University of BirminghamComputer Science

Staff Handbook:
2.3 Officers and Committees for 2005/06

Approved: School Committee, 15 February 2006
(Changes made since this date which require approval will be in red. Vacancies or other notable entries are marked by other colours.)

Contents

0. Introduction
1. Officers
2. School Committee
3a. Management Committee
3b. Strategy Committee
4. Staffing Committee
5. Research Committee
6. Research Students Monitoring Group
7. Computing Facilities Strategy & Policy Committee
8. Staff/Student Consultative Committee
9. Staff/Research Student Consultative Committee
10. Teaching Committee
11. Assessment Standards Monitoring Group
13. Industrial Liaison Panel
14. Web Management Committee
15. Student Recruitment Monitoring Group
16. Learning Resources Committee
17. Undergraduate Board of Examiners
Academic Year 2005/06 (normal meetings June and September 2006)
17. MSc Board of Examiners
Academic Year 2005/06 (normal meetings June and October 2006)

0. Introduction

"Until" means until the end of the academic year which falls in the given calendar year (thus "Until 2004" would mean "until the end of the academic year 2003/04", taken here to end on 31 July). Office-holders, other than taught student representatives, remain in post until substitute appointments have been made or elections held.

According to 2.2 Management Structures §1: "Unless otherwise stated, the term of office for all elected or appointed officers and members of committees is three years, except for research staff and students where it is one year."

1. Officers

Post Name Until
Head of School Uday Reddy 2007
Deputy Head of School Xin Yao 2007
Academic Manager (also Director of Learning & Teaching and Head of Academic Programmes) Peter Coxhead ex off.
Director of Undergraduate Studies John Bullinaria 2008
Director of Postgraduate Studies Peter Hancox 2007
Senior Tutor Manfred Kerber 2006
Welfare Tutor Mark Lee 2006
Deputy Welfare Tutors Iain Styles
Juliana Kuester-Filipe
2007
2008
Overseas Students Tutors Peter Tiño
Dan Ghica
2006
2008
Examinations Officer Alan Sexton 2008
Deputy Examinations Officers Hayo Thielecke 2007
Director of Computing Facilities Eike Ritter 2006
Single Honours Year Tutors:
Year 1 William Edmondson 2007
Year 2 Russell Beale 2008
Year 3/4 Peter Coxhead 2008
Joint Honours and other Programme Directors:
BSc Maths & CS Paul Levy 2008
BEng/MEng ESE Steve Vickers 2006
BEng/MEng Civ Eng & Comp Sci Steve Vickers 2006
Other Joint CS programmes Jim Yandle 2006
All Joint AI programmes (plus oversight of AICS) John Barnden 2007
BSc Computer Science & Business Management Uday Reddy 2007
Intercalated Year Russell Beale 2006
MSc Programme Directors:
MSc Computer Science Dan Ghica 2008
MSc Advanced Computer Science Ela Claridge (Ata Kaban to asssist during post holder's sabbatical in 2005/06) 2007
MSc Natural Computation Alastair Channon 2006
MSc Internet Software Systems Bob Hendley 2007
Research Students Tutor Steve Vickers 2008
Research Students Admissions Officer Peter Hancox 2006
Exchanges Tutor Georgios Theodoropoulos 2008
Industrial Placements Tutor Behzad Bordbar 2008
Information Systems Officer Alan Sexton 2007
Other Officers
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor William Edmondson 2007
MScNC Admissions Tutor Alastair Channon 2006
MScACS Admissions Tutor Antoni Diller (to be assisted by a Research Fellow) 2008
MScISS Admissions Tutor Bob Hendley 2008
MScCS Admissions Tutor Martín Escardó (to be assisted by Ata Kaban during his sabbatical, and by a Research Fellow) 2008
Publicity Officer Jeremy Wyatt 2006
Library Officer Antoni Diller 2006
Project Coordinators See Projects Web Page
RAE Lead John Barnden 2008
Departmental Seminar Coordinator Richard Dearden (from Term 2; Volker Sorge to continue for Term 1) 2008
AINC Seminar Coordinator Jon Rowe 2008
Theory Seminar Coordinator Volker Sorge 2006
Distinguished Lecture Series
Coordinators
Uday Reddy
Ata Kaban
2007
2007
Student Teams Coordinator Mark Lee 2007
Scholarship/Bursary Coordinator William Edmondson 2008
Summer Research
Studentships/Internships Coordinator
Steve Vickers 2007
Careers Coordinator Padma Reddy (assisted by Industrial Placements Tutor) 2006
Demonstrator Training Organizer Georgios Theodoropoulos 2006
Data Protection Officer, Freedom of Information Officer Alison Wright (School Manager) ex off.
Returning Officer Alison Wright (School Manager) ex off.
Deputy Returning Officer Hannah Pipkin
Health and Safety Officer Richard Pannell
Deputy Health and Safety Officers William Edmondson
Hannah Pipkin

