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Winter 2015 Greetings in May the Royal Society Bestowed Fellowship on Professor Yvonne Elsworth For
Winter 2015 Greetings In May the Royal Society bestowed Fellowship on Professor Yvonne Elsworth for her, “pioneering work in establishing and maintaining an important scientific investigation into the internal structure of the Sun using helioseismic data from the autonomous Birmingham network of observatories complemented by extant data from modes of intermediate degree has permitted an unprecedented investigation into the inner core of the Sun where the nuclear reactions are taking place.” This is well-deserved recognition both for Yvonne and the entire helioseismology group. They are now applying the technique that they pioneered to understanding the structure of stars around which Birmingham, as part of the Kepler mission, is now discovering new planets. Professor Yvonne Elsworth FRS, presenting one of our Physics Role Model seminars. These occur once a term, and are a personal reflection of people’s career paths (this was the first academic career to be showcased); what they are doing; and advice for their younger selves. Please contact us if you would be interested in giving one – we aim to present the diversity of careers possible with a Physics degree. The School and Particle Physics group also celebrated the retirement of Dr John Wilson. John joined the University of Birmingham in 1973 as a Research Fellow, becoming a Lecturer in 1982. He contributed to the work of the group at CERN, particularly the UA1 and Opal experiments, the former being linked to the discovery of the W+/- and Z0 particles – mediators of the weak interaction. John was famed for his contribution to instrumentation and most latterly his spark chamber, which fantastically illustrated the tracks of cosmic rays to a whole generation of School students. -
Detection and Characterization of Oscillating Red Giants: First Results from the TESS Satellite
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 889:L34 (8pp), 2020 February 1 https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab6443 © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Detection and Characterization of Oscillating Red Giants: First Results from the TESS Satellite Víctor Silva Aguirre1 , Dennis Stello1,2,3 , Amalie Stokholm1 , Jakob R. Mosumgaard1 , Warrick H. Ball1,4 , Sarbani Basu5 , Diego Bossini6 , Lisa Bugnet7,8 , Derek Buzasi9 , Tiago L. Campante6,10 , Lindsey Carboneau9 , William J. Chaplin1,4 , Enrico Corsaro11 , Guy R. Davies1,4 , Yvonne Elsworth1,4, Rafael A. García7,8 , Patrick Gaulme12,13 , Oliver J. Hall1,4 , Rasmus Handberg1 , Marc Hon2 , Thomas Kallinger14 , Liu Kang15 , Mikkel N. Lund1 , Savita Mathur16,17 , Alexey Mints18 , Benoit Mosser19 , Zeynep Çelik Orhan20 , Thaíse S. Rodrigues21 , Mathieu Vrard6,22, Mutlu Yıldız20 , Joel C. Zinn2,22,23 , Sibel Örtel20 , Paul G. Beck16,17,24 , Keaton J. Bell25,62 , Zhao Guo26 , Chen Jiang27 , James S. Kuszlewicz12 , Charles A. Kuehn28, Tanda Li1,3,4, Mia S. Lundkvist1, Marc Pinsonneault22 , Jamie Tayar29,63 , Margarida S. Cunha4,6 , Saskia Hekker1,12 , Daniel Huber29, Andrea Miglio1,4 , Mario J. P. F. G. Monteiro6,10 , Ditte Slumstrup1,30 , Mark L. Winther1, George Angelou31 , Othman Benomar32,33 , Attila Bódi34,35, Bruno L. De Moura36, Sébastien Deheuvels37, Aliz Derekas34,38,39 , Maria Pia Di Mauro40 , Marc-Antoine Dupret41, Antonio Jiménez16,17, Yveline Lebreton19,42 , Jaymie Matthews43 , Nicolas Nardetto44 , Jose D. do Nascimento, Jr.45,46 , Filipe Pereira6,10 , Luisa F. Rodríguez Díaz1 , Aldo M. Serenelli47,48, Emanuele Spitoni1 , Edita Stonkutė49, Juan Carlos Suárez50,51, Robert Szabó34,35, Vincent Van Eylen52 , Rita Ventura11 , Kuldeep Verma1 , Achim Weiss31 , Tao Wu53,54,55 , Thomas Barclay56,57 , Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard1 , Jon M. -
The Millennium Technology Prize Laureate 2010 Professor Stephen
1 (9) The Millennium Technology Prize Laureate 2010 “For his invention of the ARM microprocessor and its implementation on silicon chips. This invention has enabled the revolution in mobile electronics. To date, more than 18 billion ARM-based chips have been manufactured and are used in ubiquitous computing applications, such as mobile phones, digital photography and video, music players, fixed and wireless networking, automobiles and health care, benefitting a large number of people all over the world.” Professor Stephen Furber Professor of Computer Engineering, the University of Manchester, United Kingdom Born March 1953 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Timeline 1982 Acorn BBC Micro launched 1983 Acorn starts RISC Machine project with Furber as principal designer 1985 First ARM microprocessor produced 1987 ARM processor debuts as the first RISC processor for Acorn Archimedes desktop computer 1990 Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) spins out of Acorn and Apple Computers collaboration, Furber continues his research of low power computing as a professor at University of Manchester. 1998 ARM listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Over 50 million ARM powered products shipped. 2010 20 billion ARM based chips manufactured Creator of the ARM microprocessor The 2010 Millennium Technology Prize Laureate Steve Furber is the principal designer of the ARM 32- bit RISC microprocessor, an innovation that revolutionised mobile electronics. The ingeniously designed processor enabled the development of cheap, powerful handheld, battery-operated devices. In the past 25 years nearly 20 billion ARM based chips have been manufactured. You may never have heard of ARM microprocessors, but probably use at least one every day. They tick inside our mobile phones, mp3-players, video recorders and home routers. -
