News from Head of
School
Signing off until September
This will be the last newsletter until
September. I will be away on holiday from Friday 1st
July, but Norman Paton will be
here whilst I am away and will be acting as HoS in my absence. I
hope the summer will allow us all a much-needed opportunity to renew our
stocks of energy and enthusiasm and that those of you taking a holiday
during August will have an enjoyable break.
Comings and Goings Event
Thanks to everyone who turned out for the comings
and goings event on Friday, and to ACSO for organising it. I know
that many of you were pleased to have the opportunity to wish bon voyage
to several long-standing members of staff who, in several cases, are
setting off into the unknown, and I’m sure that you join me in wishing
them all the best of luck in their future endeavours.
Events this
Week
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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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School Board Dates
1 October - Budget Report
and Dean attending 26 November - UG Report 4 February - PG Report
25 March - External Affairs Report 6 May - Research Report 1
July - Resources Report
All meetings take place 1530-1700 in IT
407.
Future
External
Events
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Arts meets Science, Science meets
Art
23 Sep 08
A series of free Roberts funded summer seminars
for postgraduate research students. These seminars have been
organised by the Graduate Education Team and Jodrell bank and are open to
research students from the University of Manchester. The series of seminars
will explore collaborations across the Arts, Humanities and Sciences.
Students are also invited to provide posters about their own
cross-disciplinary work.
More
information
BCS International Academic Research
Conference
22-24 Sep 08
The British Computer Society is launching its
first International Academic Conference. Full paper submissions are being
solicited in all areas of research covering the broad field of Computer
Science and Engineering (CSE). The conference will be organized in
sessions and mini-tracks, each devoted to a theme or area, and will
include a small number of invited presentations. The topics included
are deliberately broad to reflect the rich texture and intellectual vigor
of CSE. Venue: Imperial
College London
More
Information
Funding
Opportunities
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Newton International
Fellowships
4 Aug 08
A new multi-million pound initiative to fund
research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers has
been launched. The Newton International Fellowships aim to attract
the most promising, early stage, post-doctoral researchers working
overseas, who do not hold UK citizenship, in the fields
of humanities, engineering, natural and social sciences. The scheme
provides funding to successful candidates for up to 2 years to work with
research groups at a UK research Institution and to
establish long term international collaborations.
More Information
EPSRC
Postdoctoral Fellowships Call
2008
30 Sep 08
EPSRC are offering Postdoctoral Fellowships in
theoretical physics, theoretical computer sciences, mathematical sciences
and life sciences interface to enable the most talented new researchers to
establish an independent research career, shortly or immediately after
completing a PhD. The awards are for a period of up to three years
and primarily cover the salary costs of the Fellow, travel and
subsistence. More
Information
Industrial Secondment
Scheme
Open
The Industrial Secondment Scheme provides an
invaluable opportunity for engineering teaching staff in Higher Education
institutions to gain state-of-the-art industrial experience.
Applicable to engineers of all disciplines, the scheme's objective is to
enable the secondees to impart the fruits of this experience to their
students through teaching, through case studies using up-to-date material
and, in the longer term, through course design. The benefits also accrue
to the host organization which gains a temporary but highly qualified
member of staff, and to the university which has the opportunity of
strengthening its links with industry.
More
Information
UoM Knowledge Transfer
Challenge
Open
The KT Challenge offers small grants for concept studies and feasibility studies. If you are
interested in developing ideas in collaboration with an industrial partner
– developing new technology, or applying existing technology in an
industrial setting – please contact Constantinos
Astreos.
EPSRC Encouraging Postdoctoral Mobility Between
Disciplines
Open
EPSRC would like to encourage the transfer of
outputs of research between different research disciplines as well as
aiding the career development of EPSRC funded PDRAs. In the first instance
an extra year of support will be offered. Transfers between the
engineering and physical science disciplines and the life sciences are
encouraged. There are no closing dates for proposals.
More
Information
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
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
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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.
None currently open
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
Alan Williams
Mary McGee Wood
Andy Naftel
Christos Tjortjis
Research Arrivals
None this week
Research & Technical
Departures
Bob Snowdon
Marjahan Begum
Andy Pickering
Administrative Arrivals
None this week
Administrative Departures
None this week
Sabbatical Leave
Alasdair
Rawsthorne: 80% secondment to
Transitive Technologies Oct 07 – Sep 08. - continuing
John
Keane: Academic Year 2008/09
Len
Freeman: April to Sept 2009
John
Gurd: Academic Year
2009/10
Liping
Zhao: Sept 2008 to Mid Jan 09, and Mid
July 09 to mid Jan 10
Josh
Knowles: Feb 2009 for 6
months
Rizos
Sakellariou: Lent term 2008-09, Summer
term 2008-09, Michaelmas Term 2009-10 (2
semesters)
Xiao-Jun
Zeng: January 2009-April 2009
Ning
Zhang: January 2009 – June
2009
Vacancies
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Academic Staff
None
Research & Technical Staff
Research
Associate in Sensor Information Management School of Computer
Science Closing date: 08/08/2008. Ref EPS/80857.
Software
Engineer - National Centre for Text Mining School of Computer
Science Closing date: 11/08/08. Ref EPS/80858.
Management & Professional Staff
None
Administrative Staff
Undergraduate
Admissions Assistant School of Computer Science Closing date:
01/08/2008.
Ref EPS/80822. |