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We are pleased to announce that the call for the SICSA Early Career Industry Fellowship is now open – the deadline for applications will be 30 April 2015. The fellowship provides early career researchers with valuable experience working directly with industry and opportunities for building long-lasting collaborations to develop their professional academic careers. Key Facts Up to £35k ...

MATCH-UP 2015: First Call for Participation 16-18 April 2015 University of Glasgow, UK http://www.optimalmatching.com/MATCHUP2015 co-located with Meeting of COST Action IC1205 on Computational Social Choice http://www.optimalmatching.com/COST2015 MATCH-UP 2015 is the third workshop in the series of interdisciplinary and international workshops on matching under preferences. The first in the series took place in Reykjavik in 2008, whilst the second took place in ...

The SICSA Medical Imaging and Sensing in Computing theme will launch next month, followed by a further event in March.  Please see below for full details. SICSA Medical Imaging and Sensing in Computing Theme Launch Event Date: 18th February 2015 Time: 9.30 -16.00. (Talks start at 10am, registration and coffee from 9.30am) Venue: The Royal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-26 George ...

We are pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring up to two places on the Saltire Fellowship 2015 programme.  The Saltire Fellowship is coordinated by the Saltire Foundation and is a world-class, 8 month long programme that equips candidates with the skills and attitude required to take a leadership role within Scottish business. The programme ...

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) results, which evaluate the quality of research at all UK Universities, were published on 18th December 2014. In Scotland the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) created research pools to develop Scottish capacities in particular research areas and The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) is the research pool in Informatics ...

Applications for the SICSA Early Career Industry Fellowship (ECIF) have been extended until the 14th December so there’s still time to grab this opportunity with both hands!   The ECIF programme has been designed specifically for Early Career SICSA academics who wish to work on a collaborative project with industry; and it aims to provide successful candidates ...

The SICSA knowledge exchange committee is interested in stimulating the Scottish community in future areas of interest. The goal for a theme is to have a clear voice and visibility to our colleagues in the Innovation Centres, Industry and Government. Our recent funding of the Future Cities and the Computing, Medical Imaging and Sensing themes ...

Computing has provided significant technological advancements within medicine over the last decade, contributing to medical imaging within MRI and X-ray CT, PET and ultrasound and optical imaging, and in recent years, advances in smart phones and wearable sensors have also enabled patients and clinicians to get complementary information. These imaging and sensing advances impact the ...

The SICSA Directors are happy to announce a new SICSA Education Short-Theme on Supporting and Recruiting Women in Computing.  The theme will initially run for 12 months and it is intended to act as a network for women at all levels who are involved in Computing in Scotland.  The theme will focus on supporting SICSA institutions ...

The SICSA Annual Report for the Academic Year 2013-14 is now available for download at the Reports section on the SICSA web site.  The report was submitted to the Scottish Funding Council on 31 October 2014.