Category: Music

ORCiD ID

From Jason Dyck’s Presentation Handout (Feb 27, 2019)

What is ORCID? ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor iD. It is a free, open, and non-proprietary community-based registry of unique digital identifiers that was first launched in 2012. Each ORCID iD is a https URI with a 16-digit number(e.g. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-0125) that distinguishes you from all other researchers. Unlike other author profiles, ORCID is not limited by organization, discipline, or geographic region.

Why is ORCID necessary? Scholars frequently change their names,institutions, and emails during their careers,making it difficult to distinguish between researchers with the same name. Having a digital identifier avoids misattribution of your work. An ORCID iD is also becoming increasingly necessary in the world of scholarly communication given that funding agencies and scholarly publishers are encouraging (or requiring) researchers to include their ORCID iD with their applications and manuscripts.

What are the benefits of having an ORCID iD? With a digital identifier you will get credit for all your work because your ORCID iD cannot be confused with other researchers. Your ORCID iD stays with you throughout your entire career and it helps to improve discoverability of your research activity. ORCID supports the interoperable exchange of datasets, allowing you to import information (and receive automatic updates) to save time on data entry and activity reporting. ORCID also allows you to control your privacy settings.

Slides from Presentation

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Scholars to Leaders Guest Speaker Event

Leadership…or service?

Professor Mark Daley
Western’s Associate Vice-President of Research

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
12:30pm
International and Graduate Affairs Building – Atrium

Mark Daley is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science, Biology, Applied Math, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Statistics & Actuarial Science Departments, a Principal Investigator at the Brain and Mind Institute, an Associate Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute, a Faculty Affiliate of Toronto’s Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, holds a SHARCNET Research Chair in biocomputing, and is the chairman of the board of directors of Compute Ontario. A mathematician and theoretical computer scientist by training, Mark brings a unique perspective to the concept of leadership

Pizza will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis for those attending the event. No registration is required.

Visit http://www.grad.uwo.ca/finances/external_funding/index.html for the full roster of speakers this year.

Global Affairs Canada launches International Policy Ideas Challenge for 2019

Global Affairs Canada has partnered with SSHRC to launch its fourth International Policy Ideas Challenge for graduate students and early career researchers from Canadian postsecondary institutions. Participants are invited to submit their best ideas and solutions for Canada’s international policy challenges.

The top 10 winning entries will receive $3,000 each to develop their idea into policy briefs and present them to policy officials in Ottawa.

Proposals should be no more than 750 words and bridge at least two of the three policy areas under Global Affairs Canada’s mandate—foreign policy, trade and international development.

Ideas should focus on the following priority themes:

  • Canada’s international role in challenges requiring collective action;
  • climate change vis-à-vis security and migration;
  • Indigenous knowledge to advance Arctic cooperation;
  • inclusion as a way to address complex foreign policy challenges;
  • human rights abuses and exports;
  • trade, strategic relationships and engagement with China; and
  • addressing disinformation and cyber threats.

Proposals on other issues affecting Canada’s international policy may also be considered.

The deadline for entries is March 29, 2019.

For more information and entry guidelines, visit the Global Affairs Canada website

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Workshop – Amazon Mechanical Turk

The Faculty of Social Science has organized a workshop on

Amazon Mechanical Turk

By

Taylor Kohut, Post-Doc (Psychology)

Monday, February 11th
10-11 am
SSC 5220

“Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their processes and jobs to a distributed workforce who can perform these tasks virtually. This could include anything from conducting simple data validation and research to more subjective tasks like survey participation, content moderation, and more. MTurk enables companies to harness the collective intelligence, skills, and insights from a global workforce to streamline business processes, augment data collection and analysis, and accelerate machine learning development.”

This workshop is open to faculty members, post-docs, graduate students as well as technical and research staff.

RSVP required. There are a limited number of spots available.

Please see the attached poster for further details.

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3 Minute Thesis Competition

3MT (Three Minute Thesis) is a research communication competition where graduate students have 3 minutes or less to present their research and its impact to a panel of non-specialist judges and peers. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students’ capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Non-stem Faculties are often underrepresented in this competition, so consider signing up.

