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International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Services Sciences (LISS2013)
21-24 August 2013 - Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus, Reading
New job vacancies within BISA
We are currently advertising the following vacancies within BISA:
- Chair/ Reader in Accounting & Financial Management
- Chair/ Reader in Informatics
- Senior Lecturer in Business Informatics
- Lecturer in Accounting
For further particulars and how to apply please visit the University of Reading's vacancies website
http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/jobs/about-jobsindex.aspx
KMIS International Conference on Knowledge Management & Information Sharing
KMIS are now calling for papers for the event on 4 - 7 October 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.
Regular Paper Submission: April 17, 2012
Authors Notification (regular papers): June 12, 2012
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: July 4, 2012
UK Network of Service Science Management and Engineering
Call For Paper
SSMEnetUK, In conjunction with 24th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'12), is holding a Case Studies in Service Innovation Workshop (CSSI'12).
The key dates for the submission of papers are;
Submission of the case for review:March 11, 2012
Notification of acceptance: April 6, 2012
Final submission: April 30, 2012
Workshop: June 26, 2012
For more information about this workshop then please visit the following website:
www.ssmenetuk.org/netactivity.asp
Informatics Research Centre Alumni Gathering.
Beijing, 25th December 2011
The alumni of the Informatics Research Centre in Beijing have held another successful meeting over the Christmas period. Download the document below to see a full description and lots of photographs.
IRC Beijing alumni gathering 2011
Informatics Research Centre Graduation
Reading, 16th December 2011
The class of 2011 attended their graduation ceremony today followed by a reception in the BISA seminar room. Use the link below to see the pictures of the event.
Prof. Kecheng Liu appointed as Guest Professor of Renmin University, China
On behalf of President Ji Baocheng, Prof. Du Xiaoyong (left), Dean of School of Information, presented the certificate to Prof. Liu on 17 October 2011 in Beijing. After the ceremony, Prof. Liu delivered a research seminar "organisational semiotics as a foundation for information systems".
Visiting Renmin University, China
(April 2011) - Professor John Board and Professor Kecheng Liu from Henley Business School visit Renmin University, China.
Internet Informatics Architect & Internet Informatics Engineer (2 KTP Associates)
(29/3/2011) - A Knowledge Transfer Partnership exists between the University of Reading's Informatics Research Centre (IRC) and System Associates Ltd. Two KTP Associates are needed for this vibrant and exciting 24 month project. The projects involve innovative software R&D leading to a new generation of Web 3 products that enable value-adding applications to end-users in the public and private sectors.
Please download the advert (.pdf) for more information.
Cooperation memorandum signed between IRC and Nanjing Agriculture University, China
(9/2/2011) - On January 21st, Professor Steven Mithen, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of University
of Reading, led a delegation to Nanjing Agricultural University, China, and
formally signed the inter-university cooperation memorandum. The delegation
members include Professor Richard Ellis, Dean of the Faculty of Life
Sciences, Ms. Ros Richards, Director of the International study and Language
Centre, and Dr. Yinshan Tang, Deputy Director of the Informatics Research
Centre (IRC) at Henley Business School.
The cooperation was initiated in September 2010 by Dr. Yinshan Tang's visit
to Nanjing Agricultural University, and the possibilities of joint project
in postgraduate training in informatics were discussed. Later in 2010,
Professor Steven Mithen and Dr. Yinshan Tang visited Nanjing Agricultural
University to further discuss the cooperation between the two universities.
It is agreed that the initial cooperation will start with three master
degree programmes in Information Management, and that the inter-university
cooperation is expected to be extended into other fields at a later stage.
The original news is available in Chinese at CERN (China Education and Research Network).
(Image source: CERN)