Higher Education Group Meeting - Physics and Social Complexity

Institute of Physics
Higher Education Group Meeting
Physics and Social Complexity

Wednesday December 1 2010

Institute of Physics,
76 Portland Place, London


The programme brings together academics from Sociology and from Physics to describe their research programmes with policy advisors who will discuss applications. The meeting will end with a discussion of the potential role of social physics in undergraduate progammes. The meeting will be of interest to those responsible for designing research-led curricula in physics.

There is a charge of £25 for this meeting payable on the day.

Advanced booking is essential:
please contact Daxa Patel at the Department of Physics in Leicester
(dp204 -at- le.ac.uk) to reserve a place.

IADIS: International Conference Mobile Learning 2011

10 to 12 March 2011
Avila, Spain.

Call for paper deadline for submissions (1st call extension): 29 November 2010

The conference seeks to provide a forum for the discussion and presentation of mobile learning research.

http://www.mlearning-conf.org/

Modelling in physics: getting our students to think like physicists

20th October 2010,
Higher Education Academy,
York

Contributions (25-30 min talk with time for discussion) to the workshop are invited. Contact David Sands by emailing, d.sands -at- hull.ac.uk

There is no registration fee for this meeting for those working in UK HE.

Registration is available online at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/modelling_in_physics

IMCIC 2011 - extended submission date

extended submission deadline for The 2nd International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC 2011, (March 27th - 30th, 2011 - Orlando, Florida, USA) which will be held jointly with The SPRING 5th International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management: KGCM 2011

The extended submission deadline, for both conferences, is October 13th, 2010. Check the conference web site for the other deadlines.

http://www.2011iiisconferences.org/IMCIC

Ninth UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM 2010)

13-16 September 2010,
City Hall,
Cardiff.

More information from the website at:
http://www.allhands.org.uk/registration

Call for Papers - 6th IEEE International Conference on e-Science

December 7-10 2010,
QUT, Brisbane, Australia

For more information, closing dates etc, see

http://www.escience2010.org

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee for Scalable Computing (TCSC), the conference will be structured around a number of e-Science themes:

1. Arts, Humanities and e-Social Science
2. Bioinformatics and Health
3. Physical Sciences and Engineering
4. Climate & Earth Sciences
5. Research Tools, Workflow and systems, novel infrastructure
6. Digital Repositories and Data Management
7. Education and e-Science practice

It is expected that the proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, USA and will be made available online through the IEEE Digital Library.


http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-a-z

Maths and Stats in Higher Education over the next 10 years

CETL-MSOR Conference 2010 -
Continuing Excellence in Teaching and Learning 2020 Vision: Maths and Stats in Higher Education over the next 10 years,
6-7th September,
University of Birmingham

To promote, explore and disseminate effective practice and research findings in Mathematics and Statistics teaching, learning, support and assessment.

Abstracts for all types of submissions by Friday 4th June 2010 using the online form at:
http://www.mathstore.ac.uk/index.php?pid=277

Outreach in Collaboration III: The CELS Celebration event

8th July 2010,
Nottingham Trent University

Learn more about how to develop and deliver high quality Outreach Science, Technology Engineering or Mathematics activities with schools and colleges.

More details at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/outreach_in_collaboration_iii

Physics Higher Education Conference (PHEC)

9th – 10th September 2010,
University of Strathclyde
Deadline for abstract submission – 25th June

More information at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/phec_2010

Physics Higher Education Conference (PHEC)

9th – 10th September 2010,
University of Strathclyde

Contributions are invited in the following categories:

Workshops - 2 hour workshop sessions of groups of 15-20 participating in activities designed to enhance student learning or related to other aspects of teaching and learning.

Oral Communications - 10 minute papers followed by discussion (5 mins max).

Oral Bytes - 5 minute accounts of new ideas, novel approaches or new resources. May describe work in progress or be used to identify potential collaborators. (Three PowerPoint slides maximum).


Deadline for offers - 25th June 2010.
Further details and online registration at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/phec_2010

Maths for scientists meeting: Looking forward

Wednesday 26th May 2010,
Loughborough University

The next meeting of the maths for chemistry SIG will be a meeting open to all sciences with parallel sessions specific for physics and chemistry.

No registration fee for this meeting for those working in UK HE and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Register for this event online:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/maths_for_scientists

Maths for scientists meeting

26th May 2010,
Loughborough University

Informal meeting to allow participants to hear about developments in pre-university mathematics and also allow the sharing of approaches, resources and concerns.

No registration fee for this meeting for those working in UK HE; lunch and refreshments will be provided. More information at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/maths_for_scientists

Developing Professional Skills for Physicists

12th May 2010,
University of Durham

A workshop organised jointly by the Physical Sciences Centre and the Institute of Physics (IOP) Higher Education Group (HEG).

The meeting will have input both from employers and the academic community.
There is no registration fee for those working in UK HE; lunch and refreshments will be provided.
More information at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/developing_professional_skills_for_physicists

Physics Higher Education Conference (PHEC)

9th – 10th September 2010,
University of Strathclyde

The deadline for offers of workshops and oral presentations is 25th June 2010.
More information at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/phec_2010

Symposium - Functional Nanoscience

17th - 21st May, 2010
Hotel Schloss Korb
Bozen/Bolzano
Italy

Limited number of participants (ca. 50-60).

Further general information, the scientific program, the first circular and the registration form at:
www.beilstein-institut.de

Registration open ASIS&T Summit - Research Data Access and Preservation

Research Data Access and Preservation
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/IA10/ResearchDataAccessSummit2010.html

April 9-10, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
Hyatt Regency
In cooperation with the Coalition for Networked Information

Aims to bring together leaders in data centers, laboratories, and libraries in different organizational and disciplinary settings to share ideas and techniques for managing, preserving, and sharing large-scale research data repositories with an eye toward achieving infrastructure-independent access and stewardship.

Graduates for the 21st Century - Heriot-Watt

7th annual Enhancement Themes Conference,
2-3rd March 2010,
Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University

The focus of this year's conference will be the current Scottish higher education Enhancement Theme, 'Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes'.

Call for Contributions

Details about the conference and the call for proposals can be found on the Enhancement Themes website:
http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/Conference/Default.asp.

Learning Futures Festival - Beyond Distance's annual e-learning conference

7 - 14 January 2010 - entirely online.

Key international thinkers and practitioners in the field in a programme of keynotes, papers and workshops.

More information and register online at: http://www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/festival

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2010

Porto, Portugal, 19 to 21 March 2010
http://www.mlearning-conf.org/

Mobile Learning, a Retrospective Outlook

Since its inauguration in 2005, the IADIS Mobile Learning conference series has provided a forum to present, discuss and promote international mobile learning research.

Five years on, the IADIS Mobile Learning 2010 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning research which provides a retrospective outlook of the field.

Inspiring Teaching

11 November 2009
[EUSA with the University's support]
Teviot Building, Bristo Square

possible to attend either for the morning (11.00-1.45)
or the afternoon sessions (12.45-3.30).
or the walk-around displays by Schools (12:45-13:45 with lunch).

Contributions from EUSA 2009 Teaching Awards winners and nominees

Staff and students wishing to register for the Conference can register for the morning or afternoon sessions at:

http://www.tla.ed.ac.uk/EUSAUniversityConference2009.htm