21 March at St John’s College, Oxford
The event is intended to improve the dialogue between practitioners, researchers and policy-makers in the broad area of ‘digital economy’ developments.
If you’d like to attend, click here to complete the registration form. Number are limited, so please do this soon.
From left to right:
Mr Frampton, Peter Marshall, Undergraduate Programme Lead for the under-graduate programmes of the Department of Computing and Communication Technologies, Paul Oliver, Sheila Lloyd Lyons, Ian Peter Frampton,
Nigel Crook, Head of Department, Department of Computing and Communication Technologies, and Mrs Frampton.
Each year the British Computer Society recognises the efforts of students at Oxford Brookes through the presentation of prizes in the area of computing. The 2012 winners are Paul Oliver and Ian Peter Frampton.
The British Computer Society (BCS) Prize(awarded for the best results by a first year student in a computing subject)
Prize Awarded: student membership plus certificate
Student: Paul Oliver
From left to right:
Paul Oliver, Sheila Lloyd Lyons and Nigel Crook
"It was a great surprise to hear that I had won this award. I feel honoured and proud to have received it. I am determined to achieve the best results I can on my degree course in Mobile Computing and this award gives me even greater motivation to succeed. I am enjoying my studies at Oxford Brookes where there is a great mix of young and mature students."
— Paul Oliver
The British Computer Society (BCS) Project Prize(awarded for the best final year project in a computing subject)
Prize Awarded: £150 plus certificate
Student: Ian Peter Frampton
From left to right:
Ian Frampton, Sheila Lloyd Lyons and Nigel Crook
"To be recognised by such an established institution as the BCS is an honour of the highest accord. I was able to use everything I had learnt in my previous 3 years both at Brookes and also whilst on placement to produce this project and for me this is the culmination of 3 years of effort to produce the final outcome. I owe a great amount of gratitude to both the staff (both teaching staff and support staff) and also the BCS in recognising my work and also the effort put in to produce it. This is an accolade which I will talk proudly of for many years to come and it has made the late evenings and early mornings very much worthwhile.
I am now starting the next stage in my career as a Graduate Developer for Golfbreaks.com and I am very much looking forward to making the next steps in my career. Oxford Brookes have provided me with an ideal toolkit filled with skills and ideas, which is testament to the fantastic staff and services which have proven invaluable to me. Thank-you again for the gift and award and I will talk proudly about my achievements for many years to come."
— Ian Peter Frampton
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Cybercrime poses serious threats to businesses of all sizes, including loss of vital data, security breaches, downtime, damage to reputation and lost revenue – but the rapid pace of change means that staying on top can be tough. At the VB Seminar we aim to help by putting you in touch with experts at the top of their field who’ll speak about the latest threats, defensive strategies and solutions – see http://www.virusbtn.com/seminar/2012/programme
Speakers and topics include:
Registration price: £195 + VAT (bona fide charities & educational institutions: £95 + VAT).
Other information and registration can be found at: http://www.virusbtn.com/seminar/2012 or email conference@virusbtn.com or call 01235 555139 with any queries.
We are pleased to let you know that booking is now open for this year’s BCS/RSI Lecture.
The speaker will be Sir David Pepper KCMG, former Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In his lecture, Sir David will examine how the Internet and other new technologies have changed the way the UK and other nations gather intelligence. He will also explore the risks that arise from malicious and covert uses of the internet, and how business and society can respond.
18:15 Registration
19:00 Lecture
20:15 Drinks and Buffet Reception
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Shrivenham
Wiltshire SN6 8LA
Montgomery Lecture Theatre at the Joint Command and Staff College
Click the following link for further details and to book your place: www.bcs.org/rsi/2012 <http://www.bcs.org/rsi/2012> .
I do hope you will be able to join us, but please get in touch if you need any further help.
Kind regards
Christine
Christine Duma
BCS Events Manager
E: christine.duma@hq.bcs.org.uk
T: 01794 417 438
Wednesday 14 December 2011 14:00 – 17:00
Hosted by Oxford Internet Institute
Location: Room 051, Computer Science Department, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, OX1 3QD.
Registration: Please email your name and affiliation to events@oii.ox.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)1865 287209
The UK government’s Midata initiative will see 26 major businesses give customers access to their personal data in portable, electronic format. This should allow consumers to better understand their own behaviour (supporting, for example, energy efficiency), and to shop around for better deals. Consumer groups including Which? have been developing privacy principles for this service, while start-ups like Mydex are developing technology to let individuals manage their own personal data ‘lockers’.
At this workshop we will hear from some of the key Midata government, industry and civil society stakeholders, and discuss how to maximise benefits to individuals and the economy while minimising risks of data spills and other threats.
Please join RHoK on December 3rd and 4th for a RHoK hackathon in Oxford. Throughout the weekend, we will be coding around real world problems from all over the world.
RHoK has been working with subject matter experts from around the world to develop problem statements addressing real world development and humanitarian challenges. These problem statements will be the hacking challenges thrown out to the developers at the RHoK hackathon. In Oxford, we will have subject matter experts and problems from Oxfam GB, based in Oxford. See those statements as they develop at www.rhok.org.
