have
made a major contribution to the advancement of science through the use of
computational methods. The 2007 award is open to any research
scientist who has made a significant contribution at the intersection of
computing and the physical sciences, including mathematics and
engineering.
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ERCIM Cor Baayen
Award
15 April 07
The Cor Baayen Award is awarded each year to a
most promising young researcher in computer science and applied
mathematics. The award was created in 1995 to honour the first ERCIM
President. Nominations should be made by a staff member of the
university or research institute where the nominee is undertaking
research. Self nominations are not accepted.
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Research
Awards
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week
Staff
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Awards and Promotions
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Academic Arrivals
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Academic Retirements
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Research Arrivals
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Research Departures
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Administrative Arrivals
Bryony Quick – Junior Academic Secretary -
ACSO
Administrative Departures
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Sabbatical Leave
Alasdair
Rawsthorne: 80% secondment to
Transitive Technologies
Oct 06 – Sep 07.
Alvaro
Fernandes: IBM Almaden Research Centre
US
Jul 06 – Dec 06.
Milan Mihajlovic:
University of
Maryland, College Park
Jul 06 – Dec 06
Vacancies
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Academic Staff
None
Research & Technical Staff
Senior Clinical Systems Architect and Knowledge
Engineer EPS/396/06 New
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