Awards for BD2020 (Covid-19) Recipients Order of the British Empire
Awards for BD2020 (Covid-19) Recipients Order of the British Empire Officers of the Order of the British Empire Professor Ramesh Pulendran ARASARADNAM Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. For services to the NHS during Covid-19 (Stamford, Lincolnshire) Dr Daren James AUSTIN Senior Fellow, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to Emergency Response during Covid-19 (Slough, Berkshire) Graham BARRETT Governing Governor, Her Majesty's Prison Wandsworth. For services to Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service during Covid-19 (Reading, Berkshire) Lauren Jayne BATEY For services to the Protection of Vulnerable Children during Covid-19 (Roby, Merseyside) Tamsin BERRY Lately Director, Department of Health and Social Care. For services to Government and Life Sciences (London, Greater London) Dabirul Islam CHOUDHURY For charitable service during Covid-19 (London, Greater London) Dr Antony Vivian COX Chief Executive Officer, UK BIOCentre. For services to Science and the Covid- 19 response (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) Dr Rachael Dorothy DEVLIN (Liebmann) Group Medical Director, Health Services Laboratories and The Doctors Laboratory and Vice President of the Royal College of Pathologists. For services to Pathology during the Covid- 19 response. (London, Greater London) Anne DONAGHY For services to Local Government and the community in County Antrim during Covid-19 (Dungannon, County Armagh) Susan Marie DOOLAN Lately Governor, Her Majesty's Prison Littlehey. For services to Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service during Covid-19 (Kettering, Northamptonshire) Emma Jane EASTON Head of Voluntary Partnerships, NHS England. For services to Voluntary Healthcare during Covid-19 (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire) Gaynor Susan Jean EVANS Infection, Prevention and Control Lead, NHS. -
Artificial Intelligence Research in Northern Ireland and the Potential for a Regional Centre of Excellence
Artificial Intelligence Research in Northern Ireland and the Potential for a Regional Centre of Excellence Review Prepared by Ken Guy1 and Rob Procter2 with inputs from Franz Kiraly3 and Adrian Weller4 on behalf of The Alan Turing Institute5 April 2019 1 Ken Guy, Director, Wise Guys Ltd. 2 Professor Rob Procter, Turing Fellow, University of Warwick 3 Dr. Franz Kiraly, Turing Fellow, University College London 4 Dr. Adrian Weller, Programme Director and Turing Fellow, University of Cambridge 5 Although prepared on behalf of The Alan Turing Institute, responsibility for the views expressed in this document lie solely with the two main authors, Ken Guy and Rob Procter. Contents Foreword by Dr. Robert Grundy, Chair of Matrix ................................................................... i Foreword by Tom Gray, Chair of the Review Panel ............................................................. ii Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ vi 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 11 1.1 Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 Expectations ..................................................................................................................... 13 1.3 Methodology ................................................................................................................... -
Spinnaker Project
10/21/19 The SpiNNaker project Steve Furber ICL Professor of Computer Engineering The University of Manchester 1 200 years ago… • Ada Lovelace, b. 10 Dec. 1815 "I have my hopes, and very distinct ones too, of one day getting cerebral phenomena such that I can put them into mathematical equations--in short, a law or laws for the mutual actions of the molecules of brain. …. I hope to bequeath to the generations a calculus of the nervous system.” 2 1 10/21/19 70 years ago… 3 Bio-inspiration • Can massively-parallel computing resources accelerate our understanding of brain function? • Can our growing understanding of brain function point the way to more efficient parallel, fault-tolerant computation? 4 2 10/21/19 ConvNets - structure • Dense convolution kernels • Abstract neurons • Only feed-forward connections • Trained through backpropagation 5 The cortex - structure Feedback input Feed-forward output Feed-forward input Feedback output • Spiking neurons • Two-dimensional structure • Sparse connectivity 6 3 10/21/19 ConvNets - GPUs • Dense matrix multiplications • 3.2kW • Low precision 7 Cortical models - Supercomputers • Sparse matrix operations • Efficient communication of spikes • 2.3MW 8 4 10/21/19 Cortical models - Neuromorphic hardware • Memory local to computation • Low-power • Real time • 62mW 9 Start-ups and industry interest 5 10/21/19 SpiNNaker project • A million mobile phone processors in one computer • Able to model about 1% of the human brain… • …or 10 mice! 11 SpiNNaker system 12 6 10/21/19 SpiNNaker chip Multi-chip packaging -
