{"id":271290,"date":"2016-08-05T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T21:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=271290"},"modified":"2018-07-26T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T21:14:15","slug":"phd-summer-school-2007","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/phd-summer-school-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Summer School 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-cambridge\/\">Microsoft Research Cambridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=2629281836\" target=\"_new\">MSR Summer School 2007 Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Cambridge University Computer Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneurs.jbs.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/phd-summer-school-2006\/\">Summer School 2006<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links Microsoft Research Cambridge MSR Summer School 2007 Facebook Group Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning Summer School 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"msr_startdate":"2007-07-09","msr_enddate":"2007-07-14","msr_location":"Cambridge, UK","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":true,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[],"msr-region":[239178],"msr-event-type":[],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-271290","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","hentry","msr-region-europe","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<h3>Links<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-cambridge\/\">Microsoft Research Cambridge<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=2629281836\" target=\"_new\">MSR Summer School 2007 Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Cambridge University Computer Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneurs.jbs.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/phd-summer-school-2006\/\">Summer School 2006<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"The second Microsoft Research Summer School for PhD students was held in Cambridge, U.K., on 9 July through 14 July 2007. It included a series of talks of academic interest, a session on entrepreneurship, and posters sessions that gave invited students the opportunity to present their work to Microsoft researchers and a number of Cambridge academics.\r\n\r\nThe 2007 Summer School was organised in partnership with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Cambridge University Computer Laboratory<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneurs.jbs.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning<\/a>. Invited students included all first year PhD students of the Computer Laboratory and all Microsoft Research 2006 PhD Scholars.\r\n\r\nLectures and posters sessions were public and open to all research staff and students from the University of Cambridge.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/groupphoto2007.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-271866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/groupphoto2007-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Mynott Photographer 01223 441995 phil@philmynottphoto.co.uk\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" \/><\/a>"},{"id":1,"name":"Agenda","content":"<h2>Tuesday, 10 July 2007<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Session on being an entrepreneur provided by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneurs.jbs.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbs.cam.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_new\">Judge Business School<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>How to define a business model, Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital Partners)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Workshops:\r\n1. Partnering with established organisations, Mike Carr (British Telecom)\r\n2. Intellectual property, Isla Furlong (Venner Shipley)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Keynote talk, Rick Rashid (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Giving a good presentation, Ken Shaw (Benchmark Communication Techniques)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Wednesday, 11 July 2007<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Productising research, John Miller (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Autostereoscopic 3D displays: stereoscopic perception without the special glasses, Neil Dodgson (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Applying for research funding, John Hand (EPSRC)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Thursday, 12 July 2007<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Mind-reading machines, Peter Robinson (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Posters sessions<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Friday, 13 July 2007<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>How to write a great research paper, Simon Peyton-Jones (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Programming biology, Andrew Phillips (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Peer-to-peer networking, Ant Rowstron (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Autonomous monitoring of vulnerable habitats, Robin Freeman (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Machine learning applied to games, Phillip Trelford (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},{"id":2,"name":"Speakers and Abstracts","content":"<h2>Talk Abstracts and Speaker Biographies<\/h2>\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Hermann Hauser | Co-Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hermannhauser.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271857 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hermannhauser.jpg\" alt=\"hermannhauser\" width=\"108\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>How to define a business model<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThis session introduces the concept of a business model and define what it means for the entrepreneur and places it in the context of business planning. It investigates why business models come and go in fashion and why it is important to change them. It considers how to choose an appropriate business model as well as how to challenge and optimise your selected path.