News from Head of School
Apologies from Head of School
Chris is delayed in the US
today and so the next edition of the newsletter will have his fuller input.
University Undergraduate Open Days 2007
The Undergraduate Open Days for 2007 are
Friday 22nd June, Saturday 23rd June and Saturday 6th
October. The School has two 90 minute slots 1130-1300 and
1300-1430. Each slot involves a 30 minute presentation on the
attractions of studying here, a tour, demos, and a 'meet & greet'
session, where prospective students and their parents can meet staff and
existing students informally. The External Affairs Office will be contacting
staff soon for the demos and presentations but if you are available on any of
these three days and would like to volunteer we would appreciate your help
especially for the meet & greet sessions. If you are able to
help out anytime between 1000 – 1600 especially with the first two Open
Days on Friday 22nd June or Saturday 24th June
please contact Sophia
or Bernard
in the External Affairs Office.
Google Visit - academic staff meeting 18
Apr 07
On Wednesday 18th April we are being visited by Google.
Nick Creswell, Google’s University Relations Manager, and Fabrice Callette, a
former PhD student who now works at the company's European Engineering hub in
Zurich, will be joining us to
talk to both students and staff. In addition to a tech talk (the details of
which were circulated earlier) Google have requested the opportunity to talk
to any members of academic staff interested in hearing more about building a
relationship between Manchester and Google.
Google are keen to discuss their Research Awards (Grants) programme,
their visiting faculty programme, provision of guest lecturers,
project/placement opportunities, and potential involvement in the School’s
research symposium. They are also very keen for ideas and suggestions of
other ways in which we could work together more closely. The meeting will take place next Wednesday
April 18th in the Mercury Room 12:00pm
– 1:00pm. Space is limited
so if you would like to attend please email Natasha If there is anything specific
you would like included on the agenda please include this in any email.
Events this Week top
Integrated Decision Support for Clinical Oncology 18 Apr 07
A case study in
breast cancer.
Prof Paulo Lisboa. Liverpool
John Moores University
1415, Lecture Theatre 1.5, Kilburn
More
Information
Google Tech Talk 18
Apr 07
Fabrice Callette
On Wednesday 18th April Google will be visiting the
University to give their first ever Tech Talk at Manchester.
The speaker will be Fabrice Caillette, who completed his PhD at Manchester
in 2006, and now works at the company's European Engineering hub in Zurich. As a technical introduction to Google,
Fabrice will explain some of the challenges involved in large-scale
information retrieval across billions of webpages, as well as the
difficulties in understanding user intent across hundreds of millions of
search queries a day. He'll describe some of the solutions Google has
developed for these challenges, and he'll take Q&A afterward. The event is intended for Computer Science
staff, students on all degree courses and in any year, and anyone with an
interest in Google technologies. There
will also be information provided on careers with Google, both in the UK
and further afield - from Zurich
to Trondheim to Silicon
Valley.
1300, Lecture Theatre 1.3, Kilburn
Basic Facilitation Skills & Techniques 18
Apr 07
Marcia Ody, Students as Partners
This highly interactive and experiential workshop will
explore the role of the effective facilitator, the basic facilitation process
and introduce techniques to motivate small groups and maximise student
learning. This practical session will focus on increasing confidence to
interact with student groups for new or developing facilitators.
1330 – 1700, CEEBL, C24, Sackville
St Building
More
Information & Registration
PET in drug development 19
Apr 07
Dr Julian Matthews, WMIC
For more information, and to confirm attendance, please
contact Jonathan Bevan
1600, WMIC, Palatine Road
in Withington (Christie Hospital
site)
BioModelling Network Seminar 20
Apr 07
Good ways to build
bad models: Steve Wilkinson
Reverse engineering
of negative feedback in MAPK signalling: Nils Bluethgen
Everyone is welcome to attend; also feel free to invite
others who may have an interest in the topic. For everyone who does not already have
access to MIB, please email Dr.
Evangelos Simeonidis with your name, and you will be included on the list
of guests at MIB reception.
1200 - 1300, MIB (Lecture Theatre)
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 top
Gaussian Process for 3D Human Body Tracking New 24
Apr 07
Character Animation
and Classification
Raquel Urtasun, MIT CSAIL
1400-1500, Room 2.19, Kilburn
More
Information
UK
e-Science Programme Awareness Event 1
May 07
The UK e-Science programme has enjoyed a high
international profile since its inception in 2001. The University of Manchester has played a major role in shaping the
programme with major contributions, e.g. in Astronomy, Bioscience, Computer
Science, Medical Science, Physics and Social Science. On 1 May
2007 The
University of Manchester is organising an awareness event to present
opportunities for University of Manchester researchers to benefit from this high
profile event and to demonstrate the range of support for developing new
collaborations and bids across the full range of the Research Councils. There
will be presentations and demonstrations from successful projects and
information about how to utilise e-Science methods for future proposals and
collaborations. Registration is required. Email for : Further details & registration
1300, ESNW,
Kilburn (lunch provided)
Post Grad Visit Day 3
May 07
As a first step,
please email Sue
Wolfenden if you are prepared to help. We are in the process of
organising demos, but would be grateful for other suggestions for the format
of the day.
