16/12/2011: Christmas Event Poster Session and Award
RS committee would like to thank the sixteen second-year PhD students who participated in the Christmas event poster session. The poster panel announced the best posters as follows:
Winner: David Freebairn from HFE cluster
First Runner: Teng Hwang Tan from SN cluster
Second Runner: Chen LV from EPES cluster
A prize has been presented to the winning position.
EEECS Research Society Christmas Event Final Agenda
Date: Friday 16 December 2011
Time: 8:30am - 2:00pm
Venue: Riddel Hall, Stranmillis Rd, Belfast
8:30-9:00 Registration and coffee
9:00-9:15 Welcoming speech by HoS Prof Stan Scott
9:15-10:15 Workshop: Enhancing Research Performance by Dr. John Copelton
10:25-11:10 Coffee break and poster session
Presentations by PhD students: Recent transactions and methodology in EEECS
11:00-11:20 Room 1: DC cluster - Mr Andrew Bolster
Room 2: HPDC cluster - Mr Konstantin Bakanov
11:25-11:45 Room 1: HFE cluster - Mr Yaun Ding
Room 2: ISC - Mr Steven Byrne
11:50-12:10 Room 1: EPES – Mr Yi Yang
Room 2: SIVS – Mr Stefan Popa
Guest Speakers
12:10-1:00 Room 1: Enhancing Research Performance Continued (Workshop) by Dr. Amy Cartwright (presented by Dr. Paul Monahan)
Room 2: Starting a Research Company by Dr. Jan Antonis
13:00-14:00 Lunch, best poster announcement and close
EEESC RS Christmas Event
16 December 2011, 8.45am – 2.00pm
Registration: early November
The Society would like as many Academic/Research and PhD Students to attend as possible to ensure we get the most from the workshops. We would therefore ask that you put this event into your diary.
Content:
9 oral Cluster presentations
Poster session
2 guest speakers
Draft Agenda:
8:45-9:15:
Registration and coffee
9:15-9:30:
Welcoming and speech by Head of School
9:30-10:30:
Presentations from clusters
10:30-11:20:
Coffee break and poster session
11:20-12:00:
Presentations from clusters
12:00-1:00:
2 x Guest speakers
1:00-2:00:
Lunch & close
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Content Overview:
Presentations:
These will be given by one first year PhD student who has finished their 3-month report. The presentation does not cover the whole research of the cluster. It does not contain technical details. Instead, presents some of the recent transactions and methodology in a specific subject of interest within the cluster. Research Directors will be asked to nominate a PhD to present.
Rationale:
It is impossible to summarize what the cluster has done in one year in a 15 minute session, and nobody (except maybe the Head of the Cluster) is really qualified to present it. Technical details of one research subject is not understandable for most people in other clusters.
Posters:
Second year PhDs present their work.
Guest speakers:
One room will have a speaker to focus on academic research issues. The other guest will talk about industry focused research.
"Breaking through hesitation: An experience of RAEng/EPSRC Research Fellowship application".
Dr Alexey Shitvov, Queen's University of Belfast
Comments: Dr Alexey Shitvov has recently been awarded the RAENG/EPSRC Research Fellowship.
The current UK research and training landscape is dramatically changing in response to the economic challenges and feedback from the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008. New research and training landscape will be published in June 2011, having first been agreed by EPSRC Council, and since then all the support for research and training will be assessed against this document. Change is the only constant in current realms and understanding the changes is the first step to adopt new policies.
This talk will address the important points one should consider when writing applications for RAEng/EPSRC research proposals. The essential selection criteria will be discussed in the context of current strategic plan goals adopted by the Research Council. Some approaches to meet these criteria will be presented. A personal experience of application for the RAEng/EPSRC Research Fellowship will be drawn into discussion to demonstrate what specific issues one may expect to face when passing through different stages of the application process.
This presentation will be of interest to those considering application for RAEng/EPSCR Research Fellowships. It is also meant to provide an open forum for everyone who would like to express their view on the changes and how we in the EEECS School could respond to them.
02/06/2011: EEECS Research Society Formed a New Committee
Following its launch on 27 January this year, our Research Society formed a new committee. The Research Society was established to be the voice of the research community and post grad students within our School. EEECS-RS aims at promoting personal and professional development and career advancement opportunities, as well as enhancing communication, sharing knowledge and experience, teamwork and social interaction between researchers. The society will be closely collaborating with the school management, the Post Graduate Centre and the Staff Training and Development Unit (STDU). The first official meeting of the new committee took place on 7 March and Mohsen ABBAS POUR SEYYEDI was elected as the chair of the committee. Jonathan Milliken and Dr. Ramji Srinivasan will support the chair as the communication officer and the treasurer respectively. Other members include Dr. Michael Bain, Dr. Huiyu Zhou, Dr. Alexey Shitvov; Sujit Bhattacharya, Dr. David Laverty, Dr. Timothy Littler, Teng Tan and MD Zahurul Islam Sarkar. EEECS-RS is publishing the events calendar in June 2011 and welcomes and appreciates any ideas and suggestions from the research staff.
EEECS-RS will be publishing a calendar of events and would welcome any ideas from staff. Please email any suggestions you may have, to either Mohsen Abbaspour m.abbaspourseyyedi@qub.ac.uk or Jonny Milliken mmilliken02@qub.ac.uk.