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nHermann Hauser co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover and Peter Wynn. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, he has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors. These include Acorn Computers, Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel, and Cambridge Network Limited. He was a founder director of IQ (Bio), IXI Limited, Vocalis, SynGenix, Advanced Displays Limited, Electronic Share Information Limited and E*Trade UK. At Amadeus Hermann has been a non-executive director of many investee companies including CSR, which provides single chip wireless solutions supporting communications over short-range radio links, and Entropic Research Laboratory, a company that developed voice recognition software, which is now the voice recogniser in Microsoft Word. Entropic was sold to Microsoft in 1999. He is a nonexecutive director of Plastic Logic, which has developed a process for producing flexible plastic transistors for use in computer displays, and Solexa, which is developing ultra-high throughput DNA sequencing technology.\r\n\r\nHermann holds an MA in Physics from Vienna University and a PhD in Physics from the Cavendish Laboratory at King\u2019s College, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and of the Royal Academy of Engineering and an Honorary Fellow of King\u2019s College, Cambridge. Hermann holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bath, Loughborough and from Anglia Polytechnic, and was awarded an Honorary CBE for \u2018innovative service to the UK enterprise sector\u2019 in 2001. In 2004, he was made a member of the Government\u2019s Council for Science &amp; Technology. Austrian by birth, Hermann speaks German, English, Italian, and French.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Mike Carr | Director, Research &amp; Venturing, British Telecom\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mikecarr.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271854 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mikecarr.jpg\" alt=\"mikecarr\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Partnering with established organisations<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThis session explores practical issues and challenges in partnering with established organisations from small entrepreneurial start-up perspectives. The session focuses on:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Why should two companies work together<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How could they work together<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What issues might arise, such as differences in culture, ways of working and making decisions, how to get in, who to talk to, and so forth<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Some tips on how to overcome these issues from the speaker\u2019s experience<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAs Director Research &amp; Venturing, Mike Carr is responsible for our world-leading research and commercial exploitation unit, including our Patent licensing and Corporate Venturing activities. Mike joined British Telecom (BT) as a Technician Apprentice in 1972. He has a first class honours degree in Communication Engineering and joined the Visual Communication Research Division at BT Labs in 1980. During his 15 years with BT\u2019s labs his career has focused on the research, development and practical design of real-time audio\/visual and multimedia communications systems. He has several patents to his name in the field of video compression, and is the holder of two prestigious BT awards; the Martlesham Medal for R&amp;D (1992) and the BT Gold medal (1994) for leading multimedia product developments. From 1994 Mike was responsible for driving BT\u2019s company wide technology acquisition strategy and from 1999 he was based in Silicon Valley, California, United States, where he established BT\u2019s US Technology office and Corporate Venturing activity. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2001 to take on his current post of leading BT\u2019s Research &amp; Venturing activity.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Isla Furlong | Associate, Venner Shipley\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/islafurlong.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271848 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/islafurlong.jpg\" alt=\"islafurlong\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Intellectual property<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThere are many possible business models to take your idea and intellectual property forward. Should you license it out, start a firm to make and sell the product, or create strategic partnership agreements? This session provides a legal perspective on these different business models and the practical steps you need to take to protect your intellectual property.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nIsla Furlong graduated from Cambridge University with a Master's degree in Natural Sciences. She also completed a PhD in cell and molecular biology at the University of London involving research into programmed cell death. Isla is a Chartered and European Patent Attorney working in the Cambridge-based firm Venner Shipley LLP. She specialises in the filing and prosecution of patent applications in the field of biotechnology, particularly molecular biology, biological assays, gene sequences, DNA sequencing technologies, array technologies, genomics, proteomics, stem cells, diagnostics, therapeutics including cancer and immuno-therapeutics, viral vectors and gene delivery, peptide vaccines, biomarkers. Isla has worked within an in-house patent department of a leading multi-national company and also has experience of working with a number of academic institutions and start-up biotechnology companies.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Rick Rashid | Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rickrashid.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271839 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rickrashid.jpg\" alt=\"rickrashid\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Keynote talk<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nRick Rashid gives an overview of Microsoft Research, highlighting some research projects from various Microsoft Research laboratories and presenting opportunities at Microsoft Research for PhD students and recent post-docs.