Research Themes

Securing, interfacing, modelling and engineering systems of tomorrow

In their short history, computers have evolved from mainframes, through minicomputers, to networked desktops, and then via the web and wireless networks, to mobiles and ubiquitous computing, where information systems are always on and always available.

These latest transitions raise special challenges for tomorrow's systems: we need new ways of securing, interfacing, modelling and engineering them. These challenges are reflected in SICSA's research themes which are, the Next Generation Internet, Multimodal Interaction, Modelling and Abstraction and Complex Systems Engineering
As the Internet evolves towards ubiquity, research targets include security and trust, programmability, manageability, and mobility.
 
Theme leader: Prof Saleem Bhatti, University of St Andrews
 
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Multimodal Interaction

Personal ubiquitous interfaces require research enabling multiple, rich communication channels between people and vast bodies of information.
 
Theme leaders: Prof Stephen Brewster, University of Glasgow and Prof Aaron Quigley, University of St Andrews
 
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Processing ever-larger volumes of data raises new challenges in the development and use of predictive models of complex systems of interacting elements.

Theme leader: Prof Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh
 
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Complex Systems Engineering

New systems must be engineered to meet the needs of industry and society, operating robustly within an often hostile external environment.

Theme leader: Prof John McCall, Robert Gordon University 
 
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