Research Centres

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"We have consolidated our research strengths through the creation of centres of research excellence and are committed to providing a supportive environment."
Professor Penny Sparke, Kingston University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise

Research Degrees

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… a flexible approach to carrying out research… allowing you to study on a full-time basis or to combine your research studies with employment…

Research Projects

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We have a growing number of active international collaborations, and our expanding community of home and international research students contributes significantly to our success.

Research Outputs

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RAE Units of Assessment 2008

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The Government’s Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) rates the quality of all research in UK universities. The latest assessment (2008) rated 70% of Kingston University’s research submissions as excellent at international level. This assessment has meant the University’s research grant from the Higher Education Funding Body for England has nearly tripled this year.

Under the new rating system, 12 of the 18 units we submitted achieved between five and 15% at 4*, denoting world-leading research. A full list of the 2008 ratings is on the RAE website.

Strengths flagged for individual units of assessment include:

— Computer Science and Informatics4 (23) – developing staff; collaboration with industry and users and Art and Design11 (63) – indications of sustainability and esteem.

Research in the Computing and Informatics category was well-rated in the recent Research Assessment Exercise. Overall, 80% of research activity was judged to be at an international level or higher with 5% judged world leading. In fact compared with other HE institutions, the Faculty's Computing and Informatics research has made one of the most substantial jumps in position in RAE2008 ranking tables. In particular, CISM is recognised as a world-leading player in research in intelligent visual surveillance. Our Digital Imaging Research Centre, a centre of excellence for research, has nearly twenty researchers working including academics, visiting professors and researchers, making it one of the largest centres in this topic worldwide.

During the past few years, the University has also supervised many research degree students undertaking projects such as curating contemporary design; film and television screen design; e-commerce; innovation and entrepreneurship; creative industries and the creative economy.

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Research Call for Papers

Posted in Research Opportunity
Posted on 22/02/2010 by Site admin
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The SUMMER 4th International Conference on Knowledge Generation,
Communication and Management: KGCM 2010
The 3rd, International Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG 2010
The 2nd International Symposium on Peer Reviewing: ISPR 2010

Participants in any conference can attend the sessions of other collocated conferences, and will receive electronic proceedings, in a CD, which includes the papers presented at all conferences and symposia.

Submissions for Face-to-Face or for Virtual Participation are both accepted. Both kinds of submissions will have the same reviewing process and the accepted papers will be included in the same proceedings.

Pre-Conference and Post-conference Virtual sessions (via electronic forums) will be held for each session included in the conference program, so that sessions papers can be read before the conference, and authors presenting at the same session can interact during one week before and after the conference. Authors can also participate in peer-to-peer reviewing in virtual sessions.

All Submitted papers/abstracts will go through three reviewing processes: (1) double-blind (at least three reviewers), (2) non-blind, and (3) participative peer reviews. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those papers / abstracts that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal.

Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers/abstracts, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Non-registered authors will not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions.

Registration fees of an effective invited session organizer will be waived according to the policy described in the web page (click on ‘Invited Session’, then on ‘Benefits for the Organizers of Invited Sessions’), where you can get information about the ten benefits for an invited session organizer. For Invited Sessions Proposals, please visit the conference web site, or directly to www.2010iiisconferences.org/wmsci/organizer.asp

Authors of the best 10–20% of the papers presented at the conference (included those virtually presented) will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.

Best regards, Conference Organizing Committee