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nCurrently charged with oversight of Microsoft Research\u2019s worldwide operations, Rick Rashid previously served as the director of Microsoft Research, focusing on operating systems, networking and multiprocessors. In that role he was responsible for managing work on key technologies leading to the development of Microsoft Corporation\u2019s interactive TV system and authored a number of patents in areas such as data compression, networking and operating systems. In addition to running Microsoft Research, Rashid also was instrumental in creating the team that eventually became Microsoft\u2019s Digital Media Division and directing the first Microsoft e-commerce group. Rashid was promoted to vice president of Microsoft Research in 1994, and then to senior vice president in 2000.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"John Miller | Architect, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/johnmiller.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271827 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/johnmiller.jpg\" alt=\"johnmiller\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/johnmiller.ppt\">Productising research <\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThe research community generates a huge number of interesting results every year, but few find their way into consumer products. This talk discusses the differences between research results and consumer-ready software. We provide examples of challenges and key differences between writing a prototype to prove an idea can work versus writing a product designed not to fail.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nJohn L. Miller is a Software Architect with Microsoft Research in Cambridge, where he works on an incubation team helping to integrate research results into commercial software. His previous experience in Microsoft includes helping to develop and ship networking services for Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Flight Simulator, and multimedia for Windows NT 3.1. He also worked for Carnegie Mellon University as a research programmer, and Justsystem Pittsburgh Research Center as a research engineer. Today, John\u2019s work is focused around peer-to-peer networking and computer gaming.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Ken Shaw | Benchmark Communication Techniques\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kenshaw.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271851 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kenshaw.jpg\" alt=\"kenshaw\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Giving a good presentation<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nLecture, presentation, or conversation? We examine:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Who your audience is<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What they want<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Why you are addressing them<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How you handle practical issues such as nerves, body language, speech and voice, humour, visual aids<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What is success?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What is plan B if everything goes wrong?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How you recover<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nKen Shaw has taught communication skills to MBA students at Judge Business School for 17 years. He has also taught at Said Business School, London Business School, Cass Business School, Henley Management College, ESMT in Berlin, Bled School of Management plus Leicester, Nottingham and Bristol universities. He has delivered training for commercial clients in France, Germany, Switzerland, The Bahamas, Holland, Norway, America, The Caribbean, Australia, and Singapore.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Neil Dodgson | Reader, University of Cambridge\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/neildodgson.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271863 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/neildodgson.jpg\" alt=\"neildodgson\" width=\"100\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/neildodgson.pdf\">Autostereoscopic 3D displays: stereoscopic perception without the special glasses<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThe talk is in two parts. I begin by explaining what a 3D display can offer that a 2D display cannot and then cover the various technologies that can be used to build 3D displays that do not require you to wear silly glasses. In the second part of the talk, I describe the 3D display that was designed and built by the University of Cambridge and the work that was done to convert the proof-of-concept model into a commercial prototype. I conclude with an update on the commercial state of the 3D display market.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nNeil Dodgson is Reader in Graphics &amp; Imaging in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in computer graphics, 3D display technology, human-figure animation, subdivision surfaces and image processing. Dr Dodgson been pioneering work in stereoscopic displays since 1992. His contributions include software, optical design, cameras, hardware, and the theory of autostereoscopic displays. He have published more than twenty refereed papers in the area. Since 2000, he has been one of the international organising committee of the annual Stereoscopic Displays &amp; Applications conference, the premier venue for presenting results in the field. He chaired the conference in 2006 and 2007.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"John Hand | Programme Manager, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/johnhand.