SICSA Admin The SICSA Cyber Nexus is able to provide bursaries of up to £3000 per applicant for researchers in Cyber Security at SICSA institutions to take part in research visits to anywhere in the UK or abroad. Exchanges can be with other academic institutions, or with the private and public sectors. Successful applicants can use the … Read more
Applications are invited from members of academic staff working within any SICSA member institution for the role of SICSA Graduate Academy Director. The role commences on 1st August 2018 for a two-year period, initially. For more information on the role and to apply, please download the documentation below. SGA Director Role Description SGA Director Application … Read more
by Steven Kendrick, SICSA Executive Officer26th April 2018 It might be the very beginning of spring, but here in the SICSA office we are already looking ahead to our main knowledge exchange event of the year “DemoFest: Bringing Research to Life”, which takes place in Edinburgh in the autumn. We organise a wide range … Read more
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the SICSA PhD Conference 2018, which will take place at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen on 28th and 29th June 2018. The event will feature keynote talks from Professor Bill Buchanan (Edinburgh Napier University) and Andrew Richards (CEO Codeplay). Workshops will include: Hackathon Your … Read more
SICSA Education would like to invite the Scottish Computing community to apply for funds to host SICSA Education workshops or other education focussed events. Some of the more recent workshops that have been funded have included: How should we assess group work? Skills in entrepreneurial education Computational thinking in primary schools We now invite members of the … Read more
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and AMMACHI Labs at Amrita University in India have recently been undertaking a feasibility study utilising robots for water transportation in India, which has identified as a key problem for those living in rural communities. The project, which was co-funded by SICSA (via the Postdoctoral and Early Career Researcher Exchanges … Read more
A host of internationally-acclaimed leaders in the field of data science have been confirmed as speakers for the upcoming two-day international conference, Data Summit. Leading the programme are ‘Weapons of Math Destruction’ author Cathy O’Neil and former NASA astrophysicist turned data scientist, Kirk Borne. Data Summit will take place at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh on … Read more
As part of the recent Scottish Government funding for the SICSA Cyber Nexus, we have recently launched the Cyber Nexus Virtual Innovation Hub. This funding programme will support innovative research in Cyber Security that has commercial potential. The main aim of this initiative is to help researchers to develop their technologies into a proposition that can … Read more
University of Edinburgh are running a workshop on how to do an Informatics PhD, which is open to students at all SICSA member-institutions. Details as follows: Tuesday 17 April 2018, 13:30 – 16:30 – Please note the new date due to planned strike action at the University University of Edinburgh – Room 5.3 Lister Building, Lister … Read more
The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) represents a broad range of expertise in Computer Science and Informatics. We have 14 member-institutions across Scotland, comprising over 500 academics and around 750 PhD research students; covering the whole of the discipline. So if you are looking for advice on a specific aspect of Computing or wish … Read more