BCS Northampton Event: 5G - Britain"s lead role in its future

5G - Britain's lead role in its future

Tuesday, 11^th December 2018

7.00-8.45pm

(Registration starts from 7:00pm

Agenda

7.00pm                        Registration, refreshments and networking

7:30pm                        5G - Britain"s lead role in its future

8.30pm                        Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker

Peter Curnow ford will give a lecture on 5G

* 5G "what is it and why" - eg Enhanced Mobile Broadband, Ultra Low Latency and Internet of Things

* Where is the UK in the 5G world (Europe, Asia and US) 

* What is UK Government doing - including recent DCMS 5G test bed £15m funding announcement, £25m for future 5G cities and networks

* Ofcom"s forthcoming 5G spectrum auction and future 5G auctions - what that means 

* Where UK industry is playing a key role - key technologies

* Mobile operators and what we can look forward to and when

BCS, BCS YPG Northampton & UoN Computing Society Event 

Tuesday 20th November starting from 7:00pm

Northampton University Waterside campus, just off the Bedford Road, Northampton.

Room: Creative Hub CH0 – Town Hall, The University of Northampton, University Drive, Northampton, NN1 5PH. 

Location:

The University of Northampton, University Drive, Northampton, NN1 5PH

(Sat Nav: Nunn Mills Road, Northampton)

Parking:

The new University campus very security conscious and it is very difficult to gain access, so it has been suggested that people park nearby.

Once at the University:

Waterside travel map is:

https://www.northampton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Waterside-Campus-Map-Aug-18.pdf

The room/building location map is:

https://www.northampton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Waterside-Map.pdf

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Computing students’ talents recognised with society awards

Taken from: https://www.northampton.ac.uk/news/computing-students-talents-recognised-with-society-awards-2/

Computing undergraduates from the University of Northampton have been recognised for their work with awards from a prestigious society.

Ten students received awards during the Northampton British Computing Society branch annual general meeting, which was held at Avenue Campus on Tuesday 3 October.

Gary Hill, Head of Computing at the University, said: “I’m proud that our students are receiving awards for their achievements from the British Computer Society and HMGCC.

“To have such an award win on their CVs will help to give them a competitive edge when they embark on their chosen careers.”

Jan Jaworski, left, and Ohood Sabr

The award winners were:

Best first year student – Jan Jaworski

Best final year student – Ohood Sabr

Best Barclaycard Business-related dissertation – Kelly-Nicole Maitland-Coffin

University of Babylon MSc scholarships – Ohood Sabr and Mustafa Altameemi

HMGCC (Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre) awards were also presented during the evening to the following:

Best dissertation – Warren Haskins

Best group project – Aleexa Cresta, Mahbub Haque, Saifur Rahman, Tomas Taujanskas and Tobi Ayilara. Pictured below.

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BCS event - Advanced Penetration Testing Bootcamp

BCS Northampton Branch & University of Northampton

BCS Young Professionals Information Security Group

present

Advanced Penetration Testing Bootcamp (201)

Do you think you have the skills to work as a white hat hacker? Does the idea of penetration testing applications and infrastructure and learning the techniques for breaking into systems seem to be your ideal career?

If you are a student in IT or you have experience as IT or Security professional, and maybe already know the difference between Nmap, MetaSploit and Burp, then this could be the event for you!

Date:	Saturday 22nd April 2017
Time:	Registration, Setup, Introductions - 09:00 Event Start 10:00 - End 17:00 approx.
Venue:	University of Northampton http://bit.ly/2oAP0ha
Sign-up:	https://events.bcs.org/book/2538/

A one day advanced penetration testing bootcamp, starting with how to develop a career in penetration testing, reviewing the methodology involved and getting close up with the tools used by professional ethical hackers. The event has hands-on sessions with theory and labs.

Please note this opportunity is only open to a maximum of 40 attendees early booking is advised.

Since this course is advanced due to the technical topics and tools covered, to leverage full value and be able to keep up with the pace during the day,  strongly recommend and invite those who have previous experience within IT Security, ethical hacking and/or have prior experience of working with Linux, web applications, databases, and network protocols to register early.

Provisional Timetable

Title	Time
Registration, Setup & Start	09:00 - 10:00
Workshop Introduction + Penetration Careers + Testing Methodology + 101 concepts	10:00 - 11:30
- break -	11:30 - 11:45
Penetration Testing Tools & Techniques – Advanced Reconnaissance & Enumeration	11:45 - 13:00
- lunch -	13:00 - 13:30
Penetration Testing Tools & Techniques – Advanced Vulnerability Analysis & Exploitation	13:30 - 15:00
- break -	15:00 - 15:15
Penetration Testing Tools & Techniques – Advanced Exploitation & Defensive techniques	15:15 - 16:15
- break -	16:15 - 16:30
Free for all Labs & Wrap up	16:30 - 17:00

Soft copies of materials will be provided after the event. Make sure you bring your laptop with Kali Linux preinstalled or live bootable and able to connect to wifi!