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271860 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/johnhand.jpg\" alt=\"johnhand\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Applying for research funding<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nJohn Hand has more than 20 years experience in the Research Councils, with the Science and Engineering Research Council and the the Engineering and Physical Research Council. John has been the Information Communication technologies (ICT) Programme Manager since April 2006, prior to which he was head of the Healthcare, Retail and Financial Services Sector teams. The ICT Programme funds research and training across all aspects of ICT research, from photonics and electronics through to fundamentals of computing.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Peter Robinson | Professor, University of Cambridge\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/peterrobinson.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271845 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/peterrobinson.jpg\" alt=\"peterrobinson\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/peterrobinson.pdf\">Mind-reading machines<\/a><\/h2>\r\nSee also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/emotions\/\">http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/emotions\/<\/a>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nFacial displays are an important channel for the expression of emotions, and are often thought of as projections of a person\u2019s mental state. Computer systems generally ignore this information. Mind-reading interfaces infer users\u2019 mental states from facial expressions, giving them a degree of emotional intelligence. We use video processing to track two dozen features on the user\u2019s face. These are then interpreted using statistical techniques through a hierarchy of analyses as basic actions, head and facial gestures, and finally groups of mental states. The talk describes an implementation of facial affect inference, together with an evaluation and some preliminary results of using the system to monitor car drivers.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nPeter Robinson is Professor of Computer Technology and Deputy Head of Department at the University of Cambridge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/\">Computer Laboratory<\/a> in England, where he leads the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/Research\/Rainbow\/\">Rainbow Group<\/a> working on computer graphics, interaction and electronic CAD. He is also a Fellow, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cai.cam.ac.uk\/students\/graduation\/\">Praelector<\/a> and Director of Studies in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cai.cam.ac.uk\/admissions\/subjects\/compsci\/\">Computer Science<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cai.cam.ac.uk\/\">Gonville &amp; Caius College<\/a> where he previously studied for a first degree in Mathematics and a PhD in Computer Science under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/Research\/Rainbow\/people\/neilw.html\">Neil Wiseman<\/a>.\r\n\r\nProfessor Robinson\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/~pr\/research\/\">research<\/a> concerns problems at the boundary between people and computers. This involves investigating new technologies to enhance communication between computers and their users, and new applications to exploit these technologies. The main focus for this is human-computer interaction, where he has been leading work for some years on the use of video and paper as part of the user interface. The idea is to develop augmented environments in which everyday objects acquire computational properties through user interfaces based on video projection and digital cameras. Recent work has included desk-size projected displays and inference of users\u2019 mental states from video images of their faces.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Simon Peyton Jones | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/simonpeytonjones.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271833 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/simonpeytonjones.jpg\" alt=\"simonpeytonjones\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/simonpeytonjones.ppt\">How to write a great research paper<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nWriting papers and giving talks are key skills for any researcher, but they aren\u2019t easy. In this pair of presentations, I describe simple guidelines that I follow for writing papers and giving talks, which I think may be useful to you too. I don\u2019t have all the answers\u2014far from it\u2014and I hope that the presentation evolves into a discussion in which you share your own insights, rather than a lecture.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nSimon Peyton Jones, MA, MBCS, CEng, graduated from Trinity College Cambridge in 1980. After two years in industry, he spent seven years as a lecturer at University College London, and nine years as a professor at Glasgow University, before moving to Microsoft Research in 1998. His main research interest is in functional programming languages, their implementation, and their application. He has led a succession of research projects focused around the design and implementation of production-quality functional-language systems for both uniprocessors and parallel machines. He was a key contributor to the design of the now-standard functional language Haskell, and is the lead designer of the widely-used Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC). He has written two textbooks about the implementation of functional languages. More generally, he is interested in language design, rich type systems, software component architectures, compiler technology, code generation, runtime systems, virtual machines, garbage collection, and so on. He is particularly motivated by direct use of principled theory to practical language design and implementation\u2014that is one reason he loves functional programming so much. He is also keen to apply ideas from advanced programming languages to mainstream settings.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Andrew Phillips | Scientist, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/andrewphillips.