OGF20/2nd EGEE User Forum 7-11
May 07
OGF20, presented
by the Open Grid Forum and co-located with EGEE's 2nd User Forum, is the
premier grid technologies event of 2007. Come join the Open Grid Forum as we
continue our mission to accelerate grid adoption in science and industry.
Venue: Manchester Central
More Information and Registration
Academic Staff Away Days 24-25
May 07
Following the success of previous events, we plan to hold
a two day residential away-event for academic staff – on the 24-25 May 2007. Please make a note of these dates in your
diary – details will follow nearer the event.
Post Grad Visit Days 7
Jun 07
As a first step,
please email Sue Wolfenden
if you are prepared to help. We are in the process of organising demos,
but would be grateful for other suggestions for the format of the day.
University Graduation Ceremony for Computer Science 13 Jul 07
UG & PG.
Reception in School followed by Graduation Ceremony at 1645.
UG Exam Board Dates Various
15 Jun, 1000,
IT 407: Internal Exams Board, 3rd Year
15 Jun, 1400,
IT 407: Internal Exams Board, 2nd Year
15 Jun, 1500,
IT 407: Internal Exams Board, 1st Year
19 Jun, 1400.
IT 407: External Exams Board
PG Exam Board Dates Various
24 Apr, 1400, Atlas Suite: Internal Exams Board
26 Apr, 1400, Atlas Suite:
External Exams Board
Future External Events top
Motivating Students to work in Teams 24
Apr 07
Skills for the
facilitator
This session, the second in a series of three*, will
concentrate on planning and
facilitation issues that you will need to bear in mind
when organising your students to work in teams. Please email EPS-TSU to reserve you place at
this event. Lunch will be provided.
1200-1330, George Begg C4
PET neurology 26
Apr 07
Prof Karl Herholz, School
of Medicine, UoM
For more information, and to confirm attendance, please
contact Jonathan Bevan
1600, WMIC, Palatine Road
in Withington (Christie Hospital
site)
Enhancing Projects and Dissertations 28
Apr 07
Enhancing projects
and dissertations – lessons from enquiry-based learning
Dr Peter Kahn, Learning Development
Do your students undertake project work or do you ask them
to complete a dissertation? This practical workshop will consider how to
improve project work and dissertations by drawing on ideas developed within
enquiry-based learning.
1400 – 1630, CEEBL, C24, Sackville
St Building
More
Information & Registration
Interested in communicating with young people? New 30-31
Apr 07
Training opportunity
With support from the Royal Society and the Gatsby
Charitable Foundation, the Science Learning Centres have established a course
for researchers wanting to work with young people in schools. This course will support scientists wishing
to have direct contact with children, either in a classroom setting, or in a
setting with a larger audience of school children such as an assembly or a
lecture demonstration. This course is
free to active researchers, including travel expenses. To register your
interest or for more information, please contact the course leader, Katy Bloom at the National Science
Learning Centre.
More Information
Development of Novel Technologies Meeting 30
Apr 07
Instrumentation for
measurement and quantification in biosciences.
Organiser: Prof Peter Fielden, CEAS
The objectives of the meeting are to provide an
opportunity to meet with colleagues with similar interests; share skills and
expertise; provide a forum for discussion; determine what the needs of the
area are; examine areas for development, interaction and new funding. Tea and coffee will be provided. So that we have an idea of numbers, please
email Rachel Woolley if
you intend to come along.
1300, LG.011, MIB
System Identification and Experimental Design 1 May 07
How to best
use your data
Dr Martin
Brown, Senior Lecturer in EEE
MCISB website
1400, MIB (Lecture
Theatre)
Biomolecular Engineering &
Systems Analysis 21-22 May 07
Biomolecular engineering and systems analysis are areas of
great excitement and rapid development.
At this conference, presentations will be given by renowned academics
in the fields of nanodevices, systems biology, and innovative
bioprocessing. The keynote lecture on Innovation will be given by
Professor Richard Darton from the University
of Oxford. More
Information.