Networks of Expertise and Evidence for Public Policy Annual Report 2015 the Centre for Science and Policy in 2015
Networks of Expertise and Evidence for Public Policy Annual Report 2015 The Centre for Science and Policy in 2015 The policy challenges facing our world today demand ever-greater foresight, ingenuity and a willingness to collaborate across sectors. As this report illustrates, “Over the seven years since its launch, the Centre for Science the Centre for Science and Policy has been helping its network to navigate and Policy has pioneered new ways of bringing academia and challenges from climate resilience to new forms of healthcare; from national government together to tackle policy challenges. CSaP has security to shaping innovation in the public interest. successfully promoted long-term thinking and more robust networks of expertise and evidence for public policy. The maturity of CSaP’s unique network of academics As he moves on to chair CSaP’s Advisory Council, I and policy makers is demonstrated by the breadth would like to express my gratitude to David for his Dr Robert Doubleday and depth of our work during 2015. Our network inspirational work in founding the Centre. Executive Director Centre for Science and Policy 2015 is the year in which the Centre came of age. Having now encompasses over 200 Fellows and more than served as its founding director from 2009 to 2015, I am 1100 researchers and, during the year, we welcomed In 2016, a year set to be every bit as challenging for delighted CSaP is playing a central role in supporting the more than 2500 participants to 43 events. governments as 2015 has been, CSaP’s role in brokering links between research and policy will be University’s mission, and that the Centre is in the excellent These achievements are testimony to the vision of more important than ever. -
B. Tech in Instrumentation & Control Engineering
Nirma University Institute of Technology Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering B Tech in Instrumentation and Control Engineering 1 | P a g e MA101: Calculus [3 1 0 4] Learning outcomes: On completion of the course student CLO1: will be able to find higher ordered derivatives and hence represent function in power series of (x-a) CLO2: will apply the knowledge of function of several variables , its derivatives in engineering problems CLO3: will apply the knowledge of special functions(Gamma, Beta, Elliptic, Error) and its application in engineering problems CLO4: will apply the knowledge of multiple integration and its application in engineering problems Syllabus: Unit I: Differential Calculus Review of limits, continuity and differentiability, Successive differentiation, Leibnitz theorem (without proof), Indeterminate forms, Taylor’s and Maclaurin’s expansion of single variable, Partial Differentiation, Total derivative, Chain Rule, Implicit function, Euler’s theorem and its applications, Taylor’s and Maclaurin’s expansion of function of several variables, Maxima and Minima of function of several variables, Lagrange’s method of undetermined multipliers, Jacobian. Unit II: Integral Calculus Review of proper and improper integrals, Reduction formulae, Beta-Gamma functions, Error function, Tracing of curves, Rectification, Quadrature, Volume of solid of revolution, Area of surface of revolution, Double integral and evaluation, Change of order of integration, Change of variable, Triple integral and evaluation, Area using double integration, Volume as double and triple integration, Volume of solid by double integration. References: 1. Thomas’ Calculus(Latest edition), Pearson publication. 2. G B Thomas and R. L. Finney, Calculus and Analytic Geometry (Latest edition), Narosa Publication, Delhi. -
Annual Report 2012
2012 annual report P1 contents Vice-Chancellor’s Introduction 2 5. We created nearly 350 new jobs last year. The total number of (full-time equivalent) staff increased from Research 8 3,077 to 3,421, an increase of 11.1 per cent. As 1. We accepted an invitation to join the Russell Group of January 2013 we were advertising a further 170 Teaching and Learning 12 of leading research-intensive universities. posts. The vast majority of these were lectureships, Finance and Investment 16 professorial posts and research posts. the year 2. Exeter was named the Sunday Times University of the Year and rose to seventh place in the newspaper’s International Exeter 18 6. In the National Student Survey, which measures league table, its highest ever position in any league student satisfaction at 118 Higher Education Contribution to the 24 table. Institutions, we ranked sixth overall in the universities South West region in brief list and third for teaching quality. 3. Our Chancellor Baroness Floella Benjamin welcomed Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Fundraising and Alumni Relations 26 7. Our annual research income from grants and Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to Exeter to open contracts grew to around £50 million – double what it Sport 32 the Forum, our new £50 million student services was in 2008. centre, witnessed by 10,000 staff, students, alumni and Environment 36 8. Our fundraising campaign, Creating a world-class visitors. University together, closed a year early having raised in People 40 4. We delivered our £380 million capital programme, excess of £25 million. -