Joining instructions will be provided on registration few days prior to the event.

You can email barney@duffy.net for pre-event queries and ypsig@bcs.org for post-event follow up questions.

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BCS Northampton Event: Becoming a Certified Information Systems Security Professional

When: 22 February 2017 19:00-21:00. (UTC) 

Where: Newton Building Room NW205 - NN2 6JB - Park in Car Park 6

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CISSP^® - Certified Information Systems Security Professional

https://www.isc2.org/cissp/default.aspx

Scott Bullock Forcepoint's Cloud Trust Officer will present an overview of what it takes/means to become a Certified Information Systems Security Professional . 

Scott Bullock 

Cloud Trust Officer

Forcepoint 

7pm with 7:30 

Rm NW205  

University of Northampton

Location

Rm 205

Newton Building

University of Northampton

NN2 6JB

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BCS Northampton Event: Cyber Security Lecture

Cyber Security Lecture

Scott Bullock 

Cloud Trust Officer

Forcepoint 

Thursday 26th January 2017

7pm with 7:30 

Rm NW205  

University of Northampton

Global Cyber security leader Forcepoint released its 2017 Cyber security Predictions Report last month.

This year's report examines the increasing convergence of the technological and the physical worlds and the long term implications of this new digital ecosystem on organizations and institutions worldwide

Cyber security experts from Forcepoint and Raytheon collaborated to develop these predictions.

Scott Bullock Forcepoint's Cloud Trust Officer will present an overview of the predictions along with an analysis of how well Forcepoint performed last year. Scott is a member of Northampton BCS Group Committee.

Location

Rm 205

Newton Building

University of Northampton

NN2 6JB

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Near Northampton: BCS Coventry Christmas Lecture: Searching to Speak.

 Taken from: http://coventry.bcs.org/branch-programme-2016-2017/searching-to-speak/

Searching to Speak

Title:  Christmas Lecture – Searching to Speak.

Speaker:  Professor Paul Curzon (Queen Mary University of London)

Date: 7th December 2016, 7pm, with refreshments from 6.30pm, and a buffet afterwards

Location:     Engineering and Computing Block, Coventry University

This years Coventry Christmas Lecture, supported by BCS, IET and the IMA.  It takes place on the 7th of December at 7pm, at Coventry University.  Places are free, but booking is essential:  https://coventrychristmas2016.eventbrite.co.uk

Abstract:

One of the worst medical conditions imaginable is locked-in syndrome. It leaves you totally paralyzed except perhaps for the blink of an eye. Your intelligent mind is locked inside a useless body, able to sense everything but unable to communicate. It could happen to anyone, out of the blue, as a result of a stroke. If you wanted to help people with locked-in syndrome, the obvious thing might be to become a doctor or nurse, but how could a computer scientist help?

‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ is an incredibly uplifting book. It’s the autobiography of Jean-Dominique Bauby, written after he woke up in a hospital bed totally paralysed. In the book, he describes life with locked-in syndrome. He did have a way to communicate not only to write the book but also with medics, friends and family. He did it without any technology at all.  How?

We can compute – undergrads scoop society awards

Taken from: http://www.northampton.ac.uk/news/we-can-compute-undergrads-scoop-society-awards/

Computing undergraduates from the University of Northampton have been recognised for their work with awards from two prestigious bodies.

Ten students received awards during the Northampton British Computing Society branch annual general meeting, which was held at Avenue Campus on Thursday 29 September.

Gongs were awarded by the British Computing Society (BCS) and HM Government Communications Centre (HMGCC)

Gary Hill, Head of Computing at the University, said: “I’m proud that our students have been recognised for their achievements from the British Computer Society and HMGCC.

“To have such an award win on their CVs will help to give them a competitive edge when they embark on their chosen careers.”

The award winners were:

BCS Best Computing 1st Year Award – Oloruntobi Abimbola Ayilara

BCS Best Computing Student Performance Prize – William Hurer-Mackay

BCS Best Business Computing 1st Year Award – Florin-Sebastian Ciobanu

BCS Best Business Computing Student Performance Prize – Souad McFarlane

HMGCC Best Dissertation Prize – Riyam Khalid Kareem Marjan

HMGCC Best Group Project Prize – Doaa Mundher Dalal Al-Midhatee, Gideon Awuah, Solomon Green, Ohood Hazim Sabr Sabr and Sana Ullah.

