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Weekly Newsletter |
7 June 2010 |
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News from Head of SchoolProgramme Changes A number of changes are at various stages of planning that will affect the degree portolio offered by the school for 2011/12. These are:
In all cases, the above changes will reduce the number of distinct units offered (or delivered) by the school. It seems important, during a period when academic staff numbers are planned to reduce and student numbers are increasing, that we reduce the numbers of units taught to small numbers of students, with a view to keeping teaching loads at a sustainable level. If you have comments or questions relating to the MSc in Informatics please contact Uli Sattler, and if you have comments relating to the BSc in Computer Systems Engineering please contact Doug Edwards. Gavin Brown interview in Times Higher Education Public Engagement award opportunities Two new sources of
money to promote Public Engagement in your research have recently been
announced. Toby Howard EventsAlgorithmic Trading Conference 11 June 10 09:30-15:00, UCL’s Financial Computing Centre, in association with Microsoft, is organising a conference to bring together university researchers and financial industry professionals to discuss future directions and job opportunities in Algorithmic Trading. This event will be of interest to PhD students, Post Docs and Masters students as well as industry professionals, and companies seeking to recruit PhDs to work in Algorithmic Trading. The Microsoft Banking Science Algorithmic Trading Prize of up to £10,000 will be launched. CS Event: FP7 Best Practice and Future Opportunities for ICT 14 June 10 09:30 – 13:15, Atlas 1 and 2 This event aims to let attendees gain an understanding of Attendees will learn
about available European funding, details of the forthcoming Work Programme
for ICT 2011-2013 and the Future Internet Public Private Partnership (PPP)
initiative. The event will also be attended by representatives of SMEs in the
*Please note that if you would like to attend this event
you will need to register* EPS Grantmanship Workshop 18 June 10This study day aims to give university researchers
who are thinking of applying to the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council an overview of how the organisation works and
an insight into the peer review process. The day typically
involves:
If you wish to attend this workshop please contact: Stephanie.Ball@manchester.ac.uk. VIII Symposium of Mexican Students 2 July 10 The VIII Symposium of Mexican Students will take place Friday 2nd July. The symposium is an annual meeting aimed at providing a forum for Mexican students to present their work, exchange knowledge and ideas. We are delighted to report that we have received nearly 100 abstracts and in total 150 students have registered to attend. We are also pleased to announce that the event will be attended be senior members from the Mexican Embassy, CONACyT, the Mexican Institute of Petroleum and the National Polytechnic Institute. Any member of staff is more than welcome to attend however we do need you to register for this event. If you would like to attend, please can you email Emma Jepson no later than Friday 18th June. On behalf of the organising committee, we look forward to welcoming you to this event and if you have any further questions please feel free to contact Emma Jepson. Funding OpportunitiesWolfson Research Merit Awards 6 July 10 Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and BIS, this scheme aims to provide universities with additional support to enable them to attract to this country, or retain, respected scientists of outstanding achievement and potential. Awards are made to the university and as such researchers must remain at the university named on the application. 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 Eligibility: Applicants can be of any nationality and
must hold, or be guaranteed, a permanent post at a Length of tenure: Five years funding after which the award holder continues with the permanent post at the host university. Place of tenure: Value: Salary enhancements have been made usually in the range of £10K to £30K per annum. Website Prize and Award OpportunitiesIEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal 1 July 10 The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal, established in 1986, is
named in honor of Dr. Richard W. Hamming, who 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. Presented to: An individual or team, up to three in number. Scope: For exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and
technology. Prize: The award consists of a gold medal, a bronze replica, a certificate,
and honorarium. Basis for Judging: In the evaluation process, the following
criteria are considered: information transmission, coding, storage and
recovery, subject areas include information theory, coding theory, data
communication, computer networks, data storage and retrieval, image and
speech understanding, originality, breadth, impact on technology,
patents/publications, and the quality of the nomination. Nomination deadline: 1 July IEEE John von Neumann Medal 1 July 10 The IEEE John von Neumann Medal, established by the Board of
Directors in 1990, is named in honor of the eminent mathematician, John von
Neumann, whose work at the Institute for Advanced Study led to the building
of the IAS binary stored-program computer in 1952. The IAS machine served as
the model for IBM's first all electronic stored-program computer (the 701). Sponsor: IBM Corp. Presented to: An individual. Scope: 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. Prize: The award consists of a gold medal, bronze replica, certificate and
honorarium. Basis for Judging: In the evaluation process, the following
criteria are considered: achievements may be theoretical, technological,
entrepreneurial, and need not have been made immediately prior to the date of
the award, truly outstanding contributions in computer hardware, software or
systems art, scope is the processing of information and includes the subject
areas of computer architecture, base technologies, systems, languages,
algorithms and protocols and application domains, work cited could have
appeared in the form of publications, patents, products or simply general
recognition by the profession that the individual cited is the agreed upon
originator of the advance, overall strength of the nomination. Nomination deadline: 1 July |
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