News from Head of
School
EA Games Event
The School was buzzing once again this
week, with an event to raise young
people’s awareness of computer science and motivate them to take an
interest in the subject. Over two hundred Year 11
and 12 secondary school students attended a fascinating lecture by
the Chief Technical Officer of EA Games NW Development Studio on “The
Science Behind Computer Games”, followed by a games ladder competition
using a large array of games consoles supplied by EA. The lucky winners
received free EA games of their choice. All the schools involved were
impressed by the professional way in which the event was
run and, more importantly, enjoyed the way
it combined a serious message with a lot of fun. Well done to
Bernard and the External Affairs team, and many thanks to all of you who
lent your support.
EPSRC International Review of
ICT
As many of you will know, EPSRC has commissioned
an International Review of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT). The aim is to ‘establish the international perception of the
quality and impact of UK ICT research’ with a view to informing the
Council’s future strategy (further
information). The panel of international experts will spend this
coming week in the UK, meeting ICT researchers and
assessing evidence. Five of the panel will be visiting Manchester on
Wednesday morning and we have arranged a programme of posters,
demonstrations and discussions, involving academic and research staff from
CS and E&EE. This will result in fairly intensive activity in
the Atlas/Museum area on Wednesday morning. Many thanks to those of
you who have agreed to contribute to this important event. Given the
short duration of the visit, and some fairly specific guidelines from
EPSRC, we can only provide a ‘taster’ of our ICT research, but I’m sure
those involved will give a good account of the School.
Children in Need Cake and Book Sale
Another fantastic event, raising over £1050 for
Children in Need and Christies! The online auction caused a stir and
raised £277 – many thanks to Iain Hart for setting it up. Overall, a
very enjoyable and worthwhile day. Many thanks to ACSO and to Toby
Howard for all their hard work, and to all of you who
contributed.
Events this
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School Board New
6 Dec 06
Meeting of the School Board. Main business –
UG Report
1530, IT407
Postgraduate Open
Day
6 Dec 06
An all day event with centrally organised
activities in the morning and School presentations and demos in the
afternoon. Could all academics remind 3rd/4th year undergraduates
that this Wednesday (6th December) is the University Postgraduate
Open Day and the School of Computer Science is presenting a talk followed
by two demonstrations in the afternoon - starting 2.20pm - Main
Reception, Kilburn Building, School of Computer Science.
EPS-TSU Showcase of Projects
New
7 Dec 06
Showcase of projects funded recently by the
Teaching Support Unit. Amongst others, Alex Walker from Computer
Science will be talking about: A tool (course processor) to
support course designers in the production of interactive learning
materials for e-learning. Please book at least two days in advance
(for catering purposes) by emailing: EPS-TSU.
Lunchtime (exact times and location not
supplied).
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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President’s
Visit
28 Feb 07
The President and Vice-Chancellor will be visiting
the School. Please make a diary note – more details nearer the
time.
1400-1600
Future
External
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Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular
Biology 29-30 Mar
07
With participants from mathematics, statistics,
computer science, bioinformatics, biology and related fields, the MASAMB
meetings provide an intimate setting for exchange of ideas in
methodological and applied research. Research students and scientists
newly entering the field of genomic research are particularly welcome. To
be considered for a talk or poster, authors should submit a one page
abstract describing their research. This abstract will be used to select
presentations and should provide an overview of the research objectives,
methods and results.
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Information
Funding
Opportunities
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EPSRC
‘Follow-on-Funds’
8 Dec 06
The deadline for the University’s internal
competition for EPSRC ‘Follow-on-Funds’ is 1600 Friday December 8th 2006.
Grantholders interested in applying for this funding should contact the CS
Research Office for further information and the two page application form
and send it to Richard Price.
Toshiba
Fellowhips
15 Dec 06
Toshiba in association with the EPSRC invites
applications from European scientists to join one of its high technology
research teams in Japan.
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DTI Technology Strategy -
Competitions for
Funding
08 Jan 07
The Autumn 2006 Competition for Funding was
launched in London last week and the Technology Priority Areas are as
follows: Network security; Moving towards the zero emission enterprise;
Emerging energy technologies; Bioscience and healthcare; Sensors and
imaging for medical, security and environmental applications; Plastic
electronics
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Information
Royal Commission 1851 Industrial Fellowships
2007
25 Jan 07
The Commission now sees its Industrial Fellowships
as catalysts in the encouragement of innovation and creativity in British
industry. Although the Fellowships are awarded to individuals, their
parent Companies and associated Universities derive equal advantage from
the scheme. About eight Industrial Fellowships are offered each year
for selected graduates, working in British Industry, who have a good first
degree in engineering, science or medicine.
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EPSRC Challenging Engineering Call
New
2 Feb 07
Prospective applicants are encouraged to submit an
outline proposal, no more than 2 pages long. Schools are asked to submit
no more than 2 outline proposals. These should be sent to Helen
Gleeson by Friday 2
February 2007 to allow sufficient time for the prospective
applicants to make an excellent application.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
EPSRC Computer Science Writing Competition
2006/07
31 Jan 07
We want unpublished articles of up to 750 words
about research that’s part of any EPSRC-funded computer science
project. For this competition, computer science means the study of
methods for acquiring, storing, processing, communicating and reasoning
about information, and the role of interactivity in natural and artificial
systems through the implementation, organisation and use of computer
hardware, software and other resources.
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Information
Royal Academy of
Engineering MacRobert
Award
31 Jan 07
The UK's premier award for
innovation in engineering. The Award, first presented in 1969, honours the
winning company with a gold medal and the team members with a prize of
£50,000. The presentation of the Award recognises the successful
development of innovative ideas in engineering. It seeks to demonstrate
the importance of engineering and the role of engineers and scientists in
contributing to national prosperity and international
prestige.
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ERCIM Cor Baayen
Award
15 April 07
The Cor Baayen Award is awarded each year to a
most promising young researcher in computer science and applied
mathematics. The award was created in 1995 to honour the first ERCIM
President. Nominations should be made by a staff member of the
university or research institute where the nominee is undertaking
research. Self nominations are not accepted.
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Research
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Eamon Griffin – Environment
Officer
Helen Spragg – Finance Assistant
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Sabbatical Leave
Alasdair
Rawsthorne: 80% secondment to
Transitive Technologies
Oct 06 – Sep 07.
Alvaro
Fernandes: IBM Almaden Research Centre
US
Jul 06 – Dec 06.
Milan Mihajlovic:
University of
Maryland, College Park
Jul 06 – Dec 06
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