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Weekly
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8 December 2014 |
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News
from Head of School
REF results
next week The REF results will be made public
next week. They will be made available to staff as soon as possible, probably
on the afternoon of Wednesday 17th December. There will be a
meeting for academic staff in IT407 at 9:30 am on Thursday 18th
December where the result will be discussed. News and announcements
Two SSI Fellows awarded to Computer Science Natalie Stanford and Robert Haines have been awarded Software Sustainability Institute Fellowships for 2015! Their profiles, amongst the other Fellows, can be found here. SSI aimed to create 15 Institute Fellows for 2015 but due to the quality of applications and intense competition we had to increase the numbers of places available to 19. Success in the 2014 i2b2 shared task in NLP for Clinical Data A team from Computer Science has once again achieved excellent results in the top international annual shared task in clinical text mining, which is organised by the i2b2 (Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside), an NIH-funded National Center for Biomedical Computing. This year one of the two tasks was de-identification of clinical narratives, and our team (Azad Dehghan, Aleksandar Kovacevic, George Karystianis, John Keane and Goran Nenadic) won the 2nd place. Discover Computer Science day The School ran its first ‘Discover Computer Science Day’ last Wednesday, which saw 50 Year 12 students and teachers on campus. It was an opportunity for A-level students who are seriously considering Computer Science at degree level to see first-hand the interesting research and activities that happen in the School. These Discover Days are supported by the central Widening Participation Team and we aim to run them twice a year. We like to thank our two speakers Dr Gavin Brown and Dr Steve Pettifer for their fascinating talks on Making Computers Think and Phantom Limb VR research, and also to our PhD students, Francis Southern and Fabio Papacchini for running an engaging and challenging workshop on logic and reasoning. The day proved very popular with the students and teachers, with Glyn Johnson from Fallibroome School saying all his pupils “Really enjoyed the day, felt welcome at the University and were very positive about the experience.” If you are interested in getting involved in our next Discover Computer Science day then please email the team at schools.liaison@cs.man.ac.uk. Research support team welcome and thanks! Welcome to Dr Steve Owen who will be working in the research support team as Research Support Manager (RSM) for Maths in the new year. Vinod Verghese will be moving to the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science as RSM. Thank you to Vinod from the School for all of his hard work over last couple of years in his role as lead RSM. From next year, Sarah Chatwin will be taking on the lead role whilst remaining located in the Kilburn Building. Events
EPSRC workshop notice and info If you are interested in
the EPSRC workshops detailed below please let Robert Stevens
know and remember funding may be available from the School to attend these
(see Robert). Using OWL and RDF at the European BioInformatics Institute 10 Dec 14 14:00, lecture theatre 1.4, Kilburn
building. Dr Helen Parkinson, European Bioinformatics Institute. Part of the School Seminar series REMINDER - EPSRC ICT Perspectives on Big Data Analytics Workshop Closing date:
16:00, 15 December 2014 Event: 03 March
2015, Birmingham
The EPSRC ICT Theme is inviting Expressions of Interest to attend a one-day workshop to engage in discussion, to identify research challenges and to initiate new collaborative working partnerships in the area of Big Data Analytics. We would like to build up a picture of the research challenges in Big Data Analytics, from the perspective of the ICT community. The EPSRC are looking to build up a picture of the research challenges in Big Data Analytics, from the perspective of the ICT community. Reminder: CS
Christmas party Thurs
18 Dec 14 The
party will start at 3pm on Thursday 18 December with a short toast to the
School to mark its 50th birthday. As usual there will be pizza,
some drinks, and amazing music. DJ
Jazzy Jezmas returns to the decks and 2014 will mark the third year of the
legendary Christmas quiz hosted by Chris Farrington and DJ Jezmas. REMINDER -
EPSRC Future Intelligent Technologies Workshop: Call for Expressions of
Interest Closing date: 07 January
2015 Event: 24-25 February
2015, Oxford Intelligent
technologies can be considered to have the capacity to replace, augment or
complement human activity. This workshop will be delivered as a cross-theme
event, with representation from the ICT and Engineering capability themes as
well as the Manufacturing the Future challenge theme. It will provide an
opportunity for researchers with an interest in the broad area of intelligent
technologies to engage in discussion, consider the future challenges and
