The SICSA Data Analytics Conference & Sandpit will provide an opportunity for students and academics from across Scotland to showcase their research, and for industry professionals to collaborate with academic experts to design innovative solutions for data problems in their businesses through a series of sandpit sessions on the day. Find out more and register
UKCI 2025 (The 24th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence) will be held in Edinburgh from the 3rd-5th September 2025 at Edinburgh Napier University. The last day to register is the 31st July. We are particularly delighted to welcome this workshop back to Edinburgh – the 1st edition was held at the University of Edinburgh in ... Read more
This event will be presented by Pavlos Andreadis The rise of Generative AI (GenAI) sets both a challenge and an opportunity for Computer Science (CS) education. This interactive event builds on key insights from a recent study* exploring how GenAI is being integrated into CS teaching, assessment, and learning at the University of Edinburgh. We'll ... Read more
Speakers: Judy Robertson, Serdar Abaci, the Data Education in Schools Team and the AI Teachers in Residence Generative AI has the potential to disrupt education, whether used by learners or their teachers. The impact of GenAI tools on learning outcomes at school level is not yet known, although there is some promise from initial empirical ... Read more
For our September Education Seminar, we are thrilled that PhD student, Catriona Weir from University of Strathclyde will be presenting her research. Abstract: Dyslexia is a neurological learning disability that impacts people’s reading, writing and spelling abilities. It is thought that ten per cent of the UK population may have dyslexia. Previous research studies have ... Read more
The UK government says that higher education must prepare students to be employed as valuable, productive collaborators in the modern workforce. The first ACM Europe School on Adapting Education to Artificial Intelligence will explore over 3 days how AI is changing the workforce and how we can now measure value, productivity and collaboration. Find out ... Read more
The Digital Inclusion in Later Life project in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews is happy to host a talk and demonstration by Stuart Beveridge from Seescape on Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 14:00. A networking session will follow the talk to enable attendees to meet one another and make ... Read more
SICSA will have an exhibitor table at ScotSoft 2025 at the EICC in Edinburgh. This is a full day event for technical professional 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 ... Read more
This is the 2nd seminar in the Systems and Software Seminar Series. Distinguished Professor at Oregon State University's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Margaret Burnett, will deliver a guest seminar during her visit to University of Glasgow. The event will be hybrid. Find out more details and register.
For our October Education Seminar, Jack Hogan, Lecturer in Academic Practice and Kerith George-Briant, Manager for the Learner Development Service, both from Abertay University will explore how GenAI is being integrated into disciplinary assessments. They will draw on 8 semi-structured interviews with academic staff. These interviews revealed a complex interplay of student needs, stakeholder expectations, ... Read more
The next LOCOS Seminar will take place next week with guest speaker Dan Mcquillan, Senior Lecturer in Critical AI at Goldsmith's, University of London. Title: Decomputing Abstract: "This talk will attempt to extend the idea of low carbon computing by calling for collective decision-making around the development and deployment of computational technologies. While progress can be ... Read more
The Scottish Networking Event (SCONE) will have their next meeting at Abertay cyberQuarter in Dundee. SCONE is an informal gathering of networking and systems researchers in and around Scotland. Each meeting will take place over the course of an afternoon and feature: talks from PhD students talks from faculty, postdocs and industrial researchers discussions of ... Read more