The e-Science Centre is holding a summer school for PhD students in Newcastle on the 26th July 2007.

This event is an opportunity for PhD students in the region to present their work to a wider audience, so your attendance would be greatly appreciated. The event will have a mini conference format, and we are planning eight presentations of 30 minutes each. The agenda for the day is as follows:

09:30-10:00 - Registration/coffee
10:00-10:15 - Welcome
10:15-11:00 - Keynote speaker: David Leahy Newcastle University

11:00-11:15 - Coffee

11:15-11:45 - Speaker 1 - John Colquhoun, Newcastle University: Title TBA
11:45-12:15 - Speaker 2 - York University - TBA
12:15-12:45 - Speaker 3 - I Jokhio, Leeds University: "Authentication Service for EPC Network"
12:45-13:15 - Speaker 4 - Sammer Hanna, Durham University: "Testing Web Services"

13:15-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-14:30 - Speaker 5 - Shiv Kaushal, Leeds University: Title TBA 14:30-15:00 - Speaker 6 - York University - TBA

15:00-15:15 - Coffee

15:15-15:45 - Speaker 7 - Dacheng Zhang, Leeds University: "Dynamic Cross-Realm Authentication for Multi-Party service interactions"
15:45-16:15 - Speaker 8 - Paul Gorley, Duham University: Title TBA

16:15 - Event finishes

If you are interested in attending, could you e-mail h.g.hiden@ncl.ac.uk with your name and university so I can add you to the attendance list.

The maximum number that the room can hold is 50 people, so places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The event will be held in room 2.22 in the Research Beehive, which is on the first floor in the Old Library building (Building 18 on the attached campus map). More travel directions can be found at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/travel/info/