opportunities presented and encourage the formation of new connections that
may begin address the research challenges identified. Output from the
workshop will be presented as a report which will feed into EPSRC's
strategies regarding intelligent technologies over the course of the next
Delivery Plan. Funding
Opportunities
Research
Support Office Please contact us through researchsupportcsm@manchester.ac.uk. There is information about support for grant writing, submission and
successful examples at http://staffnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/reso/
and through EPS. The EPS blog The Word contains features
News, Events and comment relevant to Postgraduate Researchers, Research Staff
and Supervisors or PIs. Important: Changes in EU Funding Opportunities More detailed information is available now
that for Horizon2020 has started (the successor of FP7 EU programme). EU
research funding is important for the School and it’s important to understand
what’s available http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html EU funding-related documents are placed by
the University's EU team at: A great resource
recommended by the ICT National Contact Point is http://www.ictic.org/, which also provides handy overview
documents. Coming-up: RAEng Industrial Secondment Scheme Jan 15 The Industrial
Secondment Scheme provides a valuable opportunity for academics to undertake
collaborative research with industry. The secondment allows the awardee to
gain knowledge and first-hand experience of current industry working
practices, enabling them to improve the quality and industrial relevance of
their teaching. The next round of applications will be announced shortly with
a submission deadline in January 2015. For further queries, please
email research@raeng.org.uk. REMINDER: Fellowships
for the future of manufacturing: challenges from the Manufacturing Foresight
report 09
Dec 14 Closing date: 16:00, 09 December 2014 The Manufacturing the Future Theme is looking to establish a number of established career Fellowships that will act as a response to the Manufacturing Foresight report. Areas could include:
Directors of Research (Robert Stevens) will have
more information on this shortly. REMINDER: Academic Centres
of Excellence in Cyber Security 12
Dec 14 Closing date: 16:00, 12 December 2014 On behalf of partners across the UK
Government, EPSRC is inviting applications from UK Universities who would
like to be recognised as Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security
Research (ACEs-CSR.) This is the third
and final call in the initial phase of this scheme. REMINDER: The
ESRC Transformative Research Call 15
Dec 14 Intentions to bid (to include a one page summary of
the proposal and the names of a potential reviewer) by Monday 15th
December 2014. This is a major research funding call which aims to provide a stimulus for genuinely transformative research ideas at the frontiers of the social sciences, enabling research which challenges current thinking to be supported and developed. Only two applications can be submitted by each
eligible research organisation and the Faculty of Humanities will coordinate
this process, with the final submission being endorsed by a peer review panel
led by the Deputy Dean for Research, Professor Colette Fagan. Please ensure
that intentions to bid are submitted to Gillian Whitworth (cc Jared Ruff) by Monday 15
December. Further details of the review process will be communicated when we
have a clearer idea of the number of applications involved, after the
intention to bid deadline. The timeline for the peer review process will be
as follows: ·
Drafts to be submitted by Friday 16 January 2015 ·
Drafts to Reviewers by
Monday 19 January 2015 ·
Comments back from Reviewers
by Monday 2 February 2015 ·
Decision-making panel to meet between 2 and 5 February 2015 ·
Decisions to applicants by 6
February 2015 ·
ESRC Deadline 16:00
Thursday 19th February 2015 REMINDER: EPS Faculty Teaching and Research
Strategic Fund 04 Jan 15 Closing date: 04
January 2015 In line with the
University strategy we continue to develop, and maintain, a small fund to
further support our research and teaching activities across the Faculty. As with previous years if you wish to
access this fund can you please send Pauline Morgan (Head of Faculty Finance EPS, with a copy to Nuala Gansler) your two page proposals as outlined in the email
sent 27/12/14. Contact Sarah Chatwin for the email details. RAEng Engineering Leadership Advanced Awards
– now open Closing date:
16:00, 26 January 2015 This programme
aims to provide support and motivation to some of the most exceptional
engineering undergraduates in UK universities. These awards help
ambitious and inspiring engineering undergraduates, who want to become
leadership role models for the next generation of engineers, to undertake an accelerated
personal development programme. Recipients will get the opportunity to
acquire the skills needed to fulfil their potential, helping them to move
into engineering leadership positions in UK industry soon after graduation.
