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Weekly
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9 June 2014 |
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News
from Head of School
Graduation day Graduation day will be 14th July 2014. The reception for graduands and parents begins at 2:30 and the ceremony at 4:45. Please come along and meet your students and their friends and family. Details here. News and
announcements
New School Research Newsletter
The School has a new
Research Newsletter available through http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/our-research/news/,
which brings together news from the weekly newsletter and special features to
showcase our research. A limited
number of hardcopies will also be available outside KB 2.7. If you have content ideas
for future editions please contact Sarah Chatwin. The next edition is planned for the end
of summer. Events
Manchester Methods Summer School 7-11 Jun 14 The second Manchester
Methods Summer School will be held at the University for one week.
Participants select a single course for the duration of the school. Each
course will deliver four days of content to a five-day timetable (Monday
afternoon to Friday lunch-time), building on successful methods@manchester
and CCSR short-courses given throughout the year. Courses include: ·
Advanced methods for social network analysis ·
Introductory and Advanced Structural Equation Modelling using Mplus ·
Creative Approaches to Qualitative Researching ·
Integrated Mixed-Methods Research Including QCA ·
Introduction to social network analysis using UCINET and Netdraw ·
A Hands-On Introduction to Agent-Based Modelling (new 2 day course with Bruce Edmonds) Also, as a result of a large number of requests it is now possible to book Structural Equation Modelling and Generalized Latent Variable Modelling with Mplus for just the introductory or advanced sections of the course. Contact Claire Spencer for more details. SupraBiology: Supercomputing for Systems
Biology 16-17 Jun 2014 MIB Lecture Theatre Promoting UK-China collaborations…This BBSRC-sponsored event includes talks by Prof. Pedro Mendes on Simulating Systems Biology (16th) and by from Dr Neil Swainston on Mapping Life (17th). Both days include session on possible common projects and joint research. Registration link:
EPSRC Network for Mental Health Technologies -
Membership/Inaugural Workshop 16-17
Jun 14 The University was recently awarded 3 years funding from EPSRC to
establish a Network for Mental Health Technologies. The network
of researchers, clinicians, industry partners and patient groups will explore
the potential for technology to transform the management and treatment of
mental health conditions, identifying underpinning science and engineering
research challenges, and will work together to address them. The network will
aim to develop a range of research funding proposals in the area of
technology for mental health. 1. If you would like to be listed
as part of the network - please confirm by email to Ruth Norris. 2. Register to attend the Inaugural Plenary Workshop on June 16/17, which will
focus on understanding the clinical need and service delivery context to
co-develop scenarios for technology interventions This network is led by Professor Chris Taylor and is a Partnership
with the MindTech Health Technology Cooperative. The Clinical
Domains to be explored are led by clinicians across: ·
Developmental
Disorders; ·
Serious
Mental Illness; ·
Mood
and Affective Disorders; ·
Dementia The EPS themes to
be explored (led by EPS researchers): ·
Information
Management ·
Sensing
Systems ·
Data
Analytics ·
Human-Computer
Interaction For more
information contact Ruth Norris. ESRC open presentation 18
Jun 14 12:30-13:25, Cordingley Lecture Theatre, Humanities Bridgeford Street building Interested in ESRC funding? There will be an open presentation to staff from the CEO of ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Professor Paul Boyle. The presentation will be introduced by Professor Claire Annesley (Assistant Associate Dean – Research, Humanities) and followed with Q&As. The Anatomy of an EPSRC grant proposal 9 July 14 11-13:00*, 2.15, Kilburn building How is a successful EPSRC grant put together? Come along if there's anything you'd like to ask about how an EPSRC proposal is put together. The grant we'll use is called "What if...?" and the track record, case for support, summaries, etc., as well as reviews and rebuttals are to be found here. Read this material beforehand to get the most from the meeting. The aim of the meeting is to look at how the proposal has been put together and how each bit works - the science itself can be discussed, but isn't the main target. The show will have these elements: 1. EPSRC guidelines for grant writing and the submission process (Sarah Chatwin and Vinod Verghese) 2. The grant itself (Robert Stevens) 3. The review (Dirk Koch - attender at recent EPSRC mock panel) 4. Lots of questions (the audience) Email Sarah Chatwin if you wish to attend. All are welcome - all experience and contributions can be useful. * 2 hours has been put aside but it may be shorter/longer. Funding
Opportunities
Research Support Office Please contact us through researchsupportcsm@manchester.ac.uk. There is information about support for grant writing, submission and