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271821 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/andrewphillips.jpg\" alt=\"andrewphillips\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/andrewphillips.ppt\">Programming biology<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThis talk presents a programming language for designing and simulating computer models of biological systems. The language is based on a computational formalism known as the pi-calculus, and the simulation algorithm is based on standard kinetic theory of physical chemistry. The language is first presented by using a simple graphical notation, which is subsequently used to model and simulate a number of intriguing biological systems, including a genetic oscillator and a pathway of the immune system. One of the benefits of the language is its scalability: large models of biological systems can be programmed from simple components in a modular fashion.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAndrew Phillips is a researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where he is currently using techniques from concurrency theory to develop programming languages for modelling and simulating biological systems. Andrew was born in Barbados in 1977 and was awarded a government scholarship to study Engineering in 1995. In 2000 he received a degree in Computer Engineering from the INSA institute of Toulouse, France, together with a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. He pursued a PhD in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he developed an experimental language for specifying and implementing secure mobile applications. He later joined Microsoft Research Cambridge in 2005 to develop programming languages for modelling biological systems, in collaboration with Systems Biology researchers from various external institutions.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Ant Rowstron | Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/antrowstron.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271842 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/antrowstron.jpg\" alt=\"antrowstron\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/antrowstron.ppt\">Peer-to-peer networking: removing the underlay from an overlay<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThe talk describes Virtual Ring Routing (VRR), a new network routing protocol that occupies a unique point in the routing protocol design space. VRR is inspired by the overlay routing algorithms used in Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs). However, it does not rely on an underlying network routing protocol. It is implemented directly on top of the link layer. VRR has the unique feature that neither requires network flooding nor translation between fixed identifiers and location-dependent addresses. VRR provides both traditional point-to-point network routing and DHT routing to the node responsible for a hash table key. VRR can be used with any link layer technology and this talk will cover the design and evaluation of a VRR implementation tuned for wireless networks. Experimental results show that VRR provides robust performance across a wide range of environments and workloads. It performs comparably to, or better than, the best wireless routing protocol in each experiment.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nFor the last five or so years, Ant Rowstron has been working as a researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He received a MEng degree in Computer Systems and Software Engineering in 1993 from the University of York, UK, and a DPhil degree in Computer Science in 1996 from the University of York, UK. In 1996 he moved to the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University, UK as a Research Associate and then moved to the Laboratory for Communications Engineering in the Engineering Department, Cambridge University, UK as a Senior Research Associate. During his time at Cambridge University he was a consultant for the Olivetti and Oracle Research Laboratory (ORL) (which became the AT&amp;T Research Cambridge in 1998 and has now closed). In mid 1999, he moved to Microsoft Research Ltd in Cambridge, UK.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Robin Freeman | Post-Doc Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/robinfreeman.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271824 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/robinfreeman.jpg\" alt=\"robinfreeman\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/robinfreeman.ppt\">Autonomous monitoring of vulnerable habitats<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nDetermining the longitudinal effects of changing environmental conditions on vulnerable species is fundamental for their effective conservation. Traditional methods for assessing behavioural and environmental conditions rely on considerable manpower and time-consuming field study. Not only does this limit the quantity of data that can be gathered, but it also constrains its scope and resolution. We are currently trailing a system combining wireless sensor nodes with novel Microsoft technologies to automate the collection and aggregation of detailed nest attendance and habitat information from a vulnerable seabird, the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire. In this talk, I discuss the application of such methods to collect ecological data, its advantages and the new problems it presents, and the exciting data we are receiving from Skomer.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nRobin Freeman joined the Computational Ecology group at Microsoft Research Cambridge earlier this year. Previously, he was at Oxford University, where his PhD focused on the analysis of GPS tracking of and analysis of avian behaviour. He is very interested in the use of computational methods for the measurement, analysis and assessmentof ecological systems. Previously, he had completed a degree in Computing (AI) at Aberdeen, and an Msc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems at Sussex.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Phillip Trelford | Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/philliptrelford.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-271830 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/philliptrelford.jpg\" alt=\"philliptrelford\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Machine learning applied to games<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nGames are now big business; the global games market size now exceeds that of the Hollywood film industry and game titles can even spin off movies. We assert that machine learning can be used to make games more fun by adding learning to agents\u2019 behaviour and may be able to cut costs by automating generation of agents\u2019 behaviour. To that end, in this talk I look at a recent internship where a Reinforcement Learning PHd thesis was applied inside an Xbox 360 title.