For further queries, please email Ms Jacqueline Clay. RAEng Research chairs and Senior Research
Fellowships 2 Feb 15 Closing date: 16:00,
02 February 2015 Industrial
co-funded Professorial and Reader level appointments for five years at UK
universities to develop world leading research programmes as well as
strengthen industry-academia links. Please note that the application
process/requirements for this scheme has recently
been updated so you are advised to refer to our website/guidance
notes/eligibility criteria. For queries, please contact Ms Tapsi Khambra. EPSRC IAA: Launch of Outreach Fund 25
Feb 15 Closing date: 25
February 2015 (confirmed) Funding is
available to develop new outreach opportunities that specifically link to
EPSRC research outputs. Activities supported include engagement through
events, games, online material, publications etc. The IAA Outreach Fund
should not be used to support long-term activities, and therefore
sustainability beyond the project must be evidenced. Other EPSRC IAA
Schemes also have this deadline: Concept and
Feasibility Studies; Exploitation Secondment; N.B. Relationship Incubator has
a rolling deadline. REMINDER - RCUK Digital Economy Fellowships
in DE priority areas 28
Feb 15 Closing date: 28
February 2015 Awards can be up
to 5 years in durations starting in Oct 2015 and applicants should request
the resources they need to deliver the DE research of their proposed
fellowship. Priority areas: • Social computing • Business and economic models • Advancing the Internet of Things for
DE Please email
your intention to submit in advance. For further guidance, please contact digitaleconomy@epsrc.ac.uk or see fellowship website. FET Open funding opportunities for Research
projects 31 Mar 15 Closing date: 31
March 2015 FET Open calls
for early-stage joint science and technology research towards radically new
future technologies in ALL technological areas. Being entirely
non-prescriptive with regards to the nature or purpose of the technologies
that are envisaged, this call targets the unexpected. It is open to
collaborative research that satisfies the FET-Open 'gatekeepers':
long-term vision, ambition of the scientific and technological breakthrough,
foundational character, novelty, high-risk and deep
synergistic interdisciplinary approach. FET-Open aspires to be an early
detector of new and promising ideas, but also of the new high-potential
actors in research and innovation (such as young researchers and high-tech
SMEs) that may become the scientific and industrial leaders of the future. FET Open also
calls for coordination and support activities to turn Europe into the
best place in the world for responsible collaborative research on future and
emerging technologies that will make a difference for society in the decades
to come. For the next call deadline, FET exchange and FET Take-Up
topics are addressed. Check also the video of the FET Open session
presented at the last ICT Proposers' Day event (9-10 October 2014). More
information is available on the Participant Portal. Featured
Research Outcomes
Did you know…papers featured in the newsletter also go on display in the
Kilburn Building (outside finance: 2.03)? Send your new publications to Robert
Stevens so that more
people get to know about your research. "Precise control of interface
anisotropy during deposition of Co/Pd multilayers" C.W. Barton, T.J.A.
Slater, R.M. Rowan-Robinson, S.J. Haigh, D. Atkinson, T. Thomson, J. Appl. Phys. 116 (2014) 203903. doi: 10.1063/1.4902826 http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/116/20/10.1063/1.4902826?showFTTab=true&containerItemId=content/aip/journal/jap Oral presentation given by Smaragda
Zygridou and the recent MMM 2014 conference in Hawaii: "Remote
plasma sputtered L10 ordered FePt thin films." S. Zygridou, P.W. Nutter and T. Thomson 'Descriptive document clustering via
discriminant learning in a co-embedded space of multilevel similarities'
JASIST, Tingting Mu, John Y. Goulermas, Ioannis
Korkontzelos and Sophia Ananiadou
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23374/abstract EU-funded FP7 project
Linked2Safety (L2S) was assessed as EXCELLENT as its final review The L2S framework enables
anonymised sharing of aggregated EHR patient data between healthcare
providers to support clinical trial management. A common scheme maps data from
different sites, with data represented as data cubes for analysis.
Preliminary data mining of associations between genotype/phenotype data, drug
profiles and adverse events has illustrated the potential of the framework
and suggested areas for further work, including investigating relations that
are not supported by the current literature. The project involved SCS/MIB,
SoMaths and FMHS with Ann Gledson and David Tian as the RAs at
Manchester; other staff: John Keane, Goran Nenadić, Jianxin Pan,
Stavros Stivaros and Xiao-jun Zeng. Have we missed something? If you have some award news that you would
like us to know about please contact Sarah Chatwin. |
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