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For everyone who would like to know more about FIRST and the projects it is involved in, please read the new FIRST folder. Enjoy! |
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PhD course: Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering and Computer Science |
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Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering and Computer Science
A review of prior literature is a prerequisite for any research activity. PhD students are specifically expected to have a literature review chapter in their dissertations. However, most literature reviews are conducted in ad-hoc manners and badly written. Bem states in the Psychological Bulletin that “literature reviews are at risk of producing mind-numbing lists of citations and findings that resemble a phone book”. To address this state of practice, there is an increasing trend among researchers in many disciplines to conduct systematic reviews of the literature. Duration Three (3) full days face-to-face lectures and exercises sessions, Wednesday through Friday (June 30, July 1 and 2, 2010). Two more days for online learning and exercises for PhD students, who wish to earn 2.5 ECTS and a course completion certificate.
For more information on course contents, speakers and a literature list, please visit the eventlist item on the course. |
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UbiComp 2010 Volunteer Call |
The 12th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2010) to be held at the IT University of Copenhagen and the Black Diamond is calling for volunteer students. Being a student volunteer is a great way to enter the interdisciplinary field of Ubiquitous Computing, get to know a range of practitioners and learn about cutting-edge research in the field. You will join a team of students from all parts of the world in making this year’s conference a great success. The networking benefit of being a student volunteer is invaluable. You will get the chance not only to work with like-minded peers, but also to connect to senior researchers and industry partners. Deadline for application is 15 June 2010. Please visit this link for further information: http://ubicomp2010.org/volunteers. |
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International Workshop on Hybrid Logic and Applications (HyLo 2010) |
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On Saturdat the 10th of July a workshop on Hybrid Logic and Applications (HyLo 2010) will take place in Edinburgh, Schotland. You can find more information on this event in the eventlist here:
http://www.first.dk/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=148 Or the workshop website:
http://hylocore.ruc.dk/HyLo2010.html |
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 This year's spring retreat will take place at the Bautahøj Kursuscenter in Jægerspris on the 15th and 16th of april.
The registration deadline for this event is Wednesday the 7th of April, 12:00. Please click here for more information. Please click here for the program for both days |
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Course on Functional Reactive Programming |
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From the 21st to the 25th of June, a PhD mini course/seminar will be held on Functional Reactive Programming by Henrik Nilsson from the University of Nottingham. See the eventlist for more infomation on the contents of the course, and how to register. |
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Newsletter March published |
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The FIRST newsletter for September has now been published. You can view it here. Any content for the next edition of the newsletter should be sent to the secretariat as usual. |
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International Summer School on Constraint Handling Rules |
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Programming and Reasoning with Rules and Constraints
August 30th - September 3rd, 2010
Leuven, Belgium
The aim of the summer school is to familiarize the participants with state-of-the-art high-level declarative programming with rules and constraints as well as providing insights into the analysis of programs based on these concepts. The courses cover a wide range from theory to practice. The summer school will be based on the advanced high-level rule-based formalism and programming language Constraint Handling Rules (CHR). Intended Audience
The summer school provides courses at various levels. It is open to anyone interested. It aims at Ph.D. students, but also post-docs, interested researchers and master students as well as interested parties from industry. Besides a working knowledge of English, there are no prerequisites. A basic knowledge of logic that is usually covered in undergraduate classes could be helpful. Please visit the School's website for more information on the speakers, and how to register:
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dtai/projects/CHR/summerschool/ |
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Algoritmik -- Algorithmics in Denmark |
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You can now subscribe to this mailinglist, which is meant for researchers in algorithmics in Denmark. It is for announcements of all seminars, colloquia, mini-courses, etc, that researchers in algorithmics might be interested in. Please place an
announcement here as soon as a talk is scheduled so researchers at other locations can make plans to visit on the appropriate day. The list is moderated. Algorithmics is meant to include the design and analysis of algorithms, but also to include complexity theory and cryptography. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the algoritmik archives. |
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We all have to get better at using the FIRST website as a message board to post information, articles, events, lectures, study groups and other things that you think might interest your fellow FIRST members. All registered members of FIRST are allowed, and in fact encouraged to post news on the website! If you are unsure as to how to submit an article or an event, you can find clear How To guides here: --> How to submit an article
--> How to submit an event Note! Events will show up in the calendar column on the right side of the website, articles will as a general rule be displayed on the front page and in the "News" section. Ofcourse you could also submit an event, and post an article on the website with a link to that event, all depending on how much attention you feel it should have. If there is anything unclear in the How to's, or if you have any other questions, please write to dutchgirl@itu.dk. |
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