MANCHESTER 1824	School of Computer Science
Weekly Newsletter	15 December 2008
Contents News from HoS This Week School Events External Events Funding Opps Prize & Award Opps Research Awards Staff News Vacancies Links News Submissions Newsletter Archive School Strategy School Intranet School Seminars ESNW Seminars NaCTeM Seminars	News from Head of School Carole Goble wins Inaugural Jim Gray eScience Award Congratulations to Carole Goble, who was awarded the Microsoft-sponsored Jim Gray eScience Award, in recognition of the international profile of the myGrid and myExperiment projects that support the authoring and community sharing of scientific workflows. The award, which was established “to honour the innovators whose work truly makes science easier for scientists”, was presented at the 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop in Indianapolis by Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President of the External Research at Microsoft. Further details are available <link>here - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/dec08/12-12eScienceworkshop.mspx</link>. EPSRC ICT Visit EPSRC ICT team visited the School last week and were involved in a variety of open sessions and discussion groups. The visit went well and the team seemed impressed by the event. A copy of Liam Blackwell’s slides that outline EPSRC strategy and funding profiles in the ICT area can be found here. Local organisation was carried out by Jacqui Grant and John Gurd; thanks in particular to Jacqui for overseeing the many details associated with this multi-faceted event. Events Graduation ceremony 17 Dec 08 The CS graduation ceremony is being held on Wednesday 17th December at 10am.  There will be a post-graduation reception in School for the Graduands from 11am-12:30pm in the common room. School Christmas Party 17 Dec 08 The School Christmas Party will be held on Wednesday 17^th December in the Staff Common Room from 3pm. Please bring a bottle. New Funding and Award Opportunities top None this week Research Awards top Title: Nature Contract Funding Body: Nature Publishing Co PI: Sophia Ananiadou Award Amount: £50500