The SICSA Graduate Academy (SGA) is an international graduate school in Informatics and Computer Science. Our goal is to deliver a post-graduate experience comparable to that offered by top schools such as Carnegie-Mellon, Stanford, MIT and UC Berkeley. We aim to foster researchers who have world-leading potential and practitioners ready to take future research results into practice.
We offer world-class post-graduate training in advanced topics in computer science, transferable skills and entrepreneurship and organise a coordinated programme of research-related activities:
SICSA Prize StudentshipsThe SICSA Prize Studentship is an annual studentship competition for those who excel in informatics and computing research. We offer up to 20 prize studentships per year to the very best students from across the world and our aim is to attract the research leaders of the future, whatever their nationality or place of residence, to come and work with us in Scotland.
Each SICSA student will spend 3 to 4 years as part of a programme coordinated across the partners. These students will catalyze new collaborations across the research community, and lead the next generation of computing researchers. We are now accepting applications for the 2012 round of SICSA Prize Studentships. Please visit the SICSA Studentships page for further information. Annual Postgraduate ConferenceThe SICSA PhD Conference is an exciting event in the SICSA calendar, bringing together Computing Science and Informatics PhD students, leading academics, and industry practitioners for 3 days of workshops, keynote presentations and social events. Conference fees for all Computing Science and Informatics PhD students based in Scotland are funded by SICSA.
We are pleased to announce that the 4th annual SICSA PhD Conference will be held between 20 - 22 June 2012 at the Saltire Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University. A dedicated group of PhD students make up the conference committee for 2012. Registration for the event will open in early 2012 and more information will be made available shortly
3rd Annual Conference, 23 - 25 May 2011: You can view keynote presentations from the 2011 conference at the conference web site. You can view also a slideshow of images from the 2011 event here. This year's conference poster winners were Saray Shai from St Andrews University and Andrew Macvean from Heriot Watt University. To view the winning posters, please click here. Summer SchoolsThe SICSA Graduate Academy is able to provide funding to academics wishing to organise a Summer School and to students wishing to attend a Summer School. If you are an academic working within a SICSA institution and you wish to organise a SICSA-sponsored Summer School please visit our Summer Schools web page for further information about how to apply for funding. Summer schools which have been sponsored so far are listed here. Alternatively, if you are a PhD student studying within Scotland and you wish to apply for funding to attend a Summer School, please visit our information page. Details of all forthcoming SICSA-sponsored Summer Schools are provided on our events pages. |
 SICSA Distinguished Visiting FellowshipsSICSA offers support to eminent researchers who would like to come and work in Scotland for periods of one week to three months. Visitors are expected to interact with SICSA members, to offer at least one seminar that is open to all of SICSA, and ideally to visit more than one SICSA site during their stay.
Prospective visitors should be based at one (or more) of the SICSA institutions, and will be expected to provide specific benefits for Scottish research community. These benefits might include some or all of the following: taking part in or helping to direct research via generation of new ideas, sharing of expertise by giving short lecture courses, guest lectures, colloquia, or participation in a summer school. Visits to SICSA institutions other than the host institution(s) are strongly encouraged. The closing dates annually are:
If you are interested in visiting Scotland under this scheme, please contact your preferred university in the first instance. The proposal must be submitted by a staff member at a SICSA institution who should submit a case for support which explains the purpose of the visit and the benefits for the Scottish research community. More information about applying for a distinguished visiting fellowship can be found here.
PhD Training and ActivitiesSICSA offers a range of professional development and PhD training and activities. For detailed information, please visit our PhD Training page. |