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BCS Bedford Event: Disability, Accessibility, Personalisation, inclusion and Design

                    Disability, Accessibility, Personalisation,

                Inclusion and Design

                       Peter Abrahams

                               Secretary, BCS Digital Accessibility Specialist Group

Tuesday, 8^th November 2016

6.30-8.00pm

(Registration starts at 6:00pm)

Tavistock Suite

The Park Inn Hotel, 2 St Mary's Street,

Bedford MK42 0AR

(Free Parking at the rear – Inform Hotel Reception)

                                   

Register online at: https://events.bcs.org/book/2265/

Peter joined IBM as a student in 1966. Specialised in databases and system design. Retired in 2003 and joined Bloor Research.

In 2004 his experience with some disabled friends and a report by the Disabilities Rights Commission prompted him to start research into IT accessibility for the disabled. Recognising the growing importance of this area he set up Bloor's Usability and Accessibility practice and now devotes most of his research to this area.

He is a founder member and secretary of the BCS Digital Accessibility Specialist Group.

Agenda

6.00pm                 Registration, refreshments and networking

6.30pm                 Guest Speaker – Peter Abrahams

7.20pm                 Opportunity to question the speaker

7.45pm                 Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker

If you require additional information, have difficulty accessing / downloading this email or have a specific question in relation to this talk

please send an email to sabongo@gmail.com


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BCS Bedford Event: Fortran, alive and well at 59!

 ' Fortran, alive and well at 59! ' 

                        Speaker: Peter Crouch | Chairman, BCS Fortran Specialist Group

Followed by Branch AGM

Tuesday, 20^th September 2016

6.30-8.00pm

(Registration starts at 6:00pm)

Tavistock Suite

The Park Inn Hotel, 2 St Mary's Street,

Bedford MK42 0AR

(Free Parking at the rear – Inform Hotel Reception)

The talk will cover the history of Fortran from its inception in the 1950s to today, including its evolution through the standardisation of the language from the 1960s through to the 2010s and the Fortran Specialist Group's role in the UK and internationally in that evolution from 1970 to today. Some of the features of modern Fortran will be described together with examples of its current applications, including weather forecasting and climate prediction, computational chemistry and the design and maintenance of high performance cars and aircraft.

 Register online at: https://events.bcs.org/book/2170/ 

Peter Crouch joined the D and R Laboratory of International Nickel in Birmingham in 1968 to work on the technology of nickel electrodeposition after completing his PhD in inorganic coordination chemistry at the University of Reading.

His involvement with computing began in the late 1970s when he started using early personal computers for the statistical analysis of his experimental results.  Initially he used BASIC and Pascal but in the early 1980s he began to use Fortran.

In 1985 he was offered the opportunity to work full time as a software developer on the computer aided design and manufacturing systems of Inco Engineered Products.  He worked as a Fortran, and later C, programmer until 2001.

In the early 1990s he joined the BCS and later the Birmingham Branch committee.  He became Chairman of the branch in 1997.In the late 1990s he had joined the Fortran SG committee as Web Editor and became Chairman in 2002, within days of stepping down as Chairman of the Birmingham Branch!

Agenda

6.00pm                        Registration, refreshments and networking

6.30pm                        Guest Speaker – Peter Crouch

7.20pm                        Opportunity to question the speaker

7.45pm                        Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker

8.00pm                        Bedford Branch AGM 2016 – Everyone is welcome to attend 

 All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

29th September 2016 - Northampton BCS AGM

29th September 2016 - Northampton BCS AGM

Location: Room NW205 of The Newton Building at The University of Northampton, Avenue Campus, St Georges Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JB 7pm

Agenda

* AGM

* Election of Officers

* Briefing regarding proposed training events on a Tuesday night

Want to join the Committee?
A general member is a good way to start
However if you have previous experience you may be interested in one of the other posts.
Take a look at the various posts and requirements, and if you are interested please get in touch with the Northampton Group.
Roles for Committee Members
The following two mandatory roles must be filled by two separate individuals. All other roles and suggested activities, may be shared amongst committee members as they see fit. The activities suggested for non-mandatory roles are indicative only.

MANDATORY ROLES
Chair
 Must be a professional member of BCS (MBCS/FBCS)
 Responsible for the supervision of all matters concerning the effective leadership of the Member Group.
 Chairs all general (AGMs and EGMs) and committee meetings.
 Prepares the Chair’s Report for each AGM.
 Ensures the formulation of strategies for the committee and implements appropriate actions to achieve the strategic goals.

