CIS Spring Camp 2016

The CIS Spring Camp is a three-week training programme in Intelligent Sensing. The programme is composed of lectures, hands-on sessions, individual and group activities, competitions, and sports activities.

The CIS Spring Camp 2016 takes place in London between 11 and 29 of April, and deals with: sensing and graphs (link), sensing and IoT (link), commercialisation (link) and software (link).

Attendees can choose to participate in the whole CIS Spring Camp or in individual activities.

CIS summer camp

Week 1: 11-15 April 2016

Sensing and graphs Commercialisation 1/3
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10:00-10:30 Introduction to big data 1 Introduction to graph analysis 1 Hands-on on graph analysis 2 Innovation commercialisation
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Introduction to big data 2 Introduction to graph analysis 2 Business model & business plan
12:00-12:30 Panel discussion on hands-on sessions
14:00-14:30 Registration and opening remarks (14:15) Hands-on on big data Hands-on on graph analysis 1 Business plan software tutorial
14:30-15:00 Talk by opensensors.io
15:00-15:30 Preparation of the commercialisation pitch
15:30-16:00 Sport activity
16:00-16:30
16:30-17:00


Week 2: 18-22 April 2016

Sensing and IoT
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10:00-10:30 Presentation of the challenge Challenge development Challenge development Presentation of the solutions
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30 Challenge development Coffee break
11:30-12:00 High-speed Q&A
12:00-12:30
14:00-14:30 Registration and opening remarks (14:15) Challenge development Challenge issues: Q&A Challenge development Talk by Digital Catapult
14:30-15:00 Introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT)
15:00-15:30 Challenge development Awards and prizes
15:30-16:00 Coffee break Drinks and nibbles
16:00-16:30 Internet of Things applications
16:30-17:00


Week 3: 25-29 April 2016

Commercialisation 2/3 EECS research showcase Software Commercialisation 3/3
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10:00-10:30 1:1 meetings with mentors Preparation of the commercialisation pitch EECS Research Showcase Myths and truths of software development The journey of a start-up venture
10:30-11:00 Intro to version control systems Dragons Den session (pitch presentations) 1
11:00-11:30 Coffee break Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Version control systems 1 Dragons Den session (pitch presentations) 2
12:00-12:30
14:00-14:30 1:1 meetings with mentors Preparation of the commercialisation pitch EECS Research Showcase Version control systems 2 From the academic research lab to the marketplace
14:30-15:00 Testing your software
15:00-15:30 Panel discussion on commercialisation
15:30-16:00 Coffee break Awards and prizes
16:00-16:30 Licensing and open source Drinks and nibbles
16:30-17:00 Your programming issues


Directions

CIS Spring Camp will take place at the Mile End campus of Queen Mary University of London, a mile to the East of the City of London on Mile End Road, and close to local transport links, major tourist attractions and 18 minutes by Underground to Central London.
Mile End campus directions: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/howtofindus/mileend

Mile End Campus map

Pictures

2016 CIS Spring Cammp group pic 2016 CIS Spring Cammp software workshop 2016 CIS Spring Cammp group pic

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