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We are excited to announce that we are recruiting for a new member of staff.  The SICSA Cyber-Security Network Integrator will champion cyber security within SICSA by having overall responsibility to build a critical mass in cybersecurity and resilience in Scotland across the university, public and private sectors.  The post is based at the University of ...

The annual showcase for Scottish Computer Science Research will be bigger and better than ever this year, taking place at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology and Innovation Centre on Friday 11th November 2016, from 4-7pm. The event is co-organised by the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) and ScotlandIS – Scotland’s trade body for the ...

The annual showcase for Scottish Computer Science Research will be bigger and better than ever this year, taking place at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology and Innovation Centre on Friday 11th November, from 4-7pm. REGISTER TO EXHIBIT YOUR RESEARCH NOW AT SURVEYGIZMO  Why Exhibit? We expect up to 200 industrial delegates, who will be keen to discover some ...

We are pleased to announce that Professor Kevin Hammond of the University of St Andrews will assume the role of SICSA Director from August 2016.   Also, the role of SICSA Graduate Academy Director will move into the capable hands Dr Jeremy Singer of the University of Glasgow. The roles of SICSA Deputy Director/KE Director ...

After our recent announcement about the new SICSA Research Themes which will commence in August 2016, we are now recruiting for Theme Leaders. If you wish to apply to lead one of the new SICSA Research Themes please visit our Vacancies page for further information and the relevant forms. The extended application deadline is 27th July 2016.  

Another successful SICSA PhD Conference concludes. Thank you to everyone for attending this year’s PhD Conference which was held at the University of Strathclyde in the amazing Technology & Innovation Centre.  The Conference has received great feedback so far; thanks to everyone who has taken the time to complete the evaluation.  This feedback is crucial for ...

During recent months, the SICSA Directors have been working with the SICSA Committee and SICSA Member Institutions on a comprehensive review of the SICSA Research Themes, with a view to aligning them more closely with today’s research and funding landscape.  The SICSA Directors are now pleased to announce the new SICSA Research Themes, which will ...

CIBB2016, Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/will be held in Stirling on 1st, 2nd and 3rd September 2016.The conference is on computational approaches to life sciences in a quite broad sense. Approaches based on network analysis, as well as applications to systems and synthetic biology are, amongst others, themes of specific interest this year.   ...

We are pleased to announce the launch of four new SICSA Research Challenges, which will run from spring 2016 for 12-months.  The Challenges will feature a number of SICSA-wide events, which will be open to researchers from all SICSA Institutions. The four new SICSA Research Challenges are: Exploiting Serious Games for Public Engagement and Citizen Science in ...

We are pleased to announce that we are now recruiting for the roles of SICSA Director and SICSA Graduate Academy (SGA) Director.  Relevant information about both roles and application forms can be found at our Vacancies page and in the documents below. SICSA Director SICSA Director Job Description Application for the role of SICSA Director SGA Director SGA Graduate Academy Director Job ...