Registration deadline extended until 13th November Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sicsa-demofest-2015-tickets-17936269866 Delegate registration for SICSA DEMOfest 2015 has been extended until the 13th November. SICSA DEMOfest is the annual showcase for cutting-edge Computing Science and technology research in Scotland. This event is a fantastic opportunity for those outside of academia to check out the very latest … Read more
Researchers and students are invited to attend the Glasgow Social Robotics Seminar Series organised by the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology & School of Computing Science. The first seminar of the series will be held on 9th October 2015 at University of Glasgow’s School of Psychology and will feature Professor James Russell from Boston College. … Read more
Deadline extended SICSA Education Call for Workshops Proposals in 2015/16 SICSA Education would like to invite the community to apply for funds to host a SICSA Education workshops. At the education all hands meeting earlier in the year several potential topics for workshops were suggested including: Teaching 1st year programming What makes a good honours … Read more
The UK government has announced at the Financial Times Cyber Security Summit a £500,000 fund to help universities and colleges develop innovative teaching and learning to provide the cyber security skills needed to protect the UK now and in the future. Academic institutions can apply for up to £80,000, which must be match-funded by the … Read more
The Scottish Ecosystem, formed by Digital Health & Care Institute, The Alliance, Joint Improvement Team, eHealth, NHS, NHS24 and SCTT, are delighted to invite participants to attend A Scottish Ecosystem for Innovation: Dementia Technology and Services, aimed at leaders from industry, academia and health and social care in Scotland. The event will take place on … Read more
SICSA is able to provide up to £10K support for researchers in Informatics and Computing Sciences at SICSA institutions to boost participation in European projects. We support proposals from all Scotland-based Computing academics to establish network connections, showcasing their skills and capabilities in participating in specific networking activities both for policy influencing and project preparation. … Read more
As SICSA develops, we need to adapt to changes in technology, theory, funding opportunities and the interests of the SICSA academic communities. As such we have allocated funding for a number of new SICSA short-themes, which will run for an initial period of 12 months. A total of £8000 has been allocated for the new … Read more
The deadline to apply to exhibit your research at DEMOfest 2015 has been extended to 23rd September 2015 with decisions being communicated by 25 September 2015. The event will take place in the evening of Thursday 19th November at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh. SICSA DEMOfest is a fantastic opportunity for academic staff and researchers … Read more
A student-developed app which aims to help users broaden their social or professional circles has taken the top prize in a University of Glasgow technology-pitching competition. Three teams of students competed against each other in a Dragon’s Den-style event on Thursday 3 September, pitching their ideas for businesses to a panel of judges which included successful … Read more
The next Scotland Data Science and Technology Meetup takes place on 20th August at The Data Lab in Edinburgh. The event will be led with a talk by Alan Grogan, Associate Partner – Analytics & Information Delivery – Atos (Global Digital Transformation). Programme: 6:30 – 7:00 PM: Networking 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM: Alan Grogan, … Read more