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Dr. Pilar Sepulveda Associate Programme Manager IT & CS

Postgraduate Networking Conference. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Dr. Pilar Sepulveda Associate Programme Manager IT & CS. The EPSRC. EPSRC Mission EPSRC Structure IT&CS Programme Structure Research Opportunities Postgraduate Training. DTI.

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Dr. Pilar Sepulveda Associate Programme Manager IT & CS

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  1. Postgraduate Networking Conference Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Dr. Pilar Sepulveda Associate Programme Manager IT & CS

  2. The EPSRC EPSRC Mission EPSRC Structure IT&CS Programme Structure Research Opportunities Postgraduate Training

  3. DTI Office of Science and Technology Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council BBSRC ESRC MRC NERC PPARC CCLRC Research Councils RESEARCH COUNCILS UK: Collaboration to deliver a common strategic and scientific goals for the UK and to harmonise procedures www.rcuk.ac.uk

  4. EPSRC Mission Promote and provide training in physical sciences and engineering Meet the need of users Disseminate knowledge Promote public awareness

  5. EPSRC Management Structure Council ChairmanProfessor Tony Ledwith Chief ExecutiveProfessor John O’Reilly DirectorProgramme OperationsDr DavidLeech DirectorResources Stuart Ward DirectorResearch & InnovationDr David Clark DirectorPlanning & CommunicationCatherine Coates

  6. Research & Innovation Programme Managers Team General Engineering Physics IT & Computer Science Innovative Manufacturing Mathematics Materials Engineering for Infrastructure, Chemistry Life Sciences Interface the Environment & Healthcare Basic Technology Research Facilities ScienceSector Team Technology Sector Team Engineering Sector Team

  7. Planned Expenditure 2001/02 Facilities 6% Studentships and Fellowships 18% Research Grants 76% £425 million

  8. 0 IT & CS Physics Materials Basic technology -Science Chemistry Innovative Life Sci. Int. Engineering Mathematics Infrastructure Manufacturing Engineering for Core e Grant Commitment by Programme 70 60 1999/00 £258M 50 - 40 £M 2000/ 01 £323M 30 20 2001/ 02 £361M 10

  9. People, Systems and Computational Software Physical Layer Applications Interactivity Theory Technologies Electronic Devices & Human Computer Interaction User Interface Domain Fundamentals Subsystems Technologies driven of Computing & Cognitive Science and its Technologies Optical Devices & Applications AI Technologies Subsystems New and Vision, Hearing and Other Senses Parallel Emerging Biological Devices Computing Computing Human Communication Paradigms Neural Systems Methodology and Computing Optoelectronic Devices Architecture and Circuits Multimedia Sys tems Integration Systems on a chip Information & Networks and Distributed Knowledge VLSI Design Systems Management Digital Signal Mobility Software Processing Engineering Modelling and Simulation RF and Microwave Image and Technology Vision Computing Optical Communications IT & Computer Science Structure

  10. Associate Programme Managers (APMs) in IT&CS Programme Manager: Vince Osgood Physical Layer: Dr Chris Nott Photonics: Dr Simon Crook, with Materials Computational Theory Dr Helen Bland and & Software Technologies: Dr Mark Hylton People and Interactivity: Dr S Manimaaran Systems Level Technologies: Dr Pilar Sepulveda E-Science: Dr Jim Fleming

  11. Systems and Communications APM: Dr. Pilar Sepulveda Systems Methodology and Architecture Systems Integration Networks and Distributed Systems Mobility Modelling and Simulation Digital Signal Processing Radio Frequency and Microwaves Technology

  12. Postgraduate skills training Research Councils’ Graduate Schools Programme • Provides personal skills training during a 5 day-workshop. All EPSRC sponsored students are expected to attend. www.gradschools.ac.uk Career Development for Contract Researchers • Career development schools have been designed for EPSRC post-doctoral contract research staff. www.crac.org.uk/pdra New EPSRC web-site • Check for events and opportunities in the Students zone. www.epsrc.ac.uk

  13. Research Opportunities • First grant scheme: support for professionals at the beginning of their academic carriers, up to £120 k. • Adventure fund: £4.5M to support highly adventurous multidisciplinary research. Outlines by 6 September 2002. adventure@epsrc.ac.uk • Programmable Networks 3rd call: Managed programme in IT&CS. To be announced at the end of this year. • Crime Prevention Technologies: Cross-council initiative to be announced around Sept-Oct 2002.

  14. For Further Information……. Dr Pilar Sepulveda Associate Programme Manager IT and Computer Science EPSRC Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon, Wilts, SN2 1ET UK Tel: +44 (0) 1793 444234 Fax: +44 (0) 1793 444470 e-mail: pilar.sepulveda@epsrc.ac.uk

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