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SUMMARY:SCONE Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The next SCONE meeting will be hosted at University of Edinburgh on Friday 15th May. \nRegister \n\nSCONE is the SCOttish Networking Event – an informal gathering of networking and systems researchers in and around Scotland. The goal of these meetings is to foster interaction between researchers from our various institutions. Each meeting will take place over the course of an afternoon\, and feature: \n\ntalks from PhD students\ntalks from faculty\, postdocs and industrial researchers\ndiscussions of possible funding opportunities\nfood and drink
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/scone-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Informatics Forum\, School of Informatics\, University of Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB
CATEGORIES:Event,Meeting,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260121T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260609T022940
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SUMMARY:Education Champions Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Monthly meeting of SICSA Education Champions. \nPlease contact the Education Director if you’re a CS academic based in Scotland and are interested in becoming an Education Champion for your institution.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/education-champions-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Event,Meeting,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260119T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260609T022940
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SUMMARY:SCONE Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The next SCONE meeting will be hosted at University of Glasgow from 12-1pm on Monday\, 19 January 2026. \nRegister \n\nSCONE is the SCOttish Networking Event – an informal gathering of networking and systems researchers in and around Scotland. The goal of these meetings is to foster interaction between researchers from our various institutions. Each meeting will take place over the course of an afternoon\, and feature: \n\ntalks from PhD students\ntalks from faculty\, postdocs and industrial researchers\ndiscussions of possible funding opportunities\nfood and drink
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/scone-meeting/
LOCATION:Sir Alwyn Williams Building\, University of Glasgow\, 18 Lilybank Gardens\, Glasgow\, G12 8QN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Meeting,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260115T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260115T120000
DTSTAMP:20260609T022940
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SUMMARY:Co-Production "The Real PPI": Launching The Researcher's Toolkit
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid event hosted at University of Aberdeen \nRegister here: Co-Production Toolkit Launch Event – Expression of Interest \nJoin Dr Michelle Sader (University of Aberdeen) for the launch of The Researcher’s Toolkit\, a valuable resource for researchers across disciplines. \nCo-production is a collaborative approach to research\, where people with both lived and learnt experience work together to conceptualise\, conduct and disseminate research. Co-production not only benefits a variety of different communities\, but is also increasingly sought after by academic funders and journals. As part of a previous workshop co-sponsored by the University\, the Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform For Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE)\, the Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative and Alzheimer’s Research UK\, workshop attendees and organisers co-designed a 35-page resource toolkit focusing on co-production. This talk will provide an overview of research co-production and will focus on formally launching the toolkit\, an open-source and free resource aiming to guide researchers looking to implement participatory research approaches in their own work. We will also discuss examples with which researchers across disciplines can implement co-production\, as well as signposting our next steps and where the toolkit may be found. \n\n\n\nTime\nEvent\n\n\n11:00-11:05\nWelcome and Housekeeping\n\n\n11:05-11:30\nPresenting the Toolkit\n\n\n11:30-11:45\nWorked Example: Using the Toolkit in Practice\n\n\n11:45-12:00\nQuestions & Discussion\n\n\n12:00\nNext Steps & Closing
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/co-production-the-real-ppi-launching-the-researchers-toolkit/
CATEGORIES:Event,Meeting,Networking,Showcase,Showcase,webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251210T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260609T022940
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SUMMARY:Education Champions Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Monthly meeting of SICSA Education Champions. \nPlease contact the Education Director if you’re a CS academic based in Scotland and are interested in becoming an Education Champion for your institution.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/education-champions-meeting/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Event,Meeting,Networking
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240504
DTSTAMP:20260609T022940
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SUMMARY:SICSA Pre-CHI Day 2024