Date:  Friday, March 1, 2019
Time:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB), Room #1N05

Last Day to Register: Friday, February 22, 2019

For more info, view the 3MT website.

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Call for Presentations – FIMULAW Graduate Research Day

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

3rd Annual

FIMS/MUSIC/LAW (FIMULAW) Interdisciplinary Research Day

Friday, March 22, 2019

Law Building

The Faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies, and Law invite graduate students and faculty to submit a poster, panel presentation, lightning talk, and/or performance presentation to our 2019 FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Research Day. The FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Research Day provides faculty and graduate students an opportunity to present their work and to engage with an interdisciplinary audience on matters of importance to researchers across disciplines. Graduate students and faculty are welcome to reuse posters and presentations from previous conferences.

FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Research Day is made possible through the generous support of Research Western and the Faculties of Information and Media Studies, Music, and Law.

SUBMISSIONS FROM GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY FOR ALL PRESENTATION TYPES ARE WELCOME. DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, HOWEVER, YOUR DESIRED PRESENTATION FORMAT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED. YOU MAY SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE ABSTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION.

PANEL PRESENTATIONS

·       Panelists should speak to this year’s topic of “interdisciplinary connections”.

·       Submit an abstract of no more than 300 words, including a brief description of the ways in which your research connects to FIMS, Law, and/or Music.

·       Panelists will be given 10 minutes to speak on their topic. A question and answer period will follow roundtable discussions and is not included in the time limit.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

·       Posters on any and all topics relating to FIMS, Music, or Law research will be considered.

·       An emphasis on interdisciplinarity is preferred.

·       Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and poster title for consideration.

·       Posters will be presented in electronic format only.

·       Recommended poster dimensions: 1920 x 1080 pixels – if using Power Point: Design tab, Page Setup, select On-screen Show [16:9]. Save as PNG.

·       Posters from previous presentations are welcome.

A Research Poster Workshop will be offered by members of the FIMULAW organizing committee for those students who may be unfamiliar with the process of creating a research poster. You can sign up for this workshop when submitting your abstract, or email Laura Curtis for more information at laura.curtis@uwo.ca.

LIGHTNING TALK PRESENTATIONS

·       Lightning talks on any and all topics relating to FIMS, Music, or Law research will be considered.

·       Lightning talk participants will be given exactly 3 minutes to present. Visual aids are welcome, but not required.

·       An emphasis on interdisciplinarity is preferred

·       Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and presentation title for consideration.

PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS

·       Solo or Chamber Music presentations on creative process exploring any repertoire or context are welcomed.

·       Presentations should include performance and discussion of creative process.

·       Performance Presentations are limited to 15 minutes, including set-up

·       Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and suggested work(s) for consideration.

Please follow the link to the FIMULAW Application Form and submit your response by January 31, 2019.

Successful submissions will be notified by Thursday, February 14, 2019.

Questions?

Please contact Laura Curtis (PhD Student, Faculty of Music) – laura.curtis@uwo.ca

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FIMULAW: Graduate Interdisciplinary Research Day

The Faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies, and Law invite graduate students and faculty to save the date for the 3rd annual FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Day, to be held the morning of Friday, 22 March 2019 – this year hosted at the Faculty of Law.

This half-day event will include poster presentations, discussion panels, lightning talks, and musical performances.

The call for presentations will go out shortly.

More information available at the website.

Contribute to Science Policy in Canada

The Canadian Science Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications from prospective fellows interested in undertaking a 12-month policy position within a Canadian government host office.

Eligible applicants must be:

  • Faculty members at Canadian universities or PhD graduates
  • Canadian citizens or permanent residents (Citizenship requirements may differ for individual host offices; this will be accommodated in the fellow and host matching process)
  • Able to negotiate a leave of absence from their university or employer, as applicable

The 2019 cohort of fellowships will begin in September 2019. Approved fellows receive remuneration from their host offices and professional development training and networking events facilitated by Mitacs.

Applications will be accepted until February 3, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. PT. For more information, please visit the Canadian Science Policy Fellowship or contact policyfellowship@mitacs.ca.

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