UK Electronics Forum 2010

Overview

The two principal forums for UK PhD presentations, the UK Asynchronous Forum and the UK Embedded Forum, have been combined into one larger event, with a widening of the scope. The event will now cover pretty much all aspects of electronics and computer science. The aim is to bring together those involved in all aspects of electronics research, to provide means for quick publication of work in progress, and acquire valuable feedback from referees and others. As a PhD student, you may have explained your work to like-minded peers - but for a communications engineer to explain their work to a computer scientist, for example, represents a different set of challenges.

Benefits

Benefits of attendance include:

• Ideal opportunity to practise presentation skills
• Keep up to date with what's going on in other Universities
• Make contacts with other researchers in your - and other - areas
• Informal atmosphere
• Low conference fee

Proceedings

Workshop proceedings will be printed for distribution at the venue. Papers must be original work, and not under consideration elsewhere.

Submission and deadlines

All papers are refereed by the programme committee. There is a size limit of 10 pages per submission. Presentation format is 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions and discussions. Authors are required to submit a pdf file electronically; please e-mail to albert.koelmans@ncl.ac.uk, no later than April 16th 2010. Authors will be informed of the program committee's final decision by April 23rd. The final version of the paper is due on May 28th. As a result of the review process, authors may be asked to present a poster instead of giving a presentation.

Location and accommodation

The workshop is held at the University of Newcastle, Buttery, Merz Court. This google map shows Merz Court at the north-western corner of the University Campus; please locate the stairs at the south-eastern side of the building (opposite the Old Library Building) and go up to the 4th floor. The Haymarket Metro station is next to the south-eastern corner of the campus. Merz Court is a 20-minute walk from the Central Station. Please also have a look at the University web site.

Bed and Breakfast will be provided at Castle Leazes Halls of Residence. Here is another google map to show its location. (On this map, Merz Court is adjacent to "of" where it says "University of Newcastle upon Tyne"). Rooms are available from 2pm onwards, by which time the workshop has already started; attendees are requested to come straight to the workshop first. Car entry to Castle Leazes is via Hunters Road and Fountain Row (signposted). The shortest walking route from the railway station is via the Leazes Park entry on the intersection of Wellington Street and Barrack Road, just past Newcastle United's football stadium.

The forum dinner will be held at Red Mezze restaurant on Leazes Park Road, adjacent to the University Campus.

Program Committee

• Dr. I. Bate, University of York
• Dr. L. Brackenbury, University of Manchester
• Prof. A. Brown, University of Southampton
• Dr. A. Bystrov, Newcastle University
• Dr. C. Clarke, Bath University
• Prof. S. Furber, Manchester University
• Dr. A. Koelmans, Newcastle University
• Prof. W. Luk, Imperial College
• Dr. K. Maharatna, University of Southampton
• Prof. K. McDonald-Maier, University of Essex
• Dr. J. McAllister, Queen's University Belfast
• Dr. A. McEwan, University of Leicester
• Dr. R. Mullins, University of Cambridge
• Prof. N. Nissanke, South Bank University
• Dr. J. Nunez-Yanez, University of Bristol
• Prof. M. Pont, University of Leicester
• Dr. S. Sezer, Queen's University Belfast
• Dr. M. Short, University of Teesside
• Dr. T. Vladimirova, University of Surrey
• Prof. A. Yakovlev, University of Newcastle
• Prof. M. Zwolinski, University of Southamption

Schedule

The general structure of the forum is shown below.

Contacts