This year’s DEMOfest will take place on the evening of the 19th November 2015 at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh and the call for exhibitors is now open. Scottish Universities can be considered to have the largest ICT research cluster in Europe and this year’s DEMOfest will demonstrate the best of Informatics and Computing … Read more
SICSA PhD Conference 2016 – Now recruiting for student committee members After a very successful SICSA PhD Conference 2015, SICSA is now making plans for next year’s event. As always, the SICSA PhD Conference next year will be put together by a hard-working group of student volunteers and we are now recruiting for the next … Read more
The Data Lab: PhD Programme The Data Lab Innovation Centre has been created to generate economic and social value to Scotland through the application of data science. We will deliver this through a combination of collaborative innovation, education and community building across universities, industry and the public sector. A key activity of the Data Lab’s … Read more
As SICSA moves into its next phase on 1 August 2015, a number of our Knowledge Exchange programmes will be coming to a close. In order to provide researchers with a final opportunity to apply for these funded programmes, the SICSA Directors have opened up a final call for the following: SICSA Postgraduate Industry Internships … Read more
16th to 21st August 2015 School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh http://www.ifip-summerschool.org/ *** Funding available for SICSA PhD students – see below *** This year’s IFIP summer school at the School of Informatics in Edinburgh is hosting a exciting series of invited talks and workshops from prominent international researchers exploring privacy and identity topics from … Read more
We are very pleased to be a sponsor for the forthcoming “The Internet at 100” event, which culminates in a talk by Dr Vint Cerf. A limited number of SICSA-funded places are available at the event, which takes place on Monday 22nd June at the University of St Andrews. Introduction Dr Vint Cerf, one of … Read more
The Data Lab Innovation Centre has recently announced the launch of their MSc Programme. The Data Lab MSc is a collaborative effort between Robert Gordon University, The University of Dundee, The University of Stirling and The Data Lab Innovation Centre. Through this collaboration, each university has developed an MSc programme based on its own strengths … Read more
Those that missed out on applying for the SICSA funded Saltire Fellowship first time around will have another opportunity to apply for this exciting opportunity over the next few weeks. We are now accepting applications from Early Career Researchers working at SICSA institutions – there is no deadline, but please apply soon as the place is … Read more
SICSA has 12 fully-funded places for research students in Computer Science to attend the next Research Ventures event, which will take place in Glasgow in June 2015. To apply for a fully funded place on this course, please email admin@www.sicsa.ac.uk with your name, institution, year of study, whether you require accommodation on the 22nd June, any special … Read more
The Scottish Innovation Centre, the Data Lab, have recently announced a number of new job vacancies based at the Edinburgh Hub (School of Informatics). Positions available include: Project Development Manager; Business Development Executive (X 3); and Legal and Commercial Manager. If you are interested in applying please see our vacancies page, or go directly to the University … Read more