Qualified First Aiders Martha Campos
Keith Marlow
Alison Wright

Fire Wardens Ceinwen Cushway
William Edmondson
Julie Heathcote
Bob Hendley
Mark Lee
Eike Ritter
Nick Shrine
Georgios Theodoropoulos
Jeremy Wyatt

2. School Committee

e-mail: school-comm (school-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy (chair) ex off.
Every member of the Academic Staff of the School (includes Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers, Computer Officers and all Research Staff)
School Manager (secretary) Alison Wright ex off.
One further member of the Administrative/Other Related and Support Staff of the School elected by the Administrative/Other Related and Support Staff of the School (nominee Rebecca Rosewarne) 2008
Up to four members of the Administrative/Other Related Staff of the School co-opted on the recommendation of the Head of School Steve Allmark, Padma Reddy, Ben Stone, Simon Thompson 2008
Four student members of the School's Staff/Student Consultative Committee: one first-year undergraduate, one second-year undergraduate, one third-year or fourth-year undergraduate, one MSc student. Matthew Roberts, Amit Talhan, Mark Whitby, Vineet Arora All 2006
One research student member of the School's Staff/Research Student Consultative Committee. Aleem Hossain 2006

3a. Management Committee

e-mail: management-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School (chair) Uday Reddy ex off.
Deputy Head of School Xin Yao ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
School Manager (secretary) Alison Wright ex off.

3b. Strategy Committee

e-mail: strategy-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Deputy Head of School Xin Yao ex off.
Professors (other than above) John Barnden
Achim Jung
Marta Kwiatkowska
ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
Chair of Research Committee Mark Ryan ex off.
Chair of Industrial Liaison Panel (Uday Reddy) ex off.
Two elected members of the Teaching Staff of the School Ela Claridge
Jon Rowe
2006
School Manager (secretary) Alison Wright ex off.

4. Staffing Committee

e-mail: staffing-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy (chair) ex off.
All Professors in the School John Barnden
Achim Jung
Xin Yao
Marta Kwiatkowska
ex off.
All School representatives on University promotion committees (None at present) ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
One other elected representative of the Non-Professorial Teaching Staff of the School Ela Claridge 2007
Co-options Aaron Sloman 2007
School Manager Alison Wright ex. off.

5. Research Committee

e-mail: research-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
One member appointed by the Head of School Manfred Kerber 2006
Chairman of the Research Students Monitoring Group Steve Vickers ex off.
Director of Computing Facilities Eike Ritter ex off.
Between four and eight other representatives of the research active members of Teaching Staff, appointed by the School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Research Committee John Barnden
Ela Claridge
Martín Escardó
Bob Hendley
Ata Kaban
Mark Ryan (Chair)
George Theodoropoulos
Xin Yao
2008
2006
2006
2006
2006
2007
2006
2007
One elected representative of the Research Staff in the School to be elected (vice Nick Hawes) 2006
One elected representative of the Research Students in the School Noel Welsh 2006
Secretary Ceinwen Cushway