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nPhillip Trelford is a Software Development Engineer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/machine-intelligence-and-perception\/\">Machine Learning and Perception Group<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-cambridge\/\">Microsoft Research Cambridge Lab<\/a>. Within this group he works with Ralf Herbrich, Thore Graepel, Onno Zoeter and Joaquin Qui\u00f1onero Candela as a member of the Applied Games Group.\r\n\r\nHis current areas of interest include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xbox.com\/\">XBox 360<\/a> development, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grid_computing\">grid computing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technology.guardian.co.uk\/online\/insideit\/story\/0,,1835570,00.html\">Computer Go<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/try-f\/\">F#<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asp.net\/ajax\/\">ASP.NET with AJAX<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]"},{"id":3,"name":"Posters","content":"<h2>Networking evening: What is an investor looking for?<\/h2>\r\nYour chance to ask a panel of venture capitalists, business angels, bankers and others who fund new businesses in different industry sectors, what they look for in business plans and presentations from entrepreneurs. This will provide a backdrop for the financial day, as well as key tips for your business plan and how to work with the investors when you secure your funding.\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Posters Session 1\"]\r\n<h2>Judges<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/rjblack\/\">Richard Black<\/a> (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/~smh22\/\" target=\"_new\">Steven Hand<\/a> (Computer Laboratory, Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/~swm11\/\" target=\"_new\">Simon Moore<\/a> (Computer Laboratory, Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Posters<\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Data Fusion for Accurate Worm Detection | Periklis Akritidis (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lamiabenmouffok.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Designing Collaborative Application in Peer2Peer Environment<\/a>\u00a0| Lamia Benmouffok (Universit\u00e9 Pierre et Marie Curie)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pedrobrandao.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Body Area Sensor Networks: Do You Feel It?<\/a>\u00a0| Pedro Brand\u00e3o (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/silviabreu.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Aspect Mining for Large Systems<\/a>\u00a0| Silvia Breu (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/danielcederman.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Non-Blocking Synchronization for Multi-Core Processors<\/a>\u00a0| Daniel Cederman (Chalmers University of Technology)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/aishaalsafy.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Persistent Applications Across Networks<\/a>\u00a0| Aisha El-Safty (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rosemaryfrancis.pdf\" target=\"_self\">On-chip Networks for FPGAs<\/a>\u00a0| Rosemary Francis (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Exploiting Locality in Chip Multiprocessor Networks | Daniel Greenfield (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/weisiguo.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Collaborative Wireless Networks<\/a>\u00a0| Weisi Guo (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/yingyingli.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Windows Implementation of the LHCb Experiment - Workload Management System DIRAC<\/a>\u00a0| Ying Ying Li (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/irismiliaraki.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Continuous RQL Query Processing on Top of Distributed Hash Tables<\/a>\u00a0| Iris Miliaraki (National And Kapodistrian University of Athens)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enabling Wireless Sensor Networks: Integration of WSNs into Development Environments | Tomasz Naumowicz (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/milanraicevic.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Simulating Cosmological Radiative Transfer<\/a>\u00a0| Milan Rai\u010devi\u0107 (University of Durham)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/bogdanroman.pdf\" target=\"_self\">MCBC: Highly Scalable MAC Protocol - Approaching theoretical throughput limits in contention-based wireless networks<\/a>\u00a0| Bogdan Roman (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sensors for Quantitative Sports Performance Analysis | Oliver Woodman (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/yanwu.ppt\" target=\"_self\">EPSRC - Smart Infrastructure: Propagation Modelling<\/a>\u00a0| Yan Wu (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Posters Session 2\"]\r\n<h2>Judges<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cl.cam.ac.uk\/~afb21\/\" target=\"_new\">Alan Blackwell <\/a>(Computer Laboratory, Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/vassilyl\/\">Vassily Lyutsarev<\/a> (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/aphillip\/\">Andrew Phillips<\/a> (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damtp.cam.ac.uk\/user\/yano\/\">Kojiro Yano<\/a> (Cambridge Computational Biology Institute)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Stephen Emmott (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Posters<\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pradiptabiswas.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Simulating HCI for Special Needs<\/a>\u00a0| Pradipta Biswas (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/conorcafferkey.