SICSA DataFest17 is a festival of data innovation run by The Data Lab, with events hosted across Scotland from 20th to 24th March 2017. Scotland is a melting pot of data innovation and the festival will further catalyse activity across the country and bring an international breath on data innovation and best practice to Scotland. DataFest … Read more
by Dr Stuart Fancey, Director of Research and Innovation at the Scottish Funding Council Scottish Research Pools are one of our universities great success stories. Not only do they demonstrate the value of collaboration in academic research, they prove how well we can cooperate within our small, well-connected and inventive country. A recent blog from our … Read more
by Dr Miguel Nacenta and Dr Martin Halvey, SICSA HCI Research Theme Leaders The SICSA HCI All Hands day was held on Tuesday November 29th at the University of St Andrews. This is an annual event where members of the the SICSA HCI theme meet to reflect on the previous year and to discuss how … Read more
By Dr Rachel Menzies, Academic Chair for the SICSA PhD Conference 2017 Planning for the SICSA PhD Conference 2017 is now underway! The Conference is organised by PhD students for PhD students and this year is no exception with 15 students on the organising committee, representing institutions from across Scotland. It is a brilliant opportunity … Read more
by Professor Kevin Hammond, University of St Andrews Firstly, may I take the opportunity on behalf of the SICSA Directorate to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a successful 2017. As the incoming SICSA Director, it has been my pleasure to meet many of you at the various SICSA events that we have run … Read more
By Alan Settery, SICSA Cyber Security Network Integrator I began my role as the new SICSA Cyber Security Network Integrator role just over a week ago and I look forward to working in this exciting and growing area. Of course, I’m not new to SICSA having been the first SICSA Business Development Executive and more recently … Read more
Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). It aims to increase the profile of women in STEM and, in doing so, create new role models who will encourage more girls into STEM careers and support women already working in STEM. SICSA institutions are celebrating … Read more
We are pleased to announce that the 2017 SICSA PhD Conference will take place on 27 & 28 June at the University of Dundee. Our last conference which took place in June was a great success and it was mainly down to the hard work and dedication of the student committee members. We are now … Read more
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 … Read more
The SICSA PhD Conference has become one of the highlights of the SICSA events calendar, bringing together Computing Science and Informatics PhD students, leading academics, and industry practitioners for 2 days of workshops, keynote presentations and social events. The conference is an event aimed specifically at Informatics and Computer Science PhD students and is organised … Read more