6. Research Students Monitoring Group

e-mail: rsmg-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Research Students Tutor Steve Vickers (chair) ex off.
Director of Postgraduate Studies Peter Hancox ex off.
Three or more other members of academic staff, at least one of whom will be a professor, appointed by the School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Research Students Monitoring Group John Barnden
Ela Claridge
Richard Dearden
Antoni Diller
Achim Jung
Marta Kwiatkowska
Uday Reddy
Eike Ritter
Jon Rowe
Mark Ryan
Jeremy Wyatt
Xin Yao
2006
2006
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2007
2007
2006
2007
2006
Secretary Rebecca Rosewarne

7. Computing Facilities Strategy & Policy Committee

e-mail: facilities-comm (facilities-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Director of Computing Facilities Eike Ritter (chair) ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
Chair of Research Committee Mark Ryan ex off.
Information Systems Officer Alan Sexton ex off.
Two members of the computing support staff, elected by the computing support staff of the School Steve Pillinger
Richard Pannell
2006
Four other members of the Teaching and Research Staff of the School, appointed by the School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Computing Facilities Committee Jon Rowe
Bob Hendley
Thorsten Schnier
Ata Kaban
2006
2006
2006
2007
One research student, elected by the research students. to be elected (vice Chris Ross) 2006
Two student members of the School's Staff/Student Consultative Committee: one undergraduate and one taught postgraduate, elected by the student members of the Staff/Student Consultative Committee. Alex Speller, Nick Morrott Both 2006
Invited representative of University Information Services John Owen
Secretary Rebecca Rosewarne

8. Staff/Student Consultative Committee

e-mail: staff-student-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Senior Tutor (chair) Manfred Kerber ex off.
Welfare Tutor Mark Lee ex off.
Deputy Welfare Tutors Juliana Kuester-Filipe
Iain Styles
ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
One Computer Officer, nominated by the Director of Computing Facilities Steve Pillinger 2006
Teaching Assistant member of Teaching Committee Andy Brown ex off.
One student representative for each group opposite, elected by those students AICS1: Alex Speller
AICS2: David Simpson
AICS3: Femma Ashraf
CS1: Matthew Roberts
CS2: Felix Hua Sheng Gan
CS3: Richard White
HalfAI (all years): Jennifer Ewer
HalfCS1: to be elected
HalfCS2: to be elected
HalfCS3: Harry Kanda
SE1: Ali Taranssari
SE2: to be elected
SE3: Stuart King
SE4: Mark Whitby
CSBM1: Marija Smirnova
CSBM2: Amit Talhan
SEBS3: Fei Lu
MScCS: Nick Morrott
MScACS: Vineet Arora
MScNC: Hamish Reid
MScISS: Ang Liu
All
2006
Secretary Caroline Wilson

9. Staff/Research Student Consultative Committee

e-mail: staff-research-student-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Research Students Tutor (vice-chair) Steve Vickers ex off.
Director of Postgraduate Studies Peter Hancox ex off.
One Computer Officer, nominated by the Director of Computing Facilities Steve Pillinger 2008
One research student representative elected by each of Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and all other years combined Damien Duff (Year 1)
Aleem Hossain (Year 2) (chair)
Xin Cindy Wang (Year 3)
Dave Brooks (All other years)
All
2006
Research student representative on Research Committee Noel Welsh 2006
Research student representative on Computing Facilities Strategy & Policy Committee to be elected 2006
Co-opted members if required Andy Brown 2006
Secretary Caroline Wilson

10. Teaching Committee

e-mail: teaching-comm (teaching-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead (chair) ex off.
Director of Undergraduate Studies John Bullinaria ex off.
Director of Postgraduate Studies Peter Hancox ex off.
Senior Tutor Manfred Kerber ex off.
Welfare Tutor Mark Lee ex off.
Examinations Officer Alan Sexton ex off.
Information Systems Officer (Alan Sexton) ex off.
At least three other members of the Teaching Staff of the School, appointed by the School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Teaching Committee Bob Hendley
Achim Jung
Steve Vickers
Jeremy Wyatt
2006
2006
2006
2006
Three student members of the School's Staff/Student Consultative Committee: two undergraduates, one MSc student, elected by the student members of Staff/Student Consultative Committee. Ali Taranssari, Fei Lu, Hamish Reid All 2006
One Teaching Assistant, elected by the Teaching Assistants. Andy Brown 2006
Secretary Rebecca Rosewarne

11. Assessment Standards Monitoring Group

e-mail: asmg-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Examinations Officer Alan Sexton (chair) ex off.
Deputy Examinations Officers Hayo Thielecke ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
At least three other members of the Teaching Staff appointed by Teaching Committee. Peter Hancox
Bob Hendley
Ata Kaban (nominee of TC)
Manfred Kerber
Steve Vickers
2006
2006
2008
2006
2006
Secretary Rebecca Rosewarne

(12. This section has been removed.)

