Events in Physics
Thursday, October 03, 2019
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This first competition stage is an expression of interest (EoI). Consortia will set out plans for large collaborative proposals. Following assessment, successful EoIs will be selected to receive up to 拢50,000 in 鈥榮eed corn鈥� funding to develop a full stage proposal. Consortia of UK businesses and publicly funded research organisations can apply for between 拢10 million and 拢50 million per full stage application. Your application must build on your partners鈥� existing research and innovation capability and present a valid plan of new research and innovation activities. These must have a clear pathway to delivering a significant positive impact on economic growth within the defined economic geography. All project partners should be based in the project鈥檚 geographical area and have the support of local civic leadership. Projects must be led by either a UK based business or a UK publicly funded research organisation.This first competition stage is an expression of interest (EoI). Consortia will set out plans for large collaborative proposals. Following assessment, successful EoIs will be selected to receive up to 拢50,000 in 鈥榮eed corn鈥� funding to develop a full stage proposal. The competition closes at midday 12pm UK time on the deadline stated. Funding typeGrant Project sizeConsortia can apply for up to 拢50,000 seed corn funding in this stage. Your full stage project鈥檚 total eligible costs must be between 拢10 million and 拢50 million. |
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Theory Seminar: Albert Bartok-Partay, Learning atomic interactions from microscopic observablesPS1.28Designing new materials needs a detailed understanding of the structure and processes of matter on the atomistic scale, because all macroscopic properties ultimately depend on microscopic interactions. For such studies, quantum mechanical modelling combined with atomistic simulations has been proven to be predictive in addition to being able to explain experimental phenomena. However, larger length and timescales are not easily accessible due to the non-linear growth in computational resources required to numerically solve the quantum mechanical equations. We would like to enable fast simulations without a compromise in accuracy by using machine learning techniques to fit the quantum mechanical model. To realise this aim, we have developed the Gaussian Approximation Potentials framework, which uses microscopic data from quantum mechanical calculations on small systems to create fast, accurate and scalable models. Apart from data, the other main ingredient needed to fit Gaussian Processes are kernels. In my talk I will discuss kernels that are designed to compare atomic structures and show examples from molecular and condensed matter systems. These kernels are used to define a set of interatomic potentials or models, and a Bayesian approach determines which is the most likely, based on the data as evidence. |
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This call opens on 9th August The STFC Industrial CASE (Cooperative Awards in Science & Technology) studentship competition provides support for PhD students to work in collaboration with a non-academic partner on projects that fall within the STFC core science programme in astronomy, particle physics and nuclear physics; or that aim to apply technologies or techniques developed within the programme into other areas. Projects involve joint supervision of the student by a member of staff at an academic Research Organisation or related institution and an employee of a non-academic organisation, such as a UK industrial firm, public sector organisation or charity (the non-academic partner). |
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This call opens 1st September 2019 The aim of the scheme is to fund access (travel and subsistence only) to a range of astronomy facilities for the UK community. All these facilities are free at the point of access. PATT travel funds will only be awarded to a UK Principal Investigator and should be used in support of UK based observers only. PATT awards will fund travel and subsistence only and will be paid at 100%. Any other costs associated with the research, such as post-doc salaries, equipment and investigator time, is assumed to be covered by relevant research grants awarded. There are currently two separate routes to apply for travel funds: PATT Travel Grants: For groups that exceed expenditure of 拢5k per annum Submission against set closing dates via the Je-S system Requesting 2 years funding PATT Travel Claims (From May 2016): For Applicants that neither hold nor have access to a PATT Travel Grant at their Institution For occasional observing trips only Submission via e-mail with the required attachments |