Assessment Panel: U.S-Ireland Research Innovation Awards 2015
Assessment Panel: U.S-Ireland Research Innovation Awards 2015 First Name Surname Biography Alison Campbell Dr Alison Campbell, Director of Knowledge Transfer Ireland has over 20 years’ experience working at the academic-industry interface. Her experience includes business development and industry collaboration, IP management, out-licensing, start-up company creation, executive education, policy and the impact of research and innovation. During her career, Alison has worked in the biotech industry, led technology transfer and research support offices and worked as an independent consultant specialising in technology transfer and open innovation. She is a non-executive director of PraxisUnico and Portfolio Chair for International Development. She is also actively involved in the Industry Engagement portfolio. Alison has served as a non-executive director on a number of companies and acted as an advisor to government departments in the UK and overseas. She was awarded an OBE for her services to UK knowledge transfer in 2010. Niall Campbell Niall Campbell is KPMG Ireland’s Head of Innovation. He has over 20 years experience within KPMG’s tax practice, specialising in VAT, with a particular focus on clients in the financial services, property, public sector, technology and healthcare sectors Niall led KPMG’s Global Indirect Tax practice from 2007 to 2012, including the establishment of KPMG’s global indirect tax compliance centre in Budapest. He is also a member of EU VAT Expert Group and is widely published on Irish and global VAT matters, particularly in relation to global VAT reform and tax function performance. Assessment Panel: U.S-Ireland Research Innovation Awards 2015 Kieran Drain Dr. -
Newton Advanced Fellowships 2015
Newton Advanced Fellowships 2015 The full list of recipients and their UK partners is as follows: Brazil Dr Henrique de Melo Jorge Barbosa, University of Sao Paulo and Professor Gordon McFiggans, University of Manchester Measurements and modelling of anthropogenic pollution effects on clouds in the Amazon Professor Marilia Buzalaf, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo and Professor John Michael Edwardson, University of Cambridge Identification of proteins conferring protection against dental erosion Dr Helena Cimarosti, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Professor Jeremy Henley, University of Bristol SUMOylation: novel neuroprotective approach for Alzheimer’s disease? Professor Fernanda das Neves Costa, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Dr Svetlana Ignatova, Brunel University Countercurrent chromatography coupled with MS detection: tracking the large-scale isolation of target bioactive compounds to be used as starting material for the synthesis of new drug candidates Professor Pedro Duarte, University of Sao Paulo and Professor Sir David Hendry, Nuffield College Recent History of Macroeconomics and the Large-Scale Macroeconometric Models Dr Cristina Eluf, State University of Bahia and Dr Vander Viana, University of Stirling Corpus linguistics and teacher education: New perspectives for Brazilian pre-service teachers of English to speakers of other languages Dr Fernanda Estevan, University of Sao Paulo and Dr Thomas Gall, University of Southampton Affirmative Action in College Admission: Encouragement, Discouragement, -
Annual Report 2008 Contents
Annual Report 2008 Contents Vice-Chancellor’s Introduction 2 A ‘Rising Star’ amongst Research-Led Universities 4 Research that Matters 7 Sporting Success 11 A Top Ten Student Experience 12 Regional, National and International Affairs 14 Gifts which Make a Difference 16 Involved and Committed: The Students’ Guild 21 Managing Success 23 Responsible, Sustainable and Ethical 24 Investing Through the Recession 26 People 29 Facts at a Glance 32 Mission Statement inside back cover The Year at a Glance Moving towards top 10 Creating knowledge which benefits society The University’s rise up the league tables continued: In The Times league table we achieved our highest ever University researchers have made major contributions position, rising to 13th overall. Exeter is aiming to be to our understanding of the health effects of chemicals among the top 10 universities in the UK by 2012. found in plastic bottles, discovered new genes relating to height and obesity, identified new drug-free ways of World-class research in every treating depression and highlighted why equal pay still eludes women directors. department In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise every subject Top 5 for student satisfaction area at Exeter was assessed as including world-leading (4*) research. Research grant income rose by 22 per Exeter returned another strong performance in the cent in 2007/08 to £24.5 million. National Student Survey, retaining 4th place overall amongst full-service universities. One of the most popular universities in the UK 1. Satisfied students (see page 12) Exeter had one of the strongest performances in the sector for student recruitment.