Treasurer
 Must be a professional member of BCS (MBCS/FBCS)
 Prepares annual budget and potential project funding each year.
 Responsibility to the Member Group Committee for the Member Group funds and any other appropriate financial business.
 Reports at fixed intervals to Member Group Committee.
 Submits income and expenditure statements produced by BCS Finance for the AGM.
 Deals with payments and receipts to and from operational budget and liaises with BCS Swindon necessary.
 Notifies, through Member Groups Team (groups@bcs.uk), any forecast overspend together with (a) circumstances leading to this position and (b) proposed action plan to resolve the situation.

At least 3 other (General) Committee members. (Can carry out some of the roles listed below.)
 Helps runs the group generally.
 Deputise for other officers as required.
 Particularly required for helping to establish the season’s programme.

RECOMMENDED ROLES
The following roles are covered by the committee, whether by an individual or shared alongside another role.

Secretary
 Gives due notice of all general meetings (AGMs and EGMs) to all group members.
 Gives due notice of committee vacancies to all group members.
 Arranges suitable locations for committee meetings.
 Prepares and issues agenda for all general meetings and committee meetings.
 Records the minutes of all general meetings and committee meetings Sends a digital copy of each set of approved minutes to the Member Groups Team on groups@bcs.uk.
 Handles correspondence between Member Groups Team and the Member Group.
 Maintains committee address list, via the Member Groups Team on groups@bcs.uk.

Membership Secretary
 Must be a professional member of BCS (MBCS/FBCS)
 Welcomes new members and distributes information on forthcoming events and other introductory information.
 Encourages individuals who have enquired about membership to join.
 Co-ordinates the recruitment of IT professionals at Member Group events and through other methods, using member data provided on the group committee secure area
 Records attendance numbers at events and sends numbers through to the Member Groups Team on groups@bcs.uk
 Co-ordinates a list of non-member attendees.
 Maintains a database of key contacts to facilitate the distribution of publicity material and other information.
 Must comply with BCS Data Protection Guidelines.

Email Coordinator
 Acts as a focal point to distribute emails to Member Group members (e.g. notifying them of forthcoming events) using the BCS List Server facility.
 Can be asked to send emails to own group members by other groups.
 Distributes information regularly to an established network of contacts.

Webmaster
 Non-CMS: Creates and maintains the group website, liaising with BCS Web Team (webteamcms@hq.bcs.org.uk) over the various methods.
 Non-CMS: Either posts content to the website or provides access to committee members to post their own content.
 CMS sites: Sends through to BCS Web Team (webteamcms@hq.bcs.org.uk) amendments for the Member Group website.
 The Webmaster may also facilitate the use of other online channels for publishing events – such as social media, discussion forums – or the Member Group may have a separate ‘Social Media Officer’ to do this.

Publicity Officer
 Ensures maximum coverage of group events, both before and after they occur.
 Writes copy for media on Member Group activities.
 Ensures all Group events are included in the BCS Diary.
 Liaises with local press and radio.
 Organise mail shots, programme cards, posters, etc.

Young Professional Group (YPG) Representative
 Liaises between the Member Group Committee and the YPG Executive Committee, as well as representing the views of young professionals within the Member Group.

 Arranges and publicises YPG events, provides details of special offers and YPG projects.
 Creates local Student chapters within local universities.
 Attends YPG Congress on behalf of the Member Group Committee.
 Liaises with other Member Group YPG Representatives.
Events Coordinator / Programme Card Coordinator
 Puts the season’s event programme together
 Makes administrative and logistical arrangements for the events, including venue, catering etc. using the BCS Events Booking System where appropriate.
OTHER OPTIONAL ROLES
The following roles are optional.

Education Liaison Officer
 Corresponds with universities, colleges and schools, with a possibility to set up Student Prizes in the area.
 Organises suitable events to represent the BCS in local schools and colleges, such as careers evenings, or attends those organised by local schools and Careers Offices.

Disability Support Officer
 Acts as a focus for local initiatives and actions where the use IT is to the benefit of disabled people.
 Identifies and organises events to increase the awareness and understanding of the IT industry towards the needs of the disabled.

Industry Liaison Officer
 Liaises with local companies and any local representative bodies such as the Chamber of Commerce
 Liaises with local public sector bodies and other organisations such as charities, in order to promote the BCS and professionalism in IT, particularly as it relates to the local context and the branch.
 Promotes Member Group activities and encourages suggestions for events; facilitating BCS membership enquiries and assisting with awareness of BCS products and services.

Social Media Officer
 Engages with members, potential members and other organisations and groups using social media.
 Uses social media to advertise events.


