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SUMMARY:LOCOS Seminar - Educating for Low-Carbon Computing: Designing a Cross-Layer Sustainable Computing Course in an HPC Curriculum with PedrocTrancoso
DESCRIPTION:Low Carbon Computing Seminar \nPedro Petersen Moura Trancoso of Chalmers University of Technology will deliver a LOCOS seminar: Designing a Cross-Layer Sustainable Computing Course in an HPC Curriculum. \nThe rapid growth of computational demand\, combined with the carbon cost of device production and the end of Moore’s Law scaling\, makes low-carbon computing a first-order engineering challenge. Achieving “frugal computing” — doing more with less energy — requires reasoning across the full system stack. \nThis talk presents the design and evolution of a master-level Sustainable Computing course within the High-Performance Computer Systems programme at Chalmers University of Technology. The course integrates circuit-level power mechanisms\, architectural techniques\, operating system and runtime strategies\, and data centre efficiency\, supported by hands-on energy measurement and simulation. \nProfessor Trancoso will discuss both the pedagogical rationale and the challenges encountered: polarized student perceptions of depth\, aligning assessment with cross-layer learning\, and balancing breadth with technical rigor. The talk aims to contribute to ongoing discussions on how computing curricula can prepare engineers to treat energy and carbon as first-class system constraints. \nSee past and future LOCOS Seminars at https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/research/researchthemes/lowcarbon/ 
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/locos-seminar-educating-for-low-carbon-computing-designing-a-cross-layer-sustainable-computing-course-in-an-hpc-curriculum-with-pedro-petersen-moura-trancoso-designing-a-sustainable-computing-cour/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Event,Seminar
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SUMMARY:IETF Standards-in-Practice Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Open\, consensus-driven technical standards are central to the security\, reliability\, and global interoperability of the Internet. As the Internet continues to evolve to meet the needs of emerging applications\, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) remains one of the most influential venues for shaping their technical foundations. \nThis workshop is a hands‑on\, introductory event designed to help researchers\, students\, and engineers understand how the IETF works\, and how their own research can translate into meaningful standards contributions. \nParticipants will learn: \n – how ideas progress through the IETF process\, from early Internet‑Drafts to published RFCs \n – how working groups operate and how “rough consensus” is formed \n – how to navigate essential tools like the IETF Datatracker\, mailing lists\, and GitHub \n – how research or engineering results can influence standards work \nThe workshop will feature talks from academics that are active within the IETF. Attendees will also map their own interests to relevant IETF working groups and leave with clear\, actionable next steps for getting involved. \n 
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/ietf-standards-in-practice-workshop/
LOCATION:Sir Alwyn Williams Building\, University of Glasgow\, 18 Lilybank Gardens\, Glasgow\, G12 8QN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260309T123000
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SUMMARY:Learning & Teaching Scholars - Project Scoping Meeting
DESCRIPTION:SICSA’s Learning & Teaching Scholars will meet to scope scholarship projects.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/learning-teaching-scholars-project-scoping-meeting/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Event,Networking,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260312T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260312T170000
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SUMMARY:SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track Workshop
DESCRIPTION:About\nThis workshop series is a hands-on\, team-forming sprint. \nYou will meet potential collaborators\, shape a concrete research idea and leave with a realistic plan and division of labour toward a Challenge-Track submission for SSBSE 2026. \nThe SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track explores how Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) can optimize agentic AI systems (LLM-powered agents with tools\, memory\, planning\, and autonomy) for real software engineering tasks. You can read more about the challenge and its three themes at:  https://conf.researchr.org/track/ssbse-2026/ssbse-2026-ssbse-challenge. \nWho can participate?\nThe workshops are free and open to all. We particularly encourage academics and their PGR students to attend\, alongside industry practitioners and anyone interested in SBSE techniques for agentic AI systems\, especially undergraduate students interested in conducting research at the intersection of AI and Software Engineering. \nNo prior experience with specific agent frameworks or search based method is required. The workshop aims to find complementary expertise to provide solutions.  We will provide short technical briefings and a Discord channel for the workshop to provide timely technical and scientific support for the participants. \nFunding to support travel for staff and students at Scottish universities is available.   See event page for full details and registration.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/ssbse-2026-challenge-track-workshop/
