MANCHESTER 1824	School of Computer Science
Weekly Newsletter	11 May 2009
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 New Arrival! As many of you will already be aware, Norman and Suzanne are now parents of a baby daughter – as yet no name. Mother and baby are both well. Congratulations to them all. 1^st Year student wins IET competition We were delighted to hear the news that 1st year computer science undergraduate Peter Sutton recently took part in the IET Present Around The World competition. Present around the World is the Institution’s presentation competition for Students, Apprentices and Young Professionals who have graduated within the last 7 years. Peter’s presentation won him first place, a particularly impressive feat considering his competitors either have or are studying for a PhD or already work in industry. He now has a place in the global final. The winning presentation was entitled "Advanced Python Better Code." It demonstrated how the class customisation features of the programming language Python can use used to implement a 'calculation on demand' mechanism. Following encouragement from a judge at the competition to publish his work, Peter is now seeking an appropriate method of publication for his winning presentation. Maintaining your profile using the Faculty MIS system The eScholar service will be launched in early June. In summary, eScholar will provide with an interface to manage academic publications. For more information about eScholar please refer to their website. When the eScholar service goes live in the first week of June, the primary route to eScholar to manage publications will be through the University Portal: http://portal.manchester.ac.uk/ At the same time, the functionality to maintain and manage the remainder of a profile (Biography, Research Interests etc) will be transferred from MIS to the University Portal. This will enable management of both aspects of a profile to be available in one place and offer improvements to the user experience. For more information about this move and for a more detailed roll out plan please visit: http://wiki.manchester.ac.uk/epsis/index.php/Portal_Project New Vice-President and Dean Professor John Perkins, Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, is to leave the University next month to take up a new post as Provost of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi. Professor Colin Bailey, currently Head of the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, will become Acting Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, pending an international search for a new permanent Vice-President and Dean. Events Increasingly Accurate Representation of Biochemistry 11 May 09 Michel Dumontier 14:00, Atlas 1 Faculty of EPS open meeting 13 May 09 Note time change: 13:30, Rutherford Lecture Theatre, Schuster Building. All members of staff in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences are invited to attend a Faculty Open Meeting with Professor John Perkins, the Vice President & Dean. Professor Perkins will present an overview of the Faculty's current performance followed by brief updates from each of the Associate Deans on the key priorities within their areas. The remainder of the meeting will be given over to a question and answer session on any matters of interest. All are welcome. Seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Perception-oriented Rendering 13 May 09 Dr Karol Myszkowski, Max Planck Institute for Informatics 14:15, Lecture theatre 1.4, Kilburn building School seminars home page New Funding and Award Opportunities top None this week