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Improving Natural Language Parsing Through Machine Learning and Lexical Resources<\/a>\u00a0| Conor Cafferkey (Dublin City University)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tomcashman.pdf\" target=\"_self\">NURBS - Compatible Subdivision<\/a>\u00a0| Thomas Cashman (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/timconrad.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Beating the Noise: New Statistical Methods for Detecting Signals in MALDI-TOF Spectra below Noise Level<\/a>\u00a0| Tim Conrad (Freie Universitat, Berlin)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/anacosta.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Enforcing Coherence in Table Understanding<\/a>\u00a0| Ana Costa e Silva (University of Edinburgh)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lorenzodematte.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Tackling Biological Complexity with BetaWB<\/a>\u00a0| Lorenzo Dematt\u00e9 (Centre for Computational and Systems Biology)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Role of ICT in Empowering People with Low Literacy Levels in Africa | Marije Geldof (Royal Holloway, University of London)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/greghale.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Pump up the Fun!<\/a>\u00a0| Greg Hale (University of York)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/lynnehamill.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Communications &amp;amp; Travel - Substitutes or Complements?<\/a>\u00a0| Lynne Hamill (University of Surrey)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/michaeljohnson.pdf\" target=\"_self\">New Machine Learning Paradigms for Robots Operating in a Dynamic Team-based Environment<\/a>\u00a0| Michael Johnson (University of Limerick)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/charlottjupp.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Reaction-Diffusion Modelling of Pattern Formation<\/a>\u00a0| Charlotte Jupp (University of Oxford)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/russelmciver.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Making Workflows More Usable By Biodiversity Researchers<\/a>\u00a0| Russell McIver (Cardiff University)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/umarmohammed.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Generating Random Photorealistic Objects<\/a>\u00a0| Umar Mohammed (University College London)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chrisnash.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Man, Machine and Music: Optimising Creativity in Computer Music<\/a>\u00a0| Christopher Nash (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/christophrhemann.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Image Matting<\/a>\u00a0| Christoph Rhemann (Vienna University of Technology)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/clionaroche.pdf\" target=\"_self\">High-Throughput Comparative Modelling of Protein Structure by Machine Learning<\/a>\u00a0| Cl\u00edona Roche (University College, Dublin)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/alessandroromanel.ppt\" target=\"_self\">BetaWB: Modelling and Simulating Biological Systems<\/a>\u00a0| Alessandro Romanel (Trento centre)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Learning to Recognise Hierarchies of Objects and Scenes | Christian Steinruecken (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Graph Cuts in RT 3D Echocardiograph\u00a0| Michael Verhoek (University of Oxford)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/saravicente.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Interactive Image Segmentation<\/a>\u00a0| Sara Vicente (University College London)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Posters Session 3\"]\r\n<h2>Judges<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/blampson\/\">Butler Lampson<\/a> (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Erik Meijer (Microsoft Corporation)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/simonpj\/\">Simon Peyton Jones<\/a> (Microsoft Research)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Posters<\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/oisteinandersen.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Grammatical Error Detection<\/a>\u00a0| \u00d8istein Andersen (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/richardbergmair.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Monte Carlo Semantics<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/richard.bergmair.eu\/\" target=\"_new\">Richard Bergmair<\/a> (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jamesbridge.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Applying Machine Learning to Automatic Theorem Proving<\/a>\u00a0| James Bridge (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/antoniomorgado.ppt\" target=\"_self\">What SAT Can Do for BioInformatics<\/a>\u00a0| Ant\u00f3nio Morgado (University of Southampton)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Multi-Language Interoperability | Boris Feigin (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Using Latent Semantic Indexing for Automatic Text Summarization | Johanna Geiss (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/andygrayland.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Symmetry Detection and Breaking in Constraint Satisfaction Problems<\/a>\u00a0| Andrew Grayland (University of St Andrews)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Descriptive Aspects of Parametrised Complexity | Yuguo He (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Unsupervised RMRS - Building Ontological Networks | Aurelie Herbelot (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/bjarkiholm.pdf\" target=\"_self\">The Power of Choice<\/a>\u00a0| Bjarki Holm (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Type Isomorphism | Ola Mahmoud University of Cambridge<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Proving Safe Code Execution on Hardware Security Modules | Jean Martina (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ariemiddelkoop.