News from Head of
School
Visit by the
President
The President, Vice President for Research and the
Registrar & Secretary made one of their regular visits to the School
last Monday. They met several of our younger academics, including
short presentations of some of their work, and also spent time visiting
our Research Office, and Recruitment & External Affairs Office.
They also spent some time with key members of SLT, discussing
progress towards 2015 and some of the important issues that currently face
us. The feedback we received on the visit was extremely positive.
Many thanks to everyone involved in making the event a success.
Office
Moves
A series of office moves starts this week.
The trigger is a significant expansion in the activities of IMG, but
this is being used as an opportunity to achieve improved geographical
coherence within the Kilburn building for FM, IPG and IMG
themselves. We are extremely grateful to staff in CNC who have made
this possible by agreeing to move lock-stock-and-barrel to the IT
building, and to Hilary, who has done sterling work solving a highly
constrained optimisation problem.
Research Away Days Urgent
Some staff have not yet contacted the Research
Office with details of their availability for the research retreat. This
is the final reminder to please email the information to Anna
Smethurst.
UMSA 2006 Quiz Winners
Congratulations to the
Computer Science team of Lynn, Ruth and Lesley (ACSO), Marie (Finance),
Andy (Robotics Group) and Gavin (AI Group), who beat 15 other teams to win
the UMSA 2006 quiz last week. They are pictured with their first
prize of £100 and a bottle of champagne.
Events this
Week
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SLT Meeting New
3 Apr 06
The main agenda item will be the Recruitment &
External Affairs report presented by Bernard Strutt.
Any additional items for the agenda to
Lynn please. A
final version of the report will be presented to the School
Board.
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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CEEBL - Half day workshop for CS
staff
21 Apr 06
An opportunity for CS staff to learn about enquiry
based learning.
1230 1700 (Lunch will be
provided.)
Register by emailing Kath Mullins
BCS/IEE Accreditation
Visit
18-19 May 06
Those who will definitely need to be involved
should already know and have these dates in their diaries, but could all
staff involved in teaching please note the dates and try to ensure they
will be available if required.
Research
Retreat
29-30 Jun 06
Palace Hotel, Buxton
Programme under
development, input welcomed (email Ursula)
Future External
Events
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Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based
Learning
5 Apr 06
An update on CEEBL activities
including:
·
results and
plans of selected CEEBL funded projects;
·
Faculty
initiatives from CEEBL Academic co-ordinators;
·
opportunity
to talk to the CEEBL student interns;
·
EBL networks
and events a National and International perspective;
·
looking
forward to 2006-07.
Limited to a maximum of 50 participants.
13001430, C24 Sackville Street Building (Lunch
provided)
More Information &
Registration
EPS Faculty Meeting New
6 Apr 06
All
members of the Faculty are invited to attend an open meeting at which the
Vice-President & Dean will present the Faculty Plan. There will
be an opportunity to ask questions of a panel consisting of the Dean and
Associate Deans.
1400 1530, Lecture Theatre A,
Roscoe
Building, Brunswick
Street.
E-assessment Event New
6 Apr 06
Tim Wallace (Chemistry) and Michele Warren (Earth
Sciences)
Talk on the very successful incorporation of WebCT
quizzes into a first year course and the use and cunning modification of
the WebCT coursework submission tool.
1200 1330, Whitworth Council Chamber (lunch
provided)
More
information
Grantsmanship Training
Sessions
6-7 Apr 06
Organised by Faculty, and run by
EPSRC.
The last set of these were attended by some of our
staff who found them very useful - especially the mock panel sessions. The
courses are very popular, so if you would like to attend please put your
name forward asap to avoid disappointment. The courses are aimed at
new staff (including young staff and recent appointments who are new to
the UK) and established members of
staff who have not had any recent interaction with the EPSRC, either as
applicants, grant holders or referees/panel-members. Email louise.rogers@manchester.ac.uk
eProtein Scientific Meeting and
Workshop
24-26 Apr 06
EMBL-EBI, Imperial College London (IC) and
University College London (UCL), are delighted to invite you to attend a
one-day scientific meeting on Protein and Genome Annotations on 24th
April. The meeting will be held on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
at Hinxton and is funded by the UK Department of Trade and Industry, BBSRC
and the BioSapiens EU Project. The aim of the meeting is to describe the
current approaches, both technical and scientific, which will allow
contributions and access to annotations from many different laboratories,
based on GRID DAS technologies. The meeting will be followed by a
two-day practical workshop addressing the use and implementation of the
systems designed by the eProtein partners. All of the systems and
results of the project are freely available for the academic community to
access and use, or implement within your own lab.
More Information
and Registration
Lunchtime Yoga
Classes
Tues & Thurs
Karon Mee
People have been practicing yoga for over 3, 000
years. The benefits of practice can be experienced on many levels,
physical and spiritual. A healthy spine, improvement to physical health
and body awareness in general is experienced through asana (postures),
while calmness of the mind and improved use of the respiratory system are
effects of meditation and breath awareness. Classes are
non-competitive and suitable for all levels. Do not eat at least an
hour prior to class. UMSA members £1.50; non-UMSA £2.00 per
class
1200 1300 Tuesdays, 1310 1400 Thursdays, Staff
House
Funding
Opportunities
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BBSRC International Scientific Interchange Scheme
(ISIS)
Open
BBSRC's International Scientific Interchange
Scheme (ISIS) provides support to help scientists make and establish new
contacts with their international counterparts. Funding is available to
BBSRC grantholders, and researchers working on BBSRC-supported projects at
BBSRC-sponsored Institutes for travel and subsistence for three main types
of visit. The scheme is open to bids at any time (at least 6 weeks before
travel) with payments being made in advance of any visits. Please note
BBSRC-supported students are not eligible to travel under ISIS support.