successful examples at http://staffnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/reso/
and through EPS. The EPS blog The Word contains features
News, Events and comment relevant to Postgraduate Researchers, Research Staff
and Supervisors or PIs. Important: Changes in EU Funding Opportunities More detailed information is available now that Horizon2020 has
started (the successor of FP7 EU programme). EU research funding is important
for the School and it’s important to understand what’s available http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html Reminder - H2020 information available EU funding-related documents are placed by the University's EU team
at: A great resource recommended by the ICT
National Contact Point is http://www.ictic.org/,
which also provides handy overview documents. Featured
Research Outcomes
Did you know… papers featured in the newsletter also go
on display in the Kilburn Building (outside 2.7)? Send your new publications
to Robert Stevens so that more
people get to know about your research. CHIST-ERA call 2014 definition: invite 17-18 Jun 14 Event: 17-18 June 2014, Istanbul (Turkey) Call expected: October 2014 The CHIST-ERA ERA-NET is a consortium of funding organisations in Europe with programmes supporting ICST. The consortium is itself supported by the EU’s Future & Emerging Technologies scheme (FET). CHIST-ERA promotes multidisciplinary and transnational ICT research with the potential to lead to significant breakthroughs. The funding organisations jointly support research projects selected in the framework of CHIST-ERA, in order to reinforce European capabilities in selected topics. For 2014 the two new and hot topics are: ·
Resilient Trustworthy Cyber-Physical
Systems ·
Human Language Understanding
Remember…funding may be available from the School to attend this event – contact Rizos.Sakellariou@manchester.ac.uk for information. Digital Health in a
Connected Hospital 2
Jul 14 EoI closing date: noon 2 July 2014 The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is investing up to £6m in collaborative and business-led R&D projects for 1-3yrs that stimulate innovation in the UK digital health sector. Projects are expected to range in size from £600k to £1m. The aim is to support projects with novel ideas for health informatics, specifically using data to address healthcare needs within a hospital setting. Collaborations should focus on one or more of the following areas – accident and emergency (A&E), planned specialist care, health analytics and connected care. We are seeking proposals that will make secondary care more efficient and empower care providers, patients and their families. EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account – 6th call 2 Jul 14 Closing date: 12pm 2 July 2014 The 6th
IAA call for
proposals is open. Funding is for research based on EPSRC funded research: ·
Relationship Incubation (up to £10k available) Engaging
with businesses and business communities to sow the seeds of new
collaboration and enhance strategic engagement ·
Concept Development and Feasibility Studies (up to £30k available) Support for
the very early stages of transforming research outputs into commercial
opportunities ·
Exploitation Secondments (up to £60k available) Flexible
support for secondments between The University of Manchester and businesses
and other organisations ·
Knowledge Exchange Fellows (up to £80k p.a.
available for 2 yrs) Support for
sustainable Knowledge Exchange Fellows to deliver multiple short-term
industry focused projects Simon
Harper and Sean Bechhofer have
both previously been successful in IAA calls. Collaborative Computational
Projects: Networking and Core Support 7 Oct 14 Closing date: 16:00 7 October 2014 This EPSRC Invitation for Collaborative Computational Projects (CCPs) aims to bring together the major UK groups in a given field of computational research to tackle large-scale scientific software development projects, maintenance, distribution, training and user support. The call is for existing and new CCPs. Up to £2M funding is available for 7-10 CCPs, for up to 5 years. Research must fit within the EPSRC remit. Two types of support are available through this call: ·
Networking and
Widening Participation Activities ·
Core Support (applicants MUST discuss their requirements for
core support with STFC before applying for this call) Neurodegenerative diseases:
business models and big data 2
Jul 14 Registration closing date: noon 2
July
2014 EoI closing date: noon 9
July
2014 This 2-stage TSB call is for collaborative
and industry-led projects to support the development of innovations that will
enable the use and integration of data and the provision of business models
for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Projects are expected to
range in size from £200k to £1.5m, lasting no longer than three years. N.B. A briefing event for potential applicants will be held in London on 10 June 2014 – a webinar may be available. A
parallel call is also available for Neurodegenerative diseases: diagnostics
and care management. Have we missed
something? If you have some award news that you would like us to know about
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