Introduction 1

Aims of these sessions Introduction to UoP processes Mutual support The "one hour" in the week… 2

Schedule ev/ /index.htmhttp://userweb.port.ac.uk/~briggsj/research/d ev/ /index.htm Next two weeks: introductions Research students RKTS Research finance Publication strategy Your ideas! 3

Research context Dr Jim Briggs Director of Research 4

Context The purpose of a university Different university missions The research funding landscape –RAE/REF (QR) –Project income Critical mass 5

Why do we do research? Interest and fun! Desire to create new knowledge Push the boundaries of "computing" Raise profile through publication Generate external income Train new researchers (PhD students) Use research to inform teaching Create impact 6

Research areas (group leaders) Artificial intelligence (Ivan Jordanov) Centre for Healthcare Modelling and Informatics (Jim Briggs) Parallel systems & distributed networks (Mo Adda) Information systems (Carl Adams) Digital forensics and security (Julio Hernandez-Castro) Technology enhanced learning (Jane Chandler) 7

UoP context "Computing" research area –School of Computing –Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering –Department of Creative Technologies (CCI) Steering Committee sets strategy Heads (and others) implement it Encourage inter-group projects 8

How good at research are we? 5% "world class" (4*) 20% "internationally excellent" (3*) 40% "international" (2*) 30% "national" (1*) 5% "unclassified" –RAE results

Some interesting research projects Digital wellbeing Clinical outcome modelling Brain Body Interfaces Modelling the operation of the heart Learning with social media, Second Life, etc. Wireless networks in noisy environments Fuzzy logic Pattern recognition with neural networks E-commerce / e-cash Steganography 10

Who funds our research? We do! Companies Industry bodies Government departments Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Research councils European Union Self-funded research students 11

Website /comp/research/ /comp/research/ 12