We are pleased to announce that Professor Kevin Hammond of the University of St Andrews will assume the role of SICSA Director from August 2016.   Also, the role of SICSA Graduate Academy Director will move into the capable hands Dr Jeremy Singer of the University of Glasgow. The roles of SICSA Deputy Director/KE Director … Read more

After our recent announcement about the new SICSA Research Themes which will commence in August 2016, we are now recruiting for Theme Leaders. If you wish to apply to lead one of the new SICSA Research Themes please visit our Vacancies page for further information and the relevant forms. The extended application deadline is 27th … Read more

Another successful SICSA PhD Conference concludes. Thank you to everyone for attending this year’s PhD Conference which was held at the University of Strathclyde in the amazing Technology & Innovation Centre.  The Conference has received great feedback so far; thanks to everyone who has taken the time to complete the evaluation.  This feedback is crucial … Read more

During recent months, the SICSA Directors have been working with the SICSA Committee and SICSA Member Institutions on a comprehensive review of the SICSA Research Themes, with a view to aligning them more closely with today’s research and funding landscape.  The SICSA Directors are now pleased to announce the new SICSA Research Themes, which will … Read more

CIBB2016, Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/will be held in Stirling on 1st, 2nd and 3rd September 2016.The conference is on computational approaches to life sciences in a quite broad sense. Approaches based on network analysis, as well as applications to systems and synthetic biology are, amongst others, themes of specific interest this year.   … Read more

We are pleased to announce the launch of four new SICSA Research Challenges, which will run from spring 2016 for 12-months.  The Challenges will feature a number of SICSA-wide events, which will be open to researchers from all SICSA Institutions. The four new SICSA Research Challenges are: Exploiting Serious Games for Public Engagement and Citizen … Read more

We are pleased to announce that we are now recruiting for the roles of SICSA Director and SICSA Graduate Academy (SGA) Director.  Relevant information about both roles and application forms can be found at our Vacancies page and in the documents below. SICSA Director SICSA Director Job Description Application for the role of SICSA Director SGA Director … Read more

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new SICSA KE Short-Theme in “Defining the Future of Video Game Accessibility”.  The new Short-Theme will run from April 2016 to April 2017 and will be led by Dr Michael Crabb and Dr Michael Heron from Robert Gordon University, in partnership with the BBC. If you … Read more

The SICSA PhD Conference has become one of the highlights of the SICSA events calendar, bringing together Computing Science and Informatics PhD students, leading academics, and industry practitioners for 2 days of workshops, keynote presentations and social events. The conference is an event aimed specifically at Informatics and Computer Science PhD students and is organised … Read more

However big, however small your ideas, Research Ventures is about finding out how you can develop them into something that matters for you. SICSA has 10 fully-funded places for research students in Computer Science to attend the next Research Ventures event, which will take place at the University of Glasgow on 16 & 17 May 2016. … Read more