SICSA Admin A student-developed app which aims to help users broaden their social or professional circles has taken the top prize in a University of Glasgow technology-pitching competition. Three teams of students competed against each other in a Dragon’s Den-style event on Thursday 3 September, pitching their ideas for businesses to a panel of judges which included successful … Read more
The next Scotland Data Science and Technology Meetup takes place on 20th August at The Data Lab in Edinburgh. The event will be led with a talk by Alan Grogan, Associate Partner – Analytics & Information Delivery – Atos (Global Digital Transformation). Programme: 6:30 – 7:00 PM: Networking 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM: Alan Grogan, … Read more
As SICSA moves into its next phase on 1 August 2015, a number of our Knowledge Exchange programmes will be coming to a close. In order to provide researchers with a final opportunity to apply for these funded programmes, the SICSA Directors have opened up a final call for the following: SICSA Postgraduate Industry Internships … Read more
16th to 21st August 2015 School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh http://www.ifip-summerschool.org/ *** Funding available for SICSA PhD students – see below *** This year’s IFIP summer school at the School of Informatics in Edinburgh is hosting a exciting series of invited talks and workshops from prominent international researchers exploring privacy and identity topics from … Read more
We are very pleased to be a sponsor for the forthcoming “The Internet at 100” event, which culminates in a talk by Dr Vint Cerf. A limited number of SICSA-funded places are available at the event, which takes place on Monday 22nd June at the University of St Andrews. Introduction Dr Vint Cerf, one of … Read more
The Data Lab Innovation Centre has recently announced the launch of their MSc Programme. The Data Lab MSc is a collaborative effort between Robert Gordon University, The University of Dundee, The University of Stirling and The Data Lab Innovation Centre. Through this collaboration, each university has developed an MSc programme based on its own strengths … Read more
Those that missed out on applying for the SICSA funded Saltire Fellowship first time around will have another opportunity to apply for this exciting opportunity over the next few weeks. We are now accepting applications from Early Career Researchers working at SICSA institutions – there is no deadline, but please apply soon as the place is … Read more
SICSA has 12 fully-funded places for research students in Computer Science to attend the next Research Ventures event, which will take place in Glasgow in June 2015. To apply for a fully funded place on this course, please email admin@www.sicsa.ac.uk with your name, institution, year of study, whether you require accommodation on the 22nd June, any special … Read more
The Scottish Innovation Centre, the Data Lab, have recently announced a number of new job vacancies based at the Edinburgh Hub (School of Informatics). Positions available include: Project Development Manager; Business Development Executive (X 3); and Legal and Commercial Manager. If you are interested in applying please see our vacancies page, or go directly to the University … Read more
We are pleased to announce that the call for participants for the 2015 SICSA Elevate programme is now open. The deadline for applications is April 30 2015. Turning your idea into a business can be challenging but we’re here to help, so that you don’t have to make the journey alone. If you have the … Read more