13. Industrial Liaison Panel

e-mail: industrial-liaison-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School (Chair) Uday Reddy ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
Industrial Placements Tutor Behzad Bordbar ex off.
External Relations Manager Padma Reddy ex off.
Two other members of academic staff appointed by Teaching Committee Bob Hendley
Manfred Kerber
2006
2006
Two other members of academic staff appointed by Research Committee Mark Ryan
Xin Yao
2008
2008
Invited representatives of industry and other organisations with an interest in our graduates (including BCS and IEE). To be invited by the Panel
Secretary Hannah Pipkin

14. Web Management Committee

e-mail: web-comm (web-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Chair Russell Beale 2006
Publicity Officer Jeremy Wyatt ex off.
Director of Computing Facilities Eike Ritter ex off.
External Relations Manager Padma Reddy ex off.
Academic Manager Peter Coxhead ex off.
Two members of the computing support staff, elected by the computing support staff of the School Steve Pillinger
Keith Marlow
2008
2008
Up to two members appointed by School Committee after consideration of suggestions from the Web Management Committee Steve Allmark
Simon Thompson
2008
2008
Secretary Alison Wright

15. Student Recruitment Monitoring Group

e-mail: srmg-comm. (srmg-comm-open is the corresponding open list). For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor William Edmondson (chair) ex off.
Director of Postgraduate Studies or an MSc Admissions Tutor) Bob Hendley ex off.
Publicity Officer Jeremy Wyatt ex off.
International Recruitment and Marketing Officer Steven Allmark ex off.
Admissions and Marketing Assistant Martha Campos (secretary) ex off.

16. Learning Resources Committee

e-mail: lr-comm. For terms of reference, see 2.2 Management Structures.

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
Library Officer Antoni Diller (chair) ex off.
Library Clerk Ceinwen Cushway (secretary) ex off.
School Manager Alison Wright ex off.
Information Services Learning Resources Representative Tracy Kent ex off.
One member of Teaching Committee, appointed by Teaching Committee Peter Hancox 2008
One research student member of the School's Staff/Reserach Student Consultative Committee, elected by the research student members of the committee to be elected 2006
One student member of the School's Staff/Student Consultative Committee, elected by the student members of the committee Felix Gan 2006

17. Undergraduate Board of Examiners

See 3.3.1 Assessment Procedures.

Academic Year 2005/06 (normal meetings June and September 2006)

Chair (member of the Academic Management Team) Peter Coxhead 2008
External Examiners (final award boards only)

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
At least one Examinations Officer Alan Sexton
Hayo Thielecke
ex off.
At least one member of the Welfare Team Manfred Kerber
Mark Lee
ex off.
Undergraduate Project Coordinator Peter Tiño ex off.
Four representatives of Module Examiners, who may not serve in this capacity for more than one year consecutively Richard Dearden, Marta Kwiatkowska, Eike Ritter, Jeremy Wyatt All
2006

17. MSc Board of Examiners

See 3.3.1 Assessment Procedures.

Academic Year 2005/06 (normal meetings June and October 2006)

Chair (member of the Academic Management Team) Peter Hancox Jan 2008
External Examiners (final award boards only)

Head of School Uday Reddy ex off.
At least one Examinations Officer Alan Sexton ex off.
At least one member of the Welfare Team Manfred Kerber
Mark Lee
ex off.
Four representatives of Module Examiners, who may not serve in this capacity for more than one year consecutively John Bullinaria, Dan Ghica, Ata Kaban, Juliana Küster-Filipe Jan 2006


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