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The 2024 SICSA PhD Conference was at the University of Aberdeen. The Programme Schedule is shown below.

Schedule Day 1

Tuesday 9th July

  • 09:30 – 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 Reverse
  • 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch & Poster Session
    Location: Elphinstone Hall
  • 14:30 – 15:30 | Reverse Viva
    Location: See Reverse
  • 15:45 – 17:00 | Social Activities
    Choice of:
    — Designing in Virtual Reality
    Location: Multimedia Room (KQG3)
    — Coffee Tasting with Long Walk Coffee
    Aberdeen City Council Room (KQG4)
    — Cruickshank Botanical Garden self-guided tour
    Location: Cruickshank Botanical Gardens

Conference Dinner:
18:30 – 20:30 | Conference Dinner & Prizes
Location: Elphinstone Hall

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Sponsored by: Lloyds Bank

Schedule Day 2

Wednesday 10th July

  • 09:30 – 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

Reverse Viva

  • English as a second language user’s Information Interaction in an e-Governmental Context.
    David Brazier – Edinburgh Napier
    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

Parallel Sessions

  • Teaching 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