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The 2024 SICSA PhD Conference was at the University of Aberdeen. The Programme Schedule is shown below, and you can also find detailed information in the dropdowns on the Parallel Sessions, Reverse Viva, and Social Activities.
Schedule Day 1
Tuesday 9th July09:30 – 10:00 Registration & Coffee
Location: James MacKay Hall
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome
Location: Auditorium
10:10 – 10:50 Keynote Talk
Prof. John McCall, National Subsea Centre
Location: Auditorium
10:50 – 11:30 Keynote Talk
Paul Winstanley, CEO CENSIS
Location: Auditorium
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
Location: James MacKay Hall
11:45 – 13:00 Parallel Sessions
Location: See Below
11:30 – 11:45 Lunch & Poster Session
Location: Elphinstone Hall
14:30 – 15:30 Reverse Viva
Location: See Below
15:45 – 17:00 Social Activities
Location: See Below
18:30 – 20:30 Conference Dinner
Location: Elphinstone Hall
Conference Dinner & Prizes
Schedule Day 2
Wednesday 10th July09:30 – 10:00 Arrival Coffees
Location: James MacKay Hall
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome & Overview
Location: Auditorium
10:05 – 12:00 Group Research Activity
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch & Networking
Location: Elphinstone Hall
13:00 – 13:30 Group Research Activity
13:45 – 14:15 Keynote Talk
Fash Fasoro, Data Kirk
Location: Auditorium
14:15 – 15:00 Keynote Talk
Dr Gavin Abernethy, Heriot Watt
Location: Auditorium
15:00 – 15:05 Closing Remarks
Location: Auditorium
Parallel Sessions
Tuesday 9th July 11:45 – 13:00Teaching as a PhD Student
Dr Matthew Barr, University of Glasgow
Location: Elphinstone Hall (KQG4)
Navigating Career Pathways
Fash Fasoro – The DataKirk
Location: Elphinstone Hall (KQG4)
Comic Sienze: Visual Storytelling for Effective Communication
Dr Neil Maiden – University of Aberdeen
Location: Multimedia Room (KQG3)
Planning and Writing Your Thesis
Dr Aaron Thorn & Dr Mary Pryor – University of Aberdeen
Location: Auditorium
Reverse Viva
Tuesday 9th July 14:30 – 15:30English as a second language user’s Information Interaction in an e-Governmental Context.
David Brazier – Edinburgh Napier University
Location: Aberdeen City Council Room (KQG4)
A hierarchical active binocular robot vision architecture for scene exploration and object appearance learning.
Gerardo Aragon Camarasa – University of
Glasgow
Location: Catherine Gavin Room (KQG2)
Statistical inference for periodic and partially observable Poisson processes.
Ferdian Jovan – University of Aberdeen
Location: Multimedia Room (KQG3)
Processing clinical guideline text for formal verification.
Fahrurozzi Rahman – University of St Andrews
Location: Carnegie Room (KQG1)
Learning the consensus of multiple correspondences between data structures.
Carlos Moreno-Garcia – Robert Gordon University
Location: Auditorium
Social Activities
Tuesday 9th July 15:45 – 17:00Designing in Virtual Reality
Location: Multimedia Room (KQG3)
Coffee Tasting with Long Walk Coffee
Location: Aberdeen City Council Room (KQG4)
Cruickshank Botanical Garden self-guided tour
Location: Cruickshank Botanical Gardens