News from Head of School
ERVS Applications
If you are considering making an ERVS application, please
consider doing this well before the deadline, as it is helpful for the school
in making decisions on individual cases if we know the whole story.
New Plaque
Staff will not need reminding that The University of
Manchester is the birthplace of the modern computer. The commemorative plaque
in Bridgeford Street,
opposite Kilburn
Building, had become
very weather damaged, and we are delighted to report that, thanks to Eamon
Griffin and Toby Howard, it has now been restored to its former glory.
Events
On the Saturation of YAGO 16
Jun 10
Prof Christoph Weidenbach. Max-Planck Institute
15:15, Lecture Theatre 1.4, Kilburn Building
Seminar page
EPS Grantmanship Workshop
18 June 10
This 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:
- Presentations
– introduction to EPSRC, the peer review process and funding
opportunities
- Tips
on proposal writing – first steps in grantsmanship from Professor
Richard Winpenny
- Mock
panels – attendees have the chance to practice a prioritisation panel
meeting with real grant proposals
- And
plenty of Q&A time
If you wish to attend this workshop please contact:
Stephanie.Ball@manchester.ac.uk.
City Innovation Lab: Manchester 30 June 10
Prof. Chris Taylor
13.00 – 14.00, Atlas Rooms
We are all aware of the transformative potential of
information and communication technologies, and have observed the gathering
pace at which technology has become part of everyday life. Arguably, we have reached a tipping point,
where the power, ubiquity and low cost of technology is such that we can
contemplate tackling some of the major challenges facing developed societies:
sustainable transport infrastructure, the obesity epidemic, affordable health
and social care, security, social cohesion etc. It is, however,
characteristic of all these challenges that they are not just about the
technology - they involve people and the need to address questions like how
does the necessary cross-sectoral innovation happen, how will an intervention
play out in practice, what are the social and personal psychology drivers,
what new business models are
needed? Realistically, such questions
can only be answered by doing real experiments - deploying new technology at
scale and measuring outcomes. The City
Innovation Laboratory is a joint initiative between the University and the
City-Region that aims to establish Manchester
as a place of choice to conduct such experiments, by establishing the
infrastructure to run large-scale trials, typically based around mobile
technology. This should create
research opportunities across many of the School's research areas including:
information management, machine learning, sensors and low-power devices,
biohealth informatics, social networks etc.
In the (fairly short) talk, I will explain in more detail what is
happening and discuss the opportunities for CS.
Computational Electromagnetics Seminar 1
July 10
The Schools of Mathematics and Electrical and Electronic
Engineering in
collaboration with the Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics
(SIAM)
would like to invite you to the first university-wide Computational
Electromagnetics (CEM) seminar. This seminar will consist of four presentations
followed up by a discussion and networking session.
13-15:00, Sackville Street Building, Room D39
Title: Modelling
Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields in the 3D Earth
Speaker: Oliver Dorn, School of Mathematics
Title: Huygens
Subgridding for Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method
Speaker: Maksims Abalenkovs, School of EEE
Title: Trouble
with Toolboxes
Speaker: Michael Croucher, Faculty of Engineering and
Physical Sciences
Title: Parametric
Finite Element Modelling in UXO Landmine Detection
Speaker: Chris Munro, School of Mathematics
Abstracts
available here
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