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Coping with Compiler Complexity: Language Description Language<\/a>\u00a0| Arie Middelkoop (Utrecht University)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/michaelpedersen.pdf\" target=\"_self\">High Level Languages for Systems Biology<\/a>\u00a0| Michael Pedersen (University of Edinburgh)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/guillemrull.ppt\" target=\"_self\">Validation of Mappings Between Data Models<\/a>\u00a0| Guillem Rull (Technical University of Catalonia (UPC))<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/michaelsmith.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Performance Driven Development<\/a>\u00a0| Michael Smith (University of Edinburgh)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/andreasvlachos.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Reducing the Annotation Cost for Natural Language Processing<\/a>\u00a0| Andreas Vlachos (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Posters Guidelines\"]\r\n\r\nPosters should should be designed for A1 portrait (594 mm x 841 mm) colour printing and articulate clearly and concisely either visually or textually:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What challenge is being addressed or question being answered by the research in such a way that a non-expert can understand the importance of the research.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What the research is.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What the intended outcome is.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What stage it is at.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Any research results, preliminary conclusions, or any potentially exciting or interesting next steps are.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nPosters should be aimed at other students and researchers who do not necessarily have expertise in that specific area of research.\r\n\r\nPosters should also clearly display your name and the name of your university. A competition determines which poster best achieves these presentation goals. The winner is offered a travel sponsorship to a tier-one international conference in their field of research.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]"},{"id":4,"name":"Discussions","content":"<h2>Discussions Themes and Groups<\/h2>\r\nThis type of discussions was requested by the students who attended the 2006 Summer School. The goal is to make the students think and discuss about a topic or issue of importance and get to know each other.\r\n\r\nEach group is asked to share briefly to the other groups the outcome of their discussion.\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Ethics in Scientific Research\"]\r\n\r\nDiscussion leader: Andrew Fitzgibbon (Microsoft Research)\r\n\r\nAttendees:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Lamia Benmouffok (Universit\u00e9 Pierre et Marie Curie)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Pradipta Biswas (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Johanna Geiss (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Bjarki Holm (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ola Mahmoud (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Christopher Nash (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Yan Wu (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Intellectual Property\"]\r\n\r\nDiscussion leader: Anthony Finkelstein (University College London)\r\n\r\nAttendees:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Pedro Brand\u00e3o (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Silvia Breu (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Daniel Cederman (Chalmers University of Technology)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Rosemary Francis (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Weisi Guo (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Yuguo He (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Aurelie Herbelot (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Jean Martina (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Guillem Rull (Technical University of Catalonia)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Scientific Method in Computing Research\"]\r\n\r\nDiscussion leader: Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge)\r\n\r\nAttendees:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Periklis Akritidis (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Andrew Grayland (University of St Andrews)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tomasz Naumowicz (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin )<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Milan Rai\u010devi\u0107 (University of Durham)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Bogdan Roman (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Andreas Vlachos (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Oliver Woodman (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Computer Science Education\"]\r\n\r\nDiscussion leader: Kevin Bond (Aylesbury Grammar School, Cambridge)\r\n\r\nAttendees:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Richard Bergmair (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>John Craig (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Greg Hale (University of York)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Umar Mohammed (University College London)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Michael Pedersen (University of Edinburgh)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Aadya Shukla (University of Oxford)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Michael Smith (University of Edinburgh)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nDiscussion leader: Rick Rashid (Microsoft Research)\r\n\r\nAttendees:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Peter Buchlovsky (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ana Costa e Silva (University of Edinburgh)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Daniel Greenfield (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Arie Middelkoop (Utrecht University)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Iris Miliaraki (National And Kapodistrian University of Athens)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ant\u00f3nioMorgado (University of Southampton)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sara Vicente (University College London)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Being a Post-Doc - 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