News from Head of
School
Graduation
The Graduation Party on Wednesday 5th July was
blessed with wonderful summer weather, an excellent accompaniment to the
strawberries and champagne. Students, families, friends and
staff who attended seemed to enjoy themselves enormously and it was a
pleasure to have John Kilburn and his wife in attendance to present the
Kilburn Medal and Kilburn/Wiliams prize. Many thanks to Kath who organised
the fine detail of the event for the first time, and also to those of you
who took the time to join the stage party to give our graduands a
memorable send off.
Exam Boards
The Exam Boards for Years 1 & 2 were held on
Monday 3rd July, and students were able to see their results on Tuesday,
completing the annual assessment process. I would like to place on
record my thanks to all academic colleagues who have been involved in the
process, helping the School to do a professional job under difficult
circumstances – particularly to Graham and Pete. Thanks also to
Gill, Jennie, Elaine, Kath & Jean who spent many hours pulling it all
together in time to meet deadlines for the Faculty and University Exam
Board meetings.
School BBQ
The School is hosting a Summer BBQ in the
courtyard of the Kilburn Building on Friday 14 July from 1400
onwards. Please collect a ticket from ACSO if you are intending to
come, so we have accurate numbers for catering purposes. To help the party
go with a swing, please bring a bottle (or two) as drinks will not be
supplied. I hope that everyone who is able will take the opportunity
to mix with staff and students from parts of the School that other events
do not reach.
Events this
Week
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School
BBQ
14 Jul 06
1400 onwards Friday 14 Jul, Kilburn Building
courtyard.
Tickets (free) available from ACSO, Room
2.127.
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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None to announce at present
Future
External
Events
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CLASS (Clerical and Secretarial Support)
Network
30 Jul 06
One Day Conference giving staff the opportunity to
attend a range of personal and professional development sessions and the
chance to network with colleagues from across the University.
More
Information and Registration
Interdisciplinary Summer School on Complex
Systems
20 – 29 Aug 06
From Individual to Collective
Behaviour in Large-Scale Complex Systems
Organised by the Schools of Computer Science,
Mathematics and Physics
St.
Martin's College,
Ambleside.
More
Information
Lunchtime Yoga Classes – Karon
Mee
Every Tues
1200 – 1300 Tues, Staff House
UMSA members £1.50; non-UMSA £2.00 per
class
Funding
Opportunities
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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
The Leverhulme Trust - Research Leadership
Awards
21 Jul 06
Aimed at those who are confronted with the task of
building a research team of sufficient scale to tackle an identified but
distinctive research objective. The Trust is limiting the number of
applications to one from each university. If interested in being
considered by the University's Research Group, please send a 1 page
outline of the case to the Associate Dean for Research, Professor
Helen Gleeson by Friday 21 July,.
More
Information
Royal Society Short Visits from the UK
1 Sep 06
The key objectives of short visits are to initiate
one-to-one collaborations, explore opportunities to build lasting networks
and gain access to complementary equipment, data observations and ideas.
More
Information
Royal Society Conference
Grants
1 Sep 06
The Conference grants scheme supports UK based scientists to either
present their own paper/poster or chair a session at an overseas
conference.
More
Information
EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
26 Sep 06
For talented young researchers, shortly or
immediately after completing a PhD.
More
Information
Royal Society Research
Grants
1 Nov 06
Seed corn funding for new projects. For research
scientists at an early stage of their career or established scientists
wishing to change the direction of their research.
More
Information
Royal Society
University
Research Fellowships 2007
New
1 Nov 06
The timetable for the Royal Society
University Research Fellowships (URF) 2007 has been brought
forward. The Scheme will open on Monday 26 June 2006. Applicants
must have a PhD or equivalent research experience and must have at least 2
and not more than 7 years' full-time postdoctoral research experience by
1 October
2007.
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.
ACM Grace Murray Hopper
Award
31 Oct 06
A prize of $15,000 awarded to the outstanding
young computer professional of the year.
More
Information
Research
Awards
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RIAM: Reciprocal Interoperability between the
Accessible and Mobile Webs
Funding Body: EPSRC (First Grant Scheme)
PI: Simon Harper
Award Amount: £205678
Staff
News
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Awards and Promotions
None this week
Academic Arrivals
None this week
Academic Departures
None this week
Research Arrivals
Ian Dunlop – Software Engineer -
IMG
Research Departures
None this week
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
None
Research Staff
None
Academic-Related Staff
None
Administrative Staff
None
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