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18/06/2013: Michael Smyth is a keynote speaker at the Space.Beyond.Geometry Workshop at Edinburgh University

m.smyth@napier.ac.uk (Michael Smyth) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:37:27 GMT

Michael Smyth is one of three keynote speakers at the 4 day workshop entitled Space.Beyond.Geometry that will take place at Edinburgh University between 18 and 21 June, 2013.

His presentation entitled "Postcards from the City :: Interaction Design in a Post IT Age" will be part of the multidisciplinary workshop that aims to explore the relationship between body and space.

More information about the workshop can be found here :
http://spacebeyondgeometry.wordpress.com/

16/06/2013: Sadness within IIDI over the death of Alex Jaconelli

w.buchanan@napier.ac.uk (William Buchanan) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:14:10 GMT

The institute has been collaborating with Alex Jaconelli on a range of innovative projects for a couple of years, including a current follow-on innovation voucher with SFC. Unfortunately, last week, he finally lost his battle against cancer.

Overall Alex was a well respected person within the university, and will be missed by those who interacted with him. More details here.

11/06/2013: Michael Smyth to chair the 2013 SICSA MMI Doctoral Consortium at University of Stirling

m.smyth@napier.ac.uk (Michael Smyth) — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:16:42 GMT

Michael Smyth along with colleagues from Glasgow and Dundee will act as a Faculty member for the annual SICSA Multimodal Interactions Doctoral Consortium. This will take place at the University of Stirling on 11 June 2013. PhD students from Dundee, Edinburgh Napier and Glasgow will participate in the event.

More details can be found at ::
http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/themes/multimodal-interaction/sicsa-mmi-doctoral-consortium-2013

10/06/2013: Applications sought for funded PhD place within IIDI to start September 2013

h.hall@napier.ac.uk (Hazel Hall) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:16:39 GMT

The following PhD place was advertised on Friday 7th June 2013 on jobs.ac.uk and the Edinburgh Napier University vacancies web site:

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship within the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation. The studentship will cover tuition fees to home/EU level and will include a standard living allowance (stipend), currently £13,590 per annum.

Overseas students are eligible to apply, but will be liable to pay the difference between home/EU and overseas fees. Note that fees are subject to change annually throughout the programme of study.

The studentship is expected to start in September 2013. All applications must be received by Monday 1st July 2013, with interviews expected to take place on Wednesday 24th July 2013.

The Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation comprises a number of research centres and undertakes research across a broad range of areas in computing and informatics including: bioinformatics; bio-inspired computing; autonomous systems, computer security and digital forensics; data mining; e-Democracy and e-Government; e-Health; human-computer interaction; information society; information visualization; interaction design; knowledge management; mobile and distributed computing; optimisation; pervasive adaptation; social informatics; and software reuse.

Details of the research areas and research centres can be found at http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/

Applicants should hold a first class or upper second class Honours degree, or a Masters degree, in a discipline relevant to the area of study. Applicants should submit a clear proposal for their research programme that demonstrates an understanding of the background to the area and outlines the questions that the applicant is interested in researching. Candidates whose first language is not English must meet the University's English language requirements.

An application form (RD1 form) and more general details on research can be found at http://www.napier.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/Pages/Apply.aspx

Please send all formal applications, a research proposal, a CV and a completed Supplementary personal information form and Tuition fee classification questionnaire to:

Postgraduate Admissions Team

Admissions & International Support

Room E8, Merchiston Campus
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh
EH10 5DT

Email: researchdegrees@napier.ac.uk

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Hazel Hall by e-mail at h.hall@napier.ac.uk or telephone: 0131 455 2760

31/05/2013: IIDI Professor is a finalist for an award for outstanding leadership in ICT

w.buchanan@napier.ac.uk (William Buchanan) — Fri, 31 May 2013 08:44:08 GMT

Professor Bill Buchanan is finalist for the Connect Leader award for the individual who has displayed outstanding leadership of an ICT department or team. The winner will be announced on the evening of 18 June 2013 at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow. More details here.

The finalists are:

Liz McGettigan ( Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services ICT Team)
Prof. Bill Buchanan (Edinburgh Napier University)
Bill Reid (Crown Office)
Steve Watt (St Andrews University)

31/05/2013: IIDI Team are finalists in the Connect Citizen Award for Cyber work

w.buchanan@napier.ac.uk (William Buchanan) — Fri, 31 May 2013 09:01:54 GMT

An IIDI Team are finalists for the Connect Citizen Award which will be awarded to the team who have engaged most with the general public.

It includes work in engaging the general public around computer security, such as with public engagement events and with fun workshops for Schools.

The finalists are:

South Lanarkshire Council
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services ICT Team
NHS 24

29/05/2013: Hazel Hall attends Engineering Policy Group meeting at the Scottish Parliament

h.hall@napier.ac.uk (Hazel Hall) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:02:08 GMT

Professor Hazel Hall was an invited participant at an Engineering Policy Group meeting at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 29th May. Chaired by Maureen Watt MSP, the evening began with an opening keynote speech by Linda Somerville of the Scottish Resource Centre for Women in Science Engineering and Technology. This was followed by a debate on the barriers to fuller participation by women in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and the detrimental effect that the non-participation of women in the STEM sectors has on the Scottish economy. Hazel Hall was invited to participate because of her work at Edinburgh Napier University to help recruit and retain female students on courses within the School of Computing.

28/05/2013: Workshops on Blended Interaction at CHI2013

d.benyon@napier.ac.uk (David Benyon) — Tue, 28 May 2013 09:46:21 GMT

David Benyon was co-organiser of a workshop on Blended Interaction that was held as part of the prestigious CHI2013 conference

24/05/2013: Workshop on Engaging the Human-Computer Interaction Community With Public Policymaking Internationally at CHI2013

t.mcewan@napier.ac.uk (Tom McEwan) — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:56 GMT

Tom McEwan was one of the organisers of, and represented the UK Human Computer Interaction community in, an international workshop within the world's leading HCI conference CHI2013 in Paris. This is part of an on ongoing effort to connect the outcomes of research with public policy making, which has already resulted in several publications in the ACM Digital Library. This brings together Tom's roles for BCS Interaction and BCS Entrepreneurs specialist groups with his role as the Scottish representative on the BCS Government Relations Group, and his work to create a European organisation to support human centred innovation.

24/05/2013: Invited to co-edit the proceedings of HCI2013, the 27th International British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference: The Internet of things

t.mcewan@napier.ac.uk (Tom McEwan) — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:04:12 GMT

Having served on every British HCI conference committee since 2001, co-editing in 2005, 2007 and 2010, Tom has been invited to be one of the editors of this year's proceedings. This is in addition to his role as co-Chair for Works in Progress.
The full papers at British HCI have long been regarded as the equivalent of journal papers, and while past proceedings have only been available at great expense via international publishers, Tom drove the migration of the proceedings into that "greenest" of academic publication outlets - BCS EWIC, with the proceedings also freely available via the ACM Digital Library