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that this year’s SICSA Pre-CHI day will be hosted by the University of Edinburgh on the 3rd May. This will be an all-day event\, comprising of talks\, posters\, demos and social activities where work being presented at the 2024 ACM CHI conference by Scotland-based researchers will be shared\, discussed and explored. \nThe event is an opportunity to celebrate Scottish success at this year’s CHI conference\, help build links across the Scottish HCI community\, and welcome HCI researchers who are new to Scotland. It also gives an opportunity for interested researchers who are unable to go to CHI itself this year to hear about work being presented at the conference\, and to discuss in depth with researchers their latest work. We expect a mixed audience\, including researchers of the Scottish HCI community as well as interested students and industry collaborators. \nAre you a researcher based in Scotland with work accepted to CHI 2024 that you’d like to share with us as part of our event? \nIf yes\, please do register by the 12th April so we can finalise the programme for the day. The registration form allows you to tell us some basic details about the work you’d like to share. \nGeneral registration for attendees will be open until the 30th April for in-person\, and until the day before the event for online remote attendance. \n\n\n\n\nEvent programme to be announced closer to date of event. \nThe full details of the programme will be announced close to the date as it depends on the number of authors able to contribute talks to the programme. \nAttendance is free\, however you should register on this Eventbrite in order that catering numbers can be confirmed. \nIn-person attendance: Inspace\, 1 Crichton St\, Newington\, Edinburgh EH8 9AB\nOnline In-person attendance: Zoom \nPlease note limited seats are available at Inspace for in-person audiences\, so please book tickets in advance. For those joining online please select the appropriate ticket below\, and you will be emailed the link to the Zoom room the day prior to the event. \nIf you have any questions about this event\, please contact the Design Informatics administrative team: designinformatics@ed.ac.uk
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/sicsa-pre-chi-day-2024/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Newington\, Edinburgh\, Select a State or Province:\, EH8 9AB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Forum,Meeting,Social,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Computer Science Education (CSE) - First Members' Event
DESCRIPTION:Are you involved in teaching and learning\, and passionate about Computer Science Education? If so\, you might be interested to become an associate member of the newly formed Computer Science Education (CSE) Group of the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics. Our first members’ event\, is this coming Monday the 27th of November at 12-2 pm. \nPlease find full details below. \nIf interested\, please sign up at the following link. Attendance can be in-person or remote (see below)\, with in-person tickets limited: https://buytickets.at/computerscienceeducation/1076415 \nEvent: First CSE Group Members’ Event\nOrganisers: Aurora Constantin and Borislav Ikonomov \nWe invite you to the first meeting of the Computer Science Education (CSE) group at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics\, which will be preceded by a keynote session\, entitled Teaching programming to non-programmers: pair-programming\, live-coding and other interactive methods. This session will offer insights into innovative pedagogical practices by three teachers of programming from Mathematics\, Psychology and Medicine\, who will share how they teach coding to non-coders in their fields. \n  \nDate and time: November 27th from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM\nNetworking: 2:00 PM\nIn-person venue: Informatics Forum Room G.03\, University of Edinburgh\nRemote attendance: MS Teams\, link provided at the end of the article \n  \nKeynote (12 -1 PM) (This keynote is also open to any teaching staff in the School of Informatics) \nTitle: Teaching programming to non-programmers: pair-programming\, live-coding and other interactive methods\nHost: Pawel Orzechowski\, Lecturer in Programming for Business\, Business School \nSpeakers:\nCharlotte Desvages\, Lecturer\, School of Mathematics\nTransforming Mathematics UG teaching with live-coding and pair-programming: Lessons learned form last few years of introducing novel teaching components to introductory math courses. \nUmberto Noe\, Lecturer\, School of Psychology\nFrom pair to peer programming: Introducing group programming in R education for psychology UG courses. Why: class sizes vs university rooms constraints\, student feedback; Challenges; Successes; Things to look out for and recommendations based on previous iterations of the course. \nBrittany Blankinship\, Lecturer in Data Science\, Usher Institute\nPair-programming in online PG coding courses for medics: Reflections from last few years of using online and in-person pair-programming in R education for Data Science for Health and Social Care. What worked and why. \nCSE Group Meeting (1-2 PM)\n• Overview of the CSE Group Goals and Updates\n• Member Introduction: Meet the Group Organisers and Members\n• Collaborative Brainstorming: Share Expectations and Contributions to the Group\n• Building Research Outputs in CS Education: Where to Start\, Who to Talk to and How to Publish\, by Fiona McNeill \nAt the time of the meeting\, you may join remotely on MS Teams.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/computer-science-education-cse-first-members-event/
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