10th Annual Computing Department PhD Conference

When?

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 9:00 to 17:00

Where?

Treetops and the Cedar Room, Wates House

Open to:

Public, Staff, Students

Speaker:

Sir Alan Rudge CBE FREng FRS, Chairman of the ERA Foundation, Leatherhead, Surrey

There will be a Panel of Experts judging the presentations and the posters. A Motivational Speaker from Industry is invited to attend, and also an external academic will be invited to give a keynote presentation and sit on the Panel. The Motivational Speaker this year is Sir Alan Rudge CBE FREng FRS, Chairman of the ERA Foundation, Leatherhead, Surrey.

The Academic Keynote Speaker, and member of the Panel of Judges is Professor Robert Kowalski, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London.

We will announce the other members of the Panel as soon as possible. For the last three years we have also had a Chairperson who gave an opening speech and got the proceedings off to a good start.

We would expect students who have been registered since April 2011, October 2011 and January 2012 to give a presentation at the conference. Each presentation has a 15 minute time-slot, which includes an opportunity for the Panel or members of the audience to ask questions.

Students registered from April 2012 July 2012 and October 2012 would be expected to submit a Poster. The best MSc Posters can also be included in this competition.

Prizes are awarded for both the best presentations and the best posters. Lunch and refreshments will be served.

The Organising Committee for the Conference is as follows (all from the Department of Computing, University of Surrey):

• Dr Hongying (Lilian) Tang, Director of Postgraduate Studies
• Mrs Maggie Burton, Research Secretary
• PG Representatives: Mr Konstantinos Eftaxias, Mr Panagiotis Ioannou, Mr Ahmad Natour and Miss Tameera Rahman.

The call for papers of the conference is available at here.