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CISDIDC 2017 Conference – The Role of Computational Intelligence in Developing Countries – 09 February 2017

20/12/2016

This seminar will explore how computational intelligence can be applied to address challenges faced by developing nations. Computational intelligence (CI) can be viewed as an inter-disciplinary or across platform field of study for developing and applying computer systems that can exhibit human-like intelligence in solving varieties of problems. This seminar will assemble technologists, social scientists, engineers, policymakers, industrialists and other […]

Wednesday 7 December 2016 – Lunchtime seminar with Dr Elisa Oreglia (Centre for Media Studies, SOAS, University of London)

07/12/2016

Title: The World (Wide Web) through an App: Internet Use in Myanmar Speaker: Dr Elisa Oreglia (Centre for Media Studies, SOAS, University of London) Elisa Oreglia (PhD, UC Berkeley) is a lecturer in Global Digital Media at the Centre for Media Studies, SOAS, University of London. She studies the appropriation of digital media among marginal users in China and Myanmar, […]

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Wednesday 23 November 2016 – Lunchtime seminar with Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi (Journalism, University of Sheffield)

23/11/2016

Speaker: Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi (Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield) Title: Revolution, war, journalism: How Syrian media practitioners tell their stories Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi is lecturer in journalism, politics and public communication at the Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield. A former Fulbright scholar, his work examines journalism, media, and popular culture in the Middle East. Omar’s work has appeared […]

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Wednesday 09 November 2016 – Lunchtime seminar with Liz Bridgen (PR, SHU)

09/11/2016

Speaker: Liz Bridgen (Public Relations, SHU) Title: PR as dirty work My research explores the lived experience of people working in public relations and the impact that technology has on their lives, with a particular focus on gender and diversity. My work has been published in Journal of Media Practice and PRism and I have delivered refereed papers at conferences […]

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Simon Polovina, Reader in Business Computing speaks at Aalborg University, Denmark

31/10/2016

During October 2016 as part of the Prior project, Dr Simon Polovina gave a presentation on the Enterprise Architecture of Organised Crime at Aalborg University, Denmark. This talk was based on the findings of the CENTRIC ePOOLICE project. Arthur Norman Prior (1914-69) was the founding father of temporal logic and his work is maintained at the Bodleian Libraries, University of […]

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Monday 24 October 2016 – Research Seminar – Professor Yvonne Dittrich (IT University Copenhagen)

24/10/2016

Speaker: Professor Yvonne Dittrich (IT University Copenhagen) Title: Software Product Eco-Systems – what it is and how it effects Use-Centered Design. Software is increasingly developed, adopted and deployed in the form of customizable and configurable products. This has repercussions for the design, development and implementation of a configured or customized piece of software in the end-user organization. The design decisions […]

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Tuesday 18 October 2016 – Research seminar with Dr Waqas Tufail (Leeds Beckett University)

18/10/2016

Title: From ‘Grooming Gangs’ to Racist Murder: Racialisation and Criminalisation of Muslims in Neoliberal Britain Speaker: Dr Waqas Tufail (Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Leeds Beckett University) Dr Tufail’s research covers the areas of Policing, racism, Islamaphobia and criminalisation. His recent publications include ‘Rotherham, Rochdale and the racialized threat of the ‘Muslim grooming gang’, International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social […]

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Tuesday 11 October 2016 – Lunchtime seminar with Marcos Rodrigues (Computing, SHU)

11/10/2016

Title: Secure Cloud Access and Storage by Design Speaker: Marcos Rodrigues (Professor of Computer Science, SHU) Edward Snowden’s revelations were a political fiasco and an economic threat to US based tech companies. The extent of NSA’s data collection drove away overseas customers in large numbers over security and privacy concerns creating, at the same time, an opportunity for non-US tech […]

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Automatic Intrusion Prevention Technique to Improve Network Security – Dr Samir Al-Khayatt

01/10/2016

Title: Automatic Intrusion Prevention Technique to Improve Network Security Authors :Diyar Salah Fadhil, Samir Al-Khayatt Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishing Publication date:29/09/2016 Number of pages:76 ISBN-13: 978-3-659-96201-1 EAN: 9783659962011 Some of the important tools are considered against attacks from hacker’s such as Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Firewall to secure the network. Ironically, more adverse effects on the network […]

Publications

Can Virtual Reality Reduce Pain for Burns Patients?

30/09/2016

GAMES BRITANNIA 2017 Playstation VR crop

Burns patients often suffer excruciating pain during dressing changes, even with analgesia. Ivan Phelan and his team have just been awarded MRC ‘Confidence in Concept’ research funding to use Virtual Reality (VR) as a distraction from the pain and discomfort experienced during these clinical procedures. During the first phase Ivan plans to recruit student volunteers to take part in a […]

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