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If you are hosting a relevant event that you would like to publicise on these pages, please contact admin@sicsa.ac.uk. SICSA DEMOfest 2011The fourth annual SICSA DEMOfest was held at the University of Edinburgh in the Informatics Forum on 8th November 2011. DEMOfest promotes research and encourages commercial collaboration between academia, business and industry. You can find out more about the exhibitors and demonstrations presented and see photos and video of the event at DEMOfest 2011. SICSA PhD ConferenceThe fourth annual SICSA PhD Conference will take place from 20th-22nd June 2012 at Glasgow Caledonian University. Registration will commence in February 2012. The third annual SICSA PhD Conference was held at the University of Edinburgh in the Informatics Forum from 23rd-25th May 2011. You can access presentations from the conference web site and view a selection of images from the event at Flickr. Competition winner posters can be viewed here. Summer Schools
Research Theme Workshops and SeminarsDetails of Research Theme Workshops and Seminars will be advertised on these pages and within our events calendar. To request funding for your event, please contact the relevant Theme Leader and the SICSA Executive Officer (admin@sicsa.ac.uk) outlining your event and the level of sponsorship you are requesting. Distinguished VisitorsThe SICSA Distinguished Visitor Fellowship offers support to eminent researchers who wish to visit Scotland and lead workshops and seminars at SICSA institutions. At the most recent round we were delighted to receive a large number of strong applications and are pleased to confirm the following distinguished visitors will be working with us during 2012: * 15 – 27 January 2012 - Samuel Kaski, Director of the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology and Professor of Computer Science at Aalto University, Finland. Hosted by Simon Rodgers, University of Glasgow. Work is of particular relevance to the Modelling and Abstraction and MMI themes. * January 2012 for 3 months – Ursula Martin, Professor of Computer Science and lately Vice-Principal (Science and Engineering), Queen Mary, University of London. Prof. Martin was recently awarded a CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours list. Hosted by Dave Robertson, University of Edinburgh. Work is of particular relevance to the CSE and Modelling and Abstraction themes. * 19 – 23 March 2012 (dates TBC) – Richard Schulz, Professor at the Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT), Carnegie Mellon / University of Pittsburgh. Hosted by Vicki Hanson, University of Dundee. Work is of particular relevance to the MMI theme. * 2 week visit during early 2012 (dates TBC) - Eric Monteiro, adjunct professor at University of Oslo, Department of Informatics, and member of the Group on Global Infrastructures. Hosted by Stuart Anderson, University of Edinburgh. Work is of particular relevance to the CSE theme. * 1 week visit in late June/early July 2012 (dates TBC) – Martin Campbell-Kelly, Professor at Warwick University. Hosted by Jeremy Singer, University of Glasgow. Work is of relevance all four themes, but in particular the NGI and CSE themes. *2 week visit in August/September 2012 (dates TBC) - Giorgio Satta, Professor at Padua University, Italy. Hosted by Mark-Jan Nederhof (St Andrews) and Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh). Work is of particular relevance to the MMI theme. Should you wish to engage with any of our visitors or find out more about their activities, further details of any talks or seminars they may be giving can be found on the SICSA calendar on the website. Regular updates will also be made available in the ‘News’ section and on the SICSA Facebook group. |