Venue: MIB
Graduate Research Conference 12
Jun 07
A showcase of
interdisciplinary graduate research
Postgraduates and
post-docs from across the sciences are invited to participate
in the Graduate Research Conference. In association with the Faculty of
Engineering and Physical Sciences, this inaugural conference aims to foster
interdisciplinary research excellence and promote transferable research
skills
at the University of Manchester.
This year's multi-disciplinary program will highlight the dynamic research
undertaken within: School of Physics and Astronomy, School of Earth, Atmospheric
and Environmental Sciences, The Photon Science Institute & The Dalton
Institute.
9.30 - 18.00, Simon
Building
More Information
IAS'07 29-31
Aug 07
Information assurance and security has become an important
research issue in networked and distributed information sharing environments.
Finding effective ways to protect information systems, networks and sensitive
data within the critical information infrastructure is challenging even with
the most advanced technology and trained professionals. The International
Symposium on Information Assurance and Security aims to bring together
researchers, practitioners, developers, and policy makers involved in
multiple disciplines of information security and assurance to exchange ideas
and to learn the latest development in this important field. Organised by Dr Ning Zhang, IMG.
The Sixth UK
e-Science All Hands Meeting 10-13
Sep 07
The aim of the meeting is to provide a forum in which
e-Science projects
from all disciplines can be discussed, and where the results from projects
can be demonstrated. The conference will therefore feature presentations by
groups throughout the UK
who are active in e-Science projects, in addition
to poster sessions, mini-workshop sessions, project demonstrations,
tutorials, and birds-of-a-feather sessions. The schedule will also include a
number of invited Keynote speakers involved in leading Grid and e-Science
activities.
More Information
Funding Opportunities top
BBSRC Enterprise
Fellowships 16
Apr 07
The BBSRC Enterprise Fellowships are designed to enable an
individual to advance the commercialisation of existing research results or
technological developments and will be tenable for a period of one year
commencing on or before 1 October
2007. The Fellowships enable the holder to concentrate on
developing the commercial potential of their research, whilst also receiving
formal training in relevant business skills.
More
Information
2007 BA Media Fellowship scheme 18
Apr 07
The BA (British Association for the Advancement of
Science) runs a project called the BA
Media Fellowships scheme. It’s an amazing opportunity for
scientists to experience being a science journalist, working alongside the
professionals for 3-8 weeks, greatly enhancing writing and communication
skills.
More Information
European Research Council Grant Schemes 25
Apr 07
The European Research Council (ERC) is the first
pan-European funding body set up to support investigator-driven frontier
research. The main aim of the newly-established body is to stimulate
scientific excellence by supporting and encouraging the very best, truly
creative scientists, engineers and scholars to be adventurous and take risks
in their research.
More
Information
British Council Research Exchange Programme New 2
Jun 07
The Researcher Exchange Programme (RXP) is the new
initiative that aims to promote the development of scientific co-operation
and contacts between the UK
and other countries. The purpose of
the Researcher Exchange Programme is to help develop new research links
between higher education institutions and research laboratories in the UK
and other countries. It aims to encourage mobility and internationalism among
early stage researchers for the exchange of information, ideas and knowledge,
and for relationship-building.
More Information
Technology Programme - Spring 2007 Competition 18 Jun 07
The latest
Technology Programme call opens on April 24th and has £100 million to
allocate.
More
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.
More
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.
More
Information
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
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.
More Information
Prize and Award
Opportunities top
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.
Philip Leverhulme Prizes 15
May 07
Philip Leverhulme
Prizes are awarded to outstanding scholars (normally under the age of 36)
whose work has already been recognised at an international level, where
further work of particular promise can be confidently expected.
Approximately 25 Prizes are available. For the 2007 competition the
selected disciplines are: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Engineering; Geography;
Modern European Languages and Literature (including English); Philosophy and
Ethics. Nominations for Prizes are to be endorsed by the head of the
nominee's institution (normally a university). Please inform Helen
Gleeson of any nominations made.
More Information
IEEE Medal of Honour – Nominations 1
Jul 07
The IEEE Medal of Honor is the Institute's highest
award. It is given for an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary
career in the IEEE fields of interest.
It is presented only when a candidate is identified as having made a
particular contribution which forms a clearly exceptional addition to the
science and technology of concern to the Institute. Recipient selection is
administered through the IEEE Medals Council of the IEEE Awards Board.
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Information
Research Awards top
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Staff News top
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
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Sabbatical Leave
Alasdair Rawsthorne: 80% secondment to Transitive Technologies
Oct 06 – Sep 07.
Howard Barringer: King’s College London & Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Pasadena,
CA)
Feb 07 - Sep 07
Vacancies top
Academic Staff
None
Research & Technical Staff
Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate, EPS/064/07
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Management & Professional
Staff
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