LOCATION:Merchiston Campus\, Edinburgh Napier University\, 10 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, EH10 5DT
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260320
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SUMMARY:HRI 2026
DESCRIPTION:The ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is the premier venue for innovations on human-robot interaction. Sponsored by the ACM special interest groups on computer-human interaction (SIGCHI) and artificial intelligence (SIGAI) as well as the IEEE robotics and automation society (RAS)\, HRI brings together researchers spanning robotics\, human-computer interaction\, human factors\, artificial intelligence\, engineering\, and social and behavioral sciences. \nThe theme of the 21st edition of HRI is HRI Empowering Society. \nOur field has the potential to bring about positive change in many areas of our societies such as healthcare\, transport\, remote working\, agriculture and industry. However\, this change cannot happen if we do not engage properly with the end users who will potentially utilize robots in their jobs and daily lives. \nFor this reason\, HRI 2026 will focus on: 1) how we can ethically integrate robots in everyday processes without creating disruptions or inequalities\, carefully thinking at the future of work and services; 2) how we can make them accessible to the general public (in terms of design\, technical literacy and cost) with the final aim to make robots more willingly adopted as technological helpers. \nMore information is available on the HRI 2026 website
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/hri-2026/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260325T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260325T170000
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SUMMARY:SICSA Seminar - Can Evolution Develop Public Transport Networks?
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend \nJoin us on Wednesday\, 25 March for an AI & Data Science Seminar. \nDr Neil Urquhart of Edinburgh Napier University presents \nCan Evolution Develop Public Transport Networks? \nPublic transport networks by their very nature evolve over time to meet the needs of travellers\, fit the constraints of operators and meet the aspirations of politicians. This talk examines the use of novelty search to explore changes to the bus network in the centre of Edinburgh. The existing solution has been evolving since 1871 matching the changing nature of the city and transportation technologies. We harness geospatial data to evaluate the existing solution and then use novelty search to find modified solutions and examine their relationship to the existing solution. We are particularly interested in balancing the novelty of proposed changes with the distance from the current trusted solution. \nThis talk will demonstrate the potential for novelty search to assist with the design and modification of public transport routes and set and agenda for future research which will aim to cover larger areas and encompass multiple transport modes. \nDr Neil Urquhart is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Edinburgh Napier University\, his research interests include real-world applications of Artificial Intelligence particularly in the transport sector. \n 
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/sicsa-seminar-from-large-to-small-building-affordable-language-models-with-limited-resources/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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LOCATION:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/sicsa-seminar-from-large-to-small-building-affordable-language-models-with-limited-resources/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260327T143000
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SUMMARY:SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track Workshop 2
DESCRIPTION:About\nThis workshop series is a hands-on\, team-forming sprint. \nYou will meet potential collaborators\, shape a concrete research idea and leave with a realistic plan and division of labour toward a Challenge-Track submission for SSBSE 2026. \nThe SSBSE 2026 Challenge Track explores how Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE) can optimize agentic AI systems (LLM-powered agents with tools\, memory\, planning\, and autonomy) for real software engineering tasks. You can read more about the challenge and its three themes at:  https://conf.researchr.org/track/ssbse-2026/ssbse-2026-ssbse-challenge. \nWho can participate?\nThe workshops are free and open to all. We particularly encourage academics and their PGR students to attend\, alongside industry practitioners and anyone interested in SBSE techniques for agentic AI systems\, especially undergraduate students interested in conducting research at the intersection of AI and Software Engineering. \nNo prior experience with specific agent frameworks or search based method is required. The workshop aims to find complementary expertise to provide solutions.  We will provide short technical briefings and a Discord channel for the workshop to provide timely technical and scientific support for the participants. \nFunding to support travel for staff and students at Scottish universities is available.   See event page for full details and registration.
URL:https://sicsa.ac.uk/event/ssbse-2026-challenge-track-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Merchiston Campus\, Edinburgh Napier University\, 10 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, EH10 5DT
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
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