At the end of the weekend, we’ll invite you to share your RHoK application with the group and see your work put to use on the ground to save lives and alleviate suffering.
We will provide facilities, power, food and refreshments to help you write your application. Just bring your laptop, ideas, and enthusiasm to complete the mix.
The Oxford hackathon will take place from Saturday, December 3rd at 09:00 until Sunday, December 4th at 17:00. It will be held at the offices of White October , in Marston Street, Oxford.
Space is limited so sign up now: http://www.rhok.org/event/oxford-united-kingdom
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, would like to invite the BCS Oxfordshire members to a forthcoming event at Oxford University that we thought they would find interesting. Prof Ross Anderson from Cambridge University, one of the world’s leading computer security experts, will be talking about ‘The Dependability of Complex Socio-Technical Infrastructure’. The seminar is taking place from 5-6pm on 6 June.
Abstract We have all become dependent on large complex systems such as the Internet, smart grids and the bank payment system. Keeping these systems dependable in the face of accidents, errors and malice is one of the most important, and interesting, challenges facing engineers today. It brings not only technical problems of the highest order, but also some intricate economics; how do we persuade firms to invest in spare capacity that will mostly help their competitors offer better service? I’ll discuss such problems in two contexts: frauds against payment networks, and the resilience of the Internet. The talk will draw on a recent major study we did for ENISA of the resilience of the Internet interconnect.
Ross Anderson is professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, and author of the bestselling textbook "Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems". He was a pioneer of peer-to-peer systems, of hardware tamper-resistance, and of the economics of information security.
More details at http://www.softeng.ox.ac.uk/infosec/2011-06-06-Anderson.html
PechaKucha is a presentation format where you show 20 slides, each for only 20 seconds. The slides change automatically so the presenter has to keep up with the fast paced slide show.
In Science Oxford Lives latest PechaKucha Night we have lined up some great presenters to talk about their area of expertise:
The power of PechaKucha comes from the passion in the presenter. People can literally talk about anything from their professional work to their hobbies and interests. As a result of this you always find a wonderful mix of professionals and amateurs that share one common quality – an enthusiasm for their subject.
A MESSAGE FROM SCIENCE OXFORD
This is a reprint of an email distributed by Science Oxford to its subscribers we thought may be of interest to other BCS Oxfordshire members.
Dear Newsletter Subscriber
Science Oxford (in the form of our parent charity, The Oxford Trust) has been at the heart of science and enterprise in Oxfordshire for over 25 years. During that time, we have played a pioneering role in the development of innovation centres for the incubation of high-tech companies, and in the creation of ‘venture angel’ networks of investors willing to provide seed capital to fledgling companies. Oxford Innovation, our own spin-out company, is nationally recognised as a leading provider of premises and other services to the knowledge-based economy.
Over the past quarter century our region’s economy has evolved significantly, and the Oxfordshire innovation ecosystem is now very different to when our organisation was established.
Despite the changed economic landscape, there is still an important role for Science Oxford to play in supporting our region’s innovation economy; in particular we want to focus our efforts to encourage a new generation of entrepreneurs and scientists. Our mission is to ‘encourage the pursuit of science and enterprise’ and in these challenging times it remains our view that inspiring and supporting new talent is essential for our nation’s future.
To build on our past and to carry out our mission in the future our Trustees have decided to embark on a project, which we hope will allow us to play a helpful role in inspiring and supporting innovation in our region.
We aim to open a major cultural centre for science and enterprise in the city of Oxford. We have purchased of a site next to the Castle Mound, and appointed Foster + Partners as architects. We have raised one third of the estimated £30 million project cost, and, subject to fundraising and planning, we hope to open the centre’s doors in 2015. A full description of the project is available to download here. If you want to get involved in helping to support the project, why not consider taking out a corporate membership or even an annual sponsorship? Our £200 per year corporate membership is great value. It gives you access to all our events and activities, and you can be safe in the knowledge that you are supporting a fantastic project too!
In line with our ambitions, over the next few years a major aim of our work will be to help local science based businesses connect to the wider community.
In order to do this, we will support a number of programmes which create links between local businesses, researchers, schools and the public. These include the STEM Ambassadors scheme, Nuffield Science Bursaries, the Science Oxford Apprentice and the Life Lab careers resource. Our most recent newsletter is available here, which will give you a flavour of what we do.
As a part of our new programme, this e-newsletter will also change. In the future it will be quarterly, and will feature case studies of companies who are connecting with the community, as well as timely information on our activities.
This is an exciting time for science in Oxfordshire, and we very much hope that you will be able to join us on our journey towards a new cultural centre for science and enterprise.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Ian Griffin (email ian.griffin@scienceoxford.com)
For more information about our project to open a new centre for science and enterprise please read the downloadable pdf or alternatively see the website.
To help support our project, please consider taking out a corporate membership.
Ian Griffin Ph.D.
