The SICSA Annual Report for the Academic Year 2013-14 is now available for download at the Reports section on the SICSA web site.  The report was submitted to the Scottish Funding Council on 31 October 2014.

Further to recent calls for Short-Term Knowledge Exchange and Short-Term Research Themes, the SICSA Directors have recently launched a new Research Challenge initiative.  We would now like to invite researchers working across SICSA to submit proposals for a Research Challenge that will initially run for 12 months.   SICSA has funding for two Research Challenges, … Read more

We are pleased to announce that a further call for SICSA Short-Term Research Themes is now open.  We have funding available for two such themes.  Full details of the call are included below: SICSA Short-Term Research Theme Call – October 2014 As SICSA develops, we need to adapt to changes in technology, theory, funding opportunities … Read more

Researchers across SICSA are invited to bid to the Data Science theme for funds in support of events, workshops, and/or other activities that will make a significant contribution to their data science research agenda(s). The Data Science theme is particularly interested in supporting activities that meet three or more of the following criteria: • bringing … Read more

The SICSA Directors are pleased to announce that a further call for the SICSA Early Career Industry Fellowship (ECIF) is now open. The ECIF programme has been designed specifically for Early Career SICSA academics who wish to work on a collaborative project with industry; and it aims to provide successful candidates with valuable experience of … Read more

Total funding of £150,000 is available to fund three initial projects up to a maximum of £50,000.  Funding will be awarded to projects with a defined market need or commercial opportunity. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the first wave of projects funded by The Data Lab and successful applications have the opportunity to … Read more

SICSA has 3 free full weekend tickets to give away to Product Forge this year which will be held in Edinburgh on the 19 – 21 September. Those wanting to participate should register here and select the ‘Weekend – Informatics & CS Students’ ticket. These are on a first come first served basis so don’t … Read more

Throughout this year SICSA has been working closely with Glasgow-based web and graphic design agency, Red Empire, to develop a brand new SICSA web site; which launched on 13th August.  The project came to fruition as a result of a communications review in late 2013 – at that time the SICSA Directors agreed that the … Read more

From August 2014 SICSA will be bidding farewell to three Directors and welcoming their replacements, who will be in post for the next 2 years. We say goodbye and thank you for all of the hard work and commitment to Professor Rod Murray-Smith, outgoing SICSA Director; Professor Aaron Quigley, outgoing Deputy Director and Director of … Read more

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new SICSA Education Theme, “Towards a School-University Educational Continuum in Computing”.  The launch of the new theme comes as a result of an open call to all SICSA institutions earlier in the year. The new theme presents an opportunity for the SICSA institutions to have a … Read more