Microbits on the Move

By Prof Judy Robertson, University of Edinburgh Overview  Microbits on the Move is a volunteering scheme in which Computer Science university students visit rural Scottish primary schools to teach children about computing using low-cost Micro:bit hardware. The aim of the scheme is to enable university students to share their expertise and love of computing, and … Read more

ScotSoft 2024

ScotSoft 2024

SICSA will be attending ScotSoft 2024 in Edinburgh. A full-day event for technical professionals and leaders in the sector. As one of Scotland’s biggest software conferences for over 25 years, ScotSoft allows you to connect, learn, and innovate while meeting new talent at the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards. This year, the event … Read more

2024-25 SICSA Education Learning & Teaching Scholars Programme

A video call showing some of the Learning & Teaching Scholars

By Dr Matthew Barr Early to mid-career colleagues involved in teaching Computing Science and related subjects at SICSA member institutions are invited to apply for the 2024-25 SICSA Education Learning & Teaching Scholars Programme. The Scholars Programme is designed to develop and support early-to-mid career CS academics with a focus on education. Successful applicants will … Read more

New SICSA Directors

An image of our new SICSA Directors

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Dr Tristan Henderson, Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews as our new SICSA Graduate Academy (SGA) Director and Dr Aiden Durrant, Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen as Deputy SGA Director. The SICSA Graduate Academy provides training, events, summer schools, conferences and research funding … Read more

CENSIS Tech Summit 2024

Join us in Glasgow for Scotland’s premier sensing, imaging and IoT event Whether you’ve been to every Summit or will be attending for the first time, you are warmly invited to join us at our CENSIS Tech Summits. Hear about new innovations, challenges and solutions Meet exhibitors showcasing new technologies and products Understand how businesses … Read more

Machine Learning in Science Conference 2024

Machine Learning in Science would like to invite you to take part in our 2024 conference. We hope to bring researchers together to share knowledge on machine learning, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and enhance research. More information can be found on the MLiS website  

1st International Workshop on Low carbon Computing (LOCO 2024)

The 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing (LOCO 2024) will bring together researchers and practitioners with a keen interest in low carbon and sustainable computing. The workshop will provide a forum for sharing new ideas, for presenting ongoing work and early results, as well as for bringing forward well-founded criticism. LOCO 2024 is an … Read more

The 35th British Machine Vision Conference

bmvc-2024

The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) is the British Machine Vision Association’s (BMVA) annual conference on machine vision, image processing, and pattern recognition. It is one of the major international conferences on computer vision and related areas held in the UK. With increasing popularity and quality, it has established itself as a prestigious event on … Read more

Generative AI Mini Symposium

Join us for the Generative AI Mini Symposium, an exclusive gathering for research-track ECR’s across Scottish Institutions. This event is an excellent opportunity to network, share your research, and engage in discussions about the latest advancements in Generative AI. Each participant will present a lightning talk of their research. Don’t miss out on this chance … Read more

SICSA REALLM Workshop 2024

Announcing the SICSA Reasoning, Explanation and Applications of Large Language Models (REALLM) Workshop 2024 at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. The SICSA REALLM workshop will provide a forum to share exciting research on LLMs. Our goal is to foster connections among SICSA researchers interested in NLP and Generative AI by highlighting and documenting promising approaches, and encouraging … Read more