If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

BCS (Bedford) event: Social Project Management – Go Social or Die

Social Project Management – Go Social or Die

Jonnie Jensen, CEO | Online Business Strategist, Live And Social

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

6.30-8.00pm

(Registration starts at 6:00pm)

Tavistock Suite

The Park Inn Hotel, 2 St Mary's Street, Bedford MK42 0AR

(Free Parking at the rear – Inform Hotel Reception)

Register online at: https://events.bcs.org/book/1951/

Jonnie is founder of content marketing and social business agency Live And Social (http://www.liveandsocial.com/). His career has involved the internet, mobile and all things digital since 1999.  This work helped him recognise that social media was going to transform the way we communicate and operate in business, as well as our personal lives.  Live And Social was launched in 2007 to help B2B companies utilise social media across their entire business, raising their profile, generating leads and growing their business in the process.

Agenda

6.00pm                        Registration, refreshments and networking

6.30pm                        Guest Speaker – Jonnie Jensen

7.20pm                        Opportunity to question the speaker

7.45pm                        Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker

You can engage in  discussion via: 

https://www.facebook.com/bcs.bedford 

https://twitter.com/BCSBedford 

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4701821  

All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

BCS Bedford and IET: Network Rail Southeast Map Project

Details taken from: http://www.beds.bcs.org.uk/event.php?event=118

Network Rail Southeast Map Project

Date	Tuesday 23 Feb 2016
Time	18:30
Registration	Please register for this event
Location	Tavistock Suite, The Park Inn Hotel, 2 St Mary's Street, Bedford MK42 0AR (Free parking at rear - inform hotel reception)
Speakers	Alan Dalley and Katherine Thomas, Network Rail.
Abstract	The project to develop and deliver the Southeast Map app for Network Rail used leading-edge mobile technologies to process and present large amounts of publicly available train running data seamlessly, enabling operational staff to make better informed decisions, enable faster recovery of rail network performance following incidents and provide better quality information to passengers. Its unique value is in the way live data is presented through a simple and recognisable map-based interface. Information that was previously delivered in a complex and inefficient way is now available at a glance to a wider customer base, reducing costs and improving insight, responsiveness and communication with passengers. From the initial customer requirement the project used agile delivery techniques to provide a proof of concept, engage the customer through collaboration, manage complex data and undertake testing to deliver a highly innovative product.
Agenda	6.00pm Registration, refreshments and networking 6.30pm Guest Speakers - Alan Daley & Katherine Thomas 7.20pm Opportunity to question the speakers 7.45pm Opportunity to network and talk to the speakers
Downloads	Flyer

 All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

BCS Northampton: IVR Part 2 - Understanding the development technology

26th January 2016 

IVR Part 2 - Understanding the development technology

Avenue Campus, University of Northampton

7pm starting at 7:30pm 

With the advent of VOIP and VoiceXML, the IVR and speech industry now shares much of its architecture with that of the Web industry, and it is now possible to write a single application and deliver its functionality via speech, mobile app or Web browser, or for a user to start a transaction with one technology and complete it via another. These are exciting times for converged technologies.

Despite this convergence and advances within the industry, the speech channel still presents some challenges to users. Touch-tone IVR systems are widely considered to be unpopular, and now seem outdated, and guided speech recognition is often parodied for having a limited ability to understand its users. The Holy Grail of speech automation is Natural Language Understanding, which allows users to speak to the computer as if speaking to a human operator, but how natural is it to interact with a computer using voice, rather than, say, a Web browser, and what particular problems does this mode of interaction present to the user?

How to find Avenue Campus

If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with

BCS Northampton: IVR Part 1 - Application user interface

IVR Part 1 - Application user interface

15th December 2015

Avenue Campus,  University of Northampton

7pm starting at 7:30pm

The Application User Interface is key to developing a new Service or user Application.

The best Applications use a Simple Formula.

    1 Keep it simple (Ask the right questions)

    2 Reduce the amount of information required from the user.

   3 Feedback simple but succinct information.

   4 Extract Known or available information (CLI, DNIS, Account details, Mobile number, IP address etc.)

   5 Communication should be a no blame format should be seen as a second stage information gathering

Applications can be

   1 Voice based (Speech or Tone)

   2 Application based (Web)

   3 Multimedia/Hybrid (Audio, Voice, Web, SMS, Email, Web)

Knowing how to communicate with the end user is key to a successful deployment.

Build up knowledge on regular callers understand their preferences.

How to find Avenue Campus

If you'd like to find out more about Computing at the University of Northampton go to: www.computing.northampton.ac.uk. All views and opinions are the author's and do not necessarily reflected those of any organisation they are associated with