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openMIC’s next un-conference event for discussion, debate and the development of new mobile applications & mobile web services is on Thursday 2nd December in Oxford.
9th in a series of un-conference for discussion, debate and development new mobile applications and mobile web services. A DCKTN event.
openMIC’s un-conference event for discussion, debate and the development of new mobile applications & mobile web services comes to Oxford on Thursday 2th December
Venue: The Jam Factory, Oxford. OX 1 1HU.
9th in a series of un-conference for discussion, debate and development new mobile applications and mobile web services. A DCKTN event.
Morning: Speakers
Reto Meier – Android Developer Advocate, Google
Dale Lane -Emerging Technology, IBM R&D
Tom Melamed – Product Director, Calvium
Mark Watts-Jones – Head of Product Marketing, Everything Everywhere
Dan Appelquist – Web and Internet Evangelist, Vodafone
Topics will focus on the future of apps and making money from them.
Afternoon: Barcamp
Breakout into groups to discuss mobile service and application ideas.
Evening: Fun
Overview
Mobile has evolved rapidly in recent years – there are more internet connections via mobile than PC. The iPhone has created a new emphasis on platform specific market places such as Apple App Store and Android Market. Mobile Operators are demolishing the walled garden and are more open to commerce that is off portal than ever before. The openMIC Mobile Innovation Camp explores these developments
• We’ll arm the Barcampers with the knowledge and skills they need to execute ideas for mobile apps (Symbian, iPhone, Android, W3C widgets etc)
• Barcampers will also learn about mobile web applications that utilise the new openness of the operators
• Barcampers will be able to join teams to develop application ideas into a tactical plan with possible investment to develop it further as an outcome.
Squadron Leader Jayne Lindley was awarded the BCS Prize for Best Dissertation after recently graduating with an MSc in Information Management and Technology from Cranfield University, Faculty of Defence & Security at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham.
Jayne, a Royal Air Force logistics officer stationed at Headquarters Air Command in Buckinghamshire, was delighted to receive the award in recognition of her research into how strategic information systems can help small companies align resources and capabilities to better meet customer needs.
"The fact that a prestigious organisation such as the BCS supports academic achievement within the Defence Academy is testimony to a positive partnership. I am thrilled with the award and I would like to convey my sincere thanks to BCS and Cranfield University staff, particularly Annie Maddison."
Helen Porter, Employment Engagement Manager at e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and
Technology, will talk about the e-skills Professional Programme. This offers a ready made Continuous Professional Development package for IT professionals, delivered by the Open University or Lancaster University Management School. Its flexible delivery allows it to fit around the daily demands of the workplace.
We will start off the evening with our series of short soapbox-style introductions that can be used to:
To submit your soapbox slot, please contact emma.wightman [at] scienceoxford.com
SPONSORED BY NOMINET
01865 810000
4ict [at] scienceoxford.com
WEDNESDAY 26 MAY, 6PM FOR 6.30PM START, £20 +VAT
SCIENCE OXFORD LIVE, ST CLEMENTS, OXFORD, OX4 1BD
With David Porter, Environmental Enterprise Manager at EnviroBusiness, find out more about these opportunities and hear about success stories to date.
Supported by Nominet
Web: www.scienceoxfordnetworks.com
Phone: 01865 810000
Empowering Business Efficiency – The Martini effect "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere"
Date:
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Venues:
Cisco UK Headquarters, 9 New Square Park, Bedfont Lakes, Feltham, TW14 8HA
Reading Green Park Office, 250 Longwater Avenue, Reading, RG2 6GB
London City Office, Parkhouse, 16-18 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EB
Time:
2.45pm – 5.30pm
Synopsis:
Following months in the planning, Cisco Systems showcase exclusively to the BCS their Video Demo Centre (BVDC) which is the World’s first comprehensive, any-to-any, Virtual Video demo experience. The event will be staged simultaneously across three facilities offering a unique opportunity to witness all of their innovative Emerging Unified Communications Technology solutions.
They will also represent different market verticals showcasing a suite of solutions to comprehensively deliver Business Video for key customer applications in Change & Collaboration, Safety & Security, Customer Intimacy, and Operational Excellence.
Whilst this event is open to all, it is aimed towards senior decision makers within businesses regards the benefits, sustainability and Total Cost of Ownership of UC solutions. Further details of which can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/UK/products/telepresence.html.
14.45 – 15.15: Arrive, Tea and Coffee
15.15 – 15.30: Telepresence and Demo Introduction – Steve McKee – Cisco Product Sales Specialist for Unified Communications
15.30 – 17.00: Business Video Demo over Telepresence – Douglas Cardozo, Emerging Technology Group.
17.00 – 17.20: Q&A
17.30 Close
Online booking is available on a first-come, first-serve basis, with a reserve list. If over subscribed the BCS will engage with Cisco to see if later dates can be established.
Closing date for bookings is midnight on Friday 16 April 2010. No more bookings will be taken after this date.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that BCS do not issue invitation letters.
Book online: www.bcs.org/events/registration
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