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Hazel Hall's lecture to all new students within the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University delivered 14th September 2012.
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Professor Hazel Hall
Centre for Social InformaticsInstitute for Informatics and Digital Innovation/School of Computing
14th September 2012
PROFESSORIAL LECTURE
Research in Computing at Edinburgh Napier University
A professorial lecture:
How we manage Computing research at Edinburgh Napier University
The research that we undertake Reasons to get involved with research How to develop your research profile as a student
Professors you might know already?
Murder suspect
Super heroRapper
Professors of Computing at Edinburgh Napier
Benyon BuchananHart Kennedy Hall
Readers
Al-Dubai Liu Smyth Turner
The Faculty, School & Research Institutes
The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries (FECCI) comprises three schools
You are a student in one of these schools: the School of Computing
You’ll meet the Professors and Readers in class (along with Lecturers and Senior Lecturers)
The Faculty, School & Research Institutes
The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries (FECCI) comprises three schools
You are a student in one of these schools: the School of Computing
You’ll meet the Professors and Readers in class (along with Lecturers and Senior Lecturers)
Research activity at Napier is carried out in Research Institutes
Computing research is undertaken in the Institute for Informatics & Digital Innovation (IIDI)
We find practical solutions to real-world problems.
We help address the Scottish Government goal of using innovative research to support new business development.
We cover industry sectors such as: financial services; manufacturing and logistics; health; digital markets; life sciences; energy; public sector.
Research is funded from a range of sources, e.g. UK research councils, Europe, companies, charities, national and local government
@IIDI_Napier
Time for a quick quiz
Anyone interested in astronomy?
Name the planets…
Planet B
Planet A
Planet B
Venus
Earth
Venus
Earth
Venus
Mars
Simulation of the morning sky as seen from the Curiosity Landing site on August 14th 2012http://astroblogger.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/earth-and-saturn-as-seen-from-mars-14.html
Research centre staff investigate computing from their particular perspective
How can computer security be improved?
CSI: through social solutions related to changing individual & organisational practice.
CDCNS: through technical solutions related to firewall optimisation.CID: through the
development of interface design in security systems.
Sample projects
A few as illustration
Many more on the IIDI web pages at http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/c/grants
Centre for Emergent Computing
Which methods of planting and harvesting forests best minimise the impact of wind damage to the trees?
Which is the best way to route delivery vehicles so that goods arrive on time & CO2 emissions are lowered?
Centre for Social Informatics
How can we improve democratic participation through new technologies?
Federated Identity
Provision
Governance
Access
LIU
Citizen
Identity
LIUAccess
LIU
Rights, Roles and Services
LIU
Health and Social Care
Statutory Health
Hospital & GP Systems
Translation Gateway (Security Policy/
ID Mapping)
Social Care and Voluntary
Overall Governance Policy/ Ontology
New Clinical Services (Trusted)
Other domains(Education, Law
Enforcement, etc)
Consumer e-HealthLIU
e-Health
eRed Book Personalised content
Hidden Talents
CIPS (Cloud Identity and
Privacy Services)
ACS (Azure Access Control Service)
Identify Provider Attribute Provider
Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking, & Security
How can we create a secure and robust information infrastructure for the sharing of individuals’ health records?
Centre for Information and Software Systems
How can we use data collected on user activity to improve computer games?
Centre for Interaction Design
What is the best way to design and engineer the next generation of interactive technologies?
What impact will these technologies have on the way that we work and live?
I get paid to travel abroad to tell others about my work.
Apart from discovering cool new things, why else do we enjoy doing research?
I get access to new technologies before everyone else does.
I meet really interesting people.
I feel a stronger connection with my subject area.
I get to explore and learn something new.
It’s great to see my work when it is published in print.
In the future I’ll be able to say “I was THERE!”
I enjoy the challenge of stretching myself.
My reputation and profile grows as my research career progresses leading to more interesting work in the future. I can be nominated
for - and win - prizes.
Yahoo! 9 August 2012
17 years old 12000 employees 700 million users per month Corporate HQ in Sunnyvale,
CA
Yahoo! 9 August 1995
5 months old 12 employees (“surfers”) 9 million users per month Housed in modest, low level,
suburban building
Yahoo! 9 August 1995
5 months old 12 employees (“surfers”) 9 million users per month Housed in modest, low level,
suburban building
I was there!
Sample students/graduates who benefited from involvement in research
A few as illustration
There are many more...
Prize winners
Check also the cabinet in C corridor: Steffanie McKenna 2011
Jamie Graves
Now: Company CEO
Then: BSc Networks and Distributed Systems, followed by PhD
Reputation and profile growth
Lorraine Paterson
Now: User experience designer at Royal London
Then: worked for CSI as a summer intern
Reputation growth through internship and publication
Buchanan Chalmers Urquhart
Now: academics
Then: Edinburgh Napier students
Interested? How to get involved
Familiarise yourself with the work of the computing researchers at Edinburgh Napier Look out for forthcoming research seminars Follow @iidi_napier on Twitter
Participate in our projects Volunteer to help when calls go out (volunteer anyway) Apply for summer internships when advertised
When you have something to show Write it up – blog, newsletter, with tutor Put yourself forward for student research related grants,
awards and prizes
Become active in the professional community
