Industry Engagement Event: Internships & Project Placements

The aim of the event is to connect industry partners with highly trained students for internships, project placements, other collaborations and future employment.

This Industrial Engagement Event was be co-hosted by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism (CDT PPar) and EPCC (the supercomputing centre based at the University of Edinburgh).

Agenda

Time

Session

Room

10:30-11:00           

Registration for Industry Partner Sessions

Atrium

11:00-12:00

Industrial Advisory Board Meeting

4.31/4.33

12:00-13:00

Industry Partner Lunch

- For industry partners and management of the CDT PPar and EPCC

Mini Forum 2       

13:00-13:05

Welcome from the Centre for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism (CDT PPar):             

- Director Prof Mike O'Boyle

- Deputy Director Dr Murray Cole

G.07

13:05-13:40

Keynote: Dr Nick Brown (EPCC)

“A Collaboration with the Met Office to Develop a Highly Scalable

Cloud Model”

G.07

13:40-14:00

Introductions from New CDT PPar Students

G.07

14:00-14:30

Refreshment Break

Café

Registration

Atrium

14:30-15:00

Industry Partner Presentations

G.07

15:00-16:00

Student / Industry Matchmaking

(Informal Meetings at Company Booths and Meeting Points)

Atrium / Café

16:00-17:30

Reception

Atrium / Café