by Professor Judy Robertson, University of Edinburgh
24 April 2019
SICSA Education has recently sponsored the production of a handbook to help primary teachers to teach the new computing strand of the Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland. For the first time, children aged 3 years upwards will learn about key computing concepts as part of the Technologies ...
Read moreSICSA DemoFest is the largest event of its kind in Scotland. Now in its twelfth year, it showcases the very best of Informatics and Computing Science research from all of Scotland’s Universities
The event will take place on Monday 4th November 2019 from 4.00pm in the stunning venue, Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
You can now register now ...
Read moreby Dr Susmit Sarkar, SGA Director
09 April 2019
As the Graduate Academy Director, I take great pleasure in inviting the community to the SICSA PhD Conference 2019, to be held at the beautiful University of Stirling on 18th & 19th June. The SICSA PhD Conference is our flagship event for our PhD students, being the highlight ...
Read moreby Dr Stefano De Paoli
4 February 2019
It is quite impossible to talk about European Research without mentioning the current political context as this has clearly created a shadow of uncertainty over UK based organisations’ role in future consortia. I must admit that my trip to the ICT2018 in Vienna (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/events/ict-2018-imagine-digital-connect-europe) did not start under the ...
Read moreby Dr Milan Markovic, University of Aberdeen
10 January 2018
The PECE Travel Bursary
Recently, I had the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be awarded the PECE Travel Bursary by SICSA, which can be used to fund visits to academic institutions in the USA, EU, India, and China. This grant is aimed at early career researchers ...
Read moreby Professor Kevin Hammond, SICSA Director
17 December 2018
We are coming to the end of another successful (and, of course, busy) year for SICSA, and for Scottish Computer Science and Informatics in general. It has been a time to seize our opportunities, but also to reflect on our achievements, and to look forward to how we can ...
Read moreby Siobhan Duncan, Heriot Watt University
6 December 2018
In August of this year the Multi Drone project hosted a summer school in Thessaloniki, Greece. Three PhD students from the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Hugo Sardinha, Helmi Fraser and myself, attended the summer school funded by the SICSA Summer/Winter School Bursary along with 90 participants from Scotland, ...
Read moreby PWSAfrica Team
13 November 2018
PWSAfrica’s goal is to empower scientists in Africa with the basic computer programming skills, which they would need to enhance their research. In August 2018, five computer scientists from the University of Glasgow set foot in Nigeria to run the first edition of this initiative. The workshop was certainly successful in ...
Read moreby Dr Naghmeh Moradpoor Sheykhkanloo
15 October 2018
At Edinburgh Napier University we have received SICSA funding on numerous occasions to assist our cybersecurity events. These events have included but are not limited to:
Post Graduate Cyber Security (PGCS) symposium – 2016: https://thecyberacademy.org/event/pgcs-symposium
The PGCS is an annual gathering of postgraduate research students working in cybersecurity areas. It is a ...
Read moreBy Suzy Powell, PR and Communications Executive, Interface
13th September 2018
The words “Artificial Intelligence” provoke a variety of responses in people, from suspicion to excitement. But one thing is certain, it is here to stay and will form a growing part of all our lives.
Harnessing A.I. to make people’s lives better greatly excites some people and the possibilities seem endless. Its application in ...
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