Month: January 2013

Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and Social Interactions by Mirco Musolesi University of Birmingham

Abstract: The study of the interdependence of human movement and social ties of individuals is one of the most interesting research areas in computational social science. Previous studies have shown that human movement is predictable to a certain extent at different geographic scales. One of the open problems is how to improve the prediction exploiting … Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and Social Interactions by Mirco Musolesi University of Birmingham

Government as a Platform

Ian Sommerville has been working with colleagues to analyse and critique the UK Governments Digital Strategy (http://ukgaap.org)

Systems Seminar: Coupled Adaptive Complex Network, by Saray Shai, University of St Andrews

Abstract: This talk presents the introduction and our early investigation on coupled adaptive complex networks. Generally an adaptive network is the network whose topology adapts and evolves with the dynamics of the network. At present, adaptive networks are ubiquitous across many disciplines, including technical distribution networks such as road networks and the internet; natural and … Systems Seminar: Coupled Adaptive Complex Network, by Saray Shai, University of St Andrews

Towards reliable and responsible social network research by Tristan Henderson – University of St Andrews

This seminar is suitable for CS3053-RPIC Abstract Social network sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Twitter are used by hundreds of millions of people daily. As such they represent an attractive source of data for research. Many researchers have crawled these SNSs to collect data for projects involving psychology, sociology, health, and of course computer … Towards reliable and responsible social network research by Tristan Henderson – University of St Andrews

New EPSRC Grant – Working Together: Constraint Programming and Cloud Computing

We are looking for a Research Fellow to work on this grant! See the job advert (deadline 28 Feb): Research Fellow in Computer Science Ian Miguel, Adam Barker, and Martin Dominik (of the School of Physics & Astronomy) have been awarded £630K, 3-year grant from the EPSRC for “Working Together: Constraint Programming and Cloud Computing”. … New EPSRC Grant – Working Together: Constraint Programming and Cloud Computing

CANCELLED Unikernels: Functional Library Operating Systems for the Cloud by Anil Madhavapeddy, University of Cambridge

(followed by tea/coffee and then informal gatherings at local venues) ROOM: TBA ABSTRACT Public compute clouds provide a flexible platform to host applications as a set of appliances, e.g., web servers or databases. Each appliance usually contains an OS kernel and userspace processes, within which applications access resources via APIs such as POSIX.  The flexible … CANCELLED Unikernels: Functional Library Operating Systems for the Cloud by Anil Madhavapeddy, University of Cambridge

SICSA Announces New Knowledge Exchange Programmes

The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) have confirmed that the Scottish Funding Council have approved funding for six new initiatives that will provide new placements, exchanges and internships with Scottish and overseas businesses. Read more in the University News and in Latest news from SICSA

SACHI Seminar: A neurodynamical model of luminance perception by Olivier Penacchio

SACHI seminar Title: A neurodynamical model of luminance perception Speaker: Olivier Penacchio, University of St Andrews Abstract: The perception of such simple visual features as black, greys and white may sound simple. However, the luminance we perceive, also called brightness, does not match the luminance as physically measured. Instead, the perceived intensity of an area is … SACHI Seminar: A neurodynamical model of luminance perception by Olivier Penacchio