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Information
Royal Society Research
Grants
4 Apr 06
The Research grants scheme provides 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
JISC ITT: Information Governance
Gateway
6 Apr 06
The JISC invites tenders to design, implement,
host and maintain an online gateway containing resources of relevance to
both the public and practitioners regarding the HE sectors compliance
with information governance legislation. Initial funding of up to
£50,000 is available for stage 1 of the project for the detailed scoping
and pilot development of the JISC Information Governance Gateway,
inclusive of VAT, if applicable, and all travel and other expenses. The
successful bidder will be expected to commence work on the research and
design of the Gateway by no later than May 2006, to be completed no later
than by the end of September 2006.
More
Information
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit
Awards
27 Apr 06
Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the
Office of Science and Technology, this scheme aims to give universities
additional support to attract key researchers, with great potential or
outstanding achievement, to this country or to retain those who might seek
to gain higher salaries elsewhere. The focus of the award is salary
enhancement. Research expenses are also considered for research costs not
suitable for Research Councils research grants applications and for
overseas applicants to support integration into the UK
research and funding environment.
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Wellcome Trust Equipment Grants
Apr/May 06
The Wellcome Trust consider applications for
multi-user items of equipment, including equipment required to create a
central resource for a number of disparate scientific programmes.
The maximum amount awarded is £1 million. It is expected that applications
will include a contribution from the university, or other source,
proportional to the total request. Applications for less than £10
000 will not normally be considered under this scheme. Small,
project-dedicated items of equipment can, however, form part of a project,
programme or fellowship application.
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Information
RAEng Industrial Secondment
Scheme
Open
The Industrial Secondment Scheme provides an
invaluable opportunity for university lecturers in engineering 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 organisation which
gains a temporary but highly qualified member of staff, and to the
university which has the opportunity of strengthening its links with
industry. The Scheme provides funding for the university to employ a
temporary replacement for the secondee. In this way it minimises the
effects on the normal flow of teaching, and makes it easier for
universities to release members of staff for secondment. The Scheme has
also been well received by industry, and many organisations have indicated
a willingness to offer places to engineering academics: where possible The
Royal Academy of Engineering helps in the 'matchmaking
process'.
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Information
RAEng Global Research
Awards
Open
Global Research Awards provide an opportunity for
engineers currently engaged in research and development to undertake
projects in centres of excellence overseas. Projects should focus on
activities which could help stimulate wealth creation and improvements in
the quality of life, supporting the international development of research
networks and encouraging the uptake of globally competitive technology in
the UK.
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Prize and Award
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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.
BCS Distinguished
Dissertations
10 Apr 06
The Conference of Professors and Heads of
Computing (CPHC), in conjunction with the British Computer Society (BCS),
annually selects for publication the best British PhD/DPhil dissertations
in computer science. The scheme aims to make more visible the
significant contribution made by Britain - in particular by
post-graduate students - to Computer Science.
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IBM Unstructured Information Management
Awards
14 Apr 06
IBM is pleased to announce the 2006 Unstructured
Information Management Architecture (UIMA) Innovation Award program, an
international award competition designed to encourage the use of open
source and open standards-based tools for academic curricula and
research.
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Teaching Excellence
Awards
18 Apr 06
The University has recently instituted "Teaching
Excellence Awards", which focus on achievement in teaching (including
learning support) and involve a grant of £5,000 to recipients for the
further development of their teaching or their career. If you
believe you have a case to be considered for an award, please submit a
statement of not more than five sides of A4 detailing your eligibility
against the published
criteria. Each Head of School has been asked to put forward one
nomination only, so I will consult with the Heads of UG, PG and the
Teaching Assessment Panel to select the strongest case. Nominations need
to be with the Faculty by 28th April, so please get your case
to Lynn by
18th April.
IBM Eclipse Innovation Award program
2006
28 Apr 06
IBM is pleased to announce the 2006 IBM Eclipse
Innovation Award program, an international award competition designed to
encourage the use of open source and open standards-based tools for
academic curricula and research. Qualified faculty and researchers may
submit proposals for work with applications in teaching, research or
community building around Eclipse.
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Renι Descartes
Prizes
4 May 06
The European Commission is inviting proposals
under its framework 6 science and society programme for Rene Descartes
prizes. These are to recognise excellence in research and science
communication. Prizes for research will be at least 200000 euros each, and
projects must include legal entities from 2 different member or associated
states, and include at least one member state or associated candidate
country.
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The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
1 Jul 06
The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal was established
by the Board of Directors in 1986 'for exceptional contributions to
information sciences, systems and technology.' The award is named in
honour of Dr. Richard W. Hamming, who has had a central role in the
development of computer and computing science, and whose many significant
contributions in the area of information science include his
error-correcting codes. Recipient selection is administered by the
IEEE Medals Council through the IEEE Awards Board. It may be
presented to an individual or group, up to three in number. The
award consists of a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate, and
honorarium.
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The IEEE John von Neumann
Medal
1 Jul 06
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal was established by
the Board of Directors in 1990 and may be presented annually 'for
outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.' The
achievements may be theoretical, technological, or entrepreneurial, and
need not have been made immediately prior to the date of the award.
Recipient selection is administered through the IEEE Medals Council of the
IEEE Awards Board. It may be presented to an individual or group, up
to two in number. The award consists of a gold medal, bronze
replica, certificate and honorarium.
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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
Adel Taweel - HBIG
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 New
Chair in Computer Engineering
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Chair in Computational Systems
Biology
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Teaching Fellowships in Computer
Science
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Career Development Fellowships
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Research Staff
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Administrative Staff
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