The SICSA Artificial Intelligence Research Theme invites proposals to support Scottish AI researchers in carrying out research activities over the summer of 2022. We anticipate applications for three types of activities (or a combination): Travel/networking (max £250) Equipment including cloud credits (max £500) Studentship (max £1000) While there is no restriction on the topics, we … Read more
SICSA and EIT Digital partner to deliver Scottish Funding Council Saltire Scheme Scotland & Brussels, March 2nd, 2022: The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) have partnered with EIT Digital to deliver on a £75k SFC investment in renewing and strengthening Scottish – European research collaborations. The “Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme” is … Read more
We are delighted to announce Dr Stewart Massie, Robert Gordon University commenced in the role of the Data Science Research Theme Co-Lead today taking over the role from Professor Mike Chantler, Heriot Watt University. Stewart is currently a Reader in Computer Science at Robert Gordon University working in the Smart Information Systems group with the School of … Read more
23 February 2022 by Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Heriot-Watt University The most recent instance of the SICSA Programming Challenge finished with a clean sweep of the first three places by students from the University of Glasgow. This makes it 2-1 for Edinburgh vs Glasgow in this series of SICSA wide programming challenges. The series of SICSA Programming … Read more
17 February 2022 by Shamal Faily, Robert Gordon University On Wednesday, December 8th, we ran a half-day joint RISCS / SICSA sponsored workshop on Secure Development Practices education. Practices for secure software development entail more than writing code. They encompass the broader design and engineering practices that produce usable and secure software. We already know … Read more
2 February 2022 by Gavin Abercrombie, Heriot Watt University In late October 2021, I packed my suitcase and left dark, damp, dreich Edinburgh for, well, dark, damp, dreich Milan. Okay, maybe the days are a little longer, but the climate in winter is pretty familiar to the vitamin D-starved Scotland-based postdoctoral researcher – oh, and … Read more
2 February 2022 by Karen Renaud, University of Strathclyde On the 3rd of December 2021, the Cyber Security Theme hosted an online PhD Student Conference. This annual event allows students to discuss and get feedback on their research. Students submitted a poster prior to the event, with a 20-minute presentation on the day. We had … Read more
The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, in partnership with the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences, are collaborating on Spring into Methods to commission interactive, interdisciplinary and innovative research methods training for our postgraduate researchers. The Spring into Methods programme brings together arts, humanities, social science, and other doctoral researchers from across Scotland to offer sessions providing an … Read more
We are delighted to announce Dr Matthew Barr, University of Glasgow is joining us as the new Director of Education. Dr Barr (Matt) commenced in post this week taking over from Dr Mark Zarb, Robert Gordon University who stepped down following 2 years in the role. Matt is well known to SICSA due to his … Read more
The SICSA PhD Conference will take place in June 2022 at Glasgow Caledonian University and remotely online. As we have in previous years, we are calling for PhD students who wish to join the PhD student organising committee. Being a part of this committee can be immensely rewarding and you will have the opportunity to … Read more