Computer Laboratory PhD Handbook

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Faculty of Computer Science and Technology

2009-10Ph.D. in Computer Science

Information Booklet


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Contents

1. THE FACULTY: WHAT AND WHERE? 4

2. BEING A RESEARCH STUDENT THE BASICS 5

3. CPGS, REGISTRATION,RESEARCH SKILLS,SECOND-YEAR REPORTS,AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS 10

4. ACADEMIC STAFF AND RESEARCH GROUPS 14

5. IMPORTANT DATES 2009/2010 16

6. WHO'S HERE TO HELP 17

7. LIBRARIES 18

8. STUDENT ADMINISTRATION 19

9. PUBLICATIONS,CONFERENCES AND TRAVEL 20

10. STUDENT REPRESENTATION 22

11. WOMEN@CL 23

12. GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT 23

13. SUPERVISING UNDERGRADUATES 24

14. GETTING TO THE LAB 29

15. FIRST AID 30

FLOOR PLANS OF WILLIAM GATES BUILDING APPENDIX 1

MAP OF WEST CAMBRIDGE APPENDIX 2


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1. THE FACULTY: WHAT AND WHERE?

The Faculty of Computer Science and Technology, better known as the Computer

Laboratory, was founded in 1937 as the Mathematical Laboratory on the part of theNew Museums Site now occupied by the Arup Building. The building was known asOld Pathology and was notorious for its strange smell (formaldehyde, used forpreserving bodies) and the extra large lift (for transporting them!). The name waschanged to the Computer Laboratory in 1969 and the Computing Service was createdin 1970 as part of the same department.

Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes was the Head of Department from 1946 until 1980 whenhe was succeeded by Professor Roger Needham. In 1996, Roger was appointed Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University. Subsequent heads have been Professor Robin Milner,

Professor Ian Leslie (now pro-vice chancellor) and currently Professor Andy Hopper.

In 2001 we moved into purpose-built facilities in West Cambridge. Our address is:

Faculty of Computer Science and TechnologyWilliam Gates Building15 JJ Thomson AvenueCambridge, CB3 0FD

The Computer Laboratory is a department in the Faculty of Computer Science andTechnology and is part of the School of Technology along with Engineering, ChemicalEngineering and the Judge Institute of Management.

The address for the Department of Engineering is

Department of EngineeringTrumpington StreetCambridge, CB2 1PZ

The Computer Lab occupies the ground, first floor and most of the second floor of theWilliam Gates Building. To help you find you way around the rooms are labelled by:

Floor (ground-G, first-F and second-S)Corridor (north-N, centre-C and south-S)Number

For example room GC04 is on the ground floor, centre corridor.

The large central entrance corridor is known as The Street.The Intel Lab in SW11 is a large computer room for undergraduate students.

You will be allocated a room with other research students in your research group and,within reason, close to your supervisors room.


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2. BEING A RESEARCH STUDENT THE BASICS

The Faculty of Computer Science and Technology is part of the School of Technology

along with Engineering, Chemical Engineering and the Judge Institute of Management.In Cambridge, a Faculty is a body of personsfor the purpose of furthering the studyof a subject or subjects not an individual member of staff. The Faculty has a DegreeCommitteewhich is made up of academic representatives of the areas of interest of theFaculty, which has oversight of supervision and graduate education and examinationsin the Faculty.

Research students are admitted on a probationary basis in the first instance. Witheffect from October 2009, most students will be registered for the Certificate ofPostgraduate Studies in Computer Science (CPGS) initially and then be transferred to

the Ph.D. Degree after a successful completion of the first-year registration process.Other students may be admitted on a Not at First Registered basis (NOTAF) or, if astudent from outside the EU or EEC, a Ph.D. (Probationary) basis. Full registration forthe Ph.D. Degree requires successful completion of the first-year registration process.See Section 3.

Each student is assigned an individual who acts as his or her principalsupervisor. Asecond person is also appointed to act in a less formal capacity as second advisor forthe student. Usually the second advisor provides less formal backup, but sometimes willbe the main person supervising the student. You will also be assigned an independentassessor who will assess your first and second-year reports.

Every graduate student is a member a College. Colleges are social and academiccommunities, offering moral support, companionship and enrichment throughintellectual diversity. They also provide some of the key practical services andinfrastructure that help students to flourish in Cambridge, such as accommodation andcommunal meals. These features enable the student to focus on work and to make themost of his or her time in Cambridge. Each graduate studentis assigned to a GraduateTutor or equivalent (thetitle may vary) at the College, who will not necessarily befamiliar with the students subject area, but rather is intended to be a source ofpersonal advice and pastoral care.

Research students in the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology are admitted ona full-time basis only. It is not possible to take paid work while you are studying full-time at Cambridge, and you must not expect to provide additional income in this way.The only exception is:

If you are a full-time graduate student reading for the PhD, MSc or MLittDegree. Here you may, without obtaining special permission, undertake teachingwork for the Colleges ('supervisions') or your Department or Faculty for up to 6hours a week including necessary preparation. A further 4 hours a weekincluding preparation (10 in all) may be undertaken if the permission of yourSupervisor has been obtained. No larger portion of your time may be devoted to

teaching work and no time may be devoted to work other than research uponthe approved subject without special permission from the Board.

The Faculty of Computer Science and Technology recommends that in your first yearyou do no more than three hours per week supervisory work. See Section 12.


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Responsibilities and mutual expectations(Board of Graduate Studies Code of Practice)(i) Research studentsAny student whose medical or other specific requirements might affect participation inany part of the course must inform their supervisor at the start of the course.Each graduate student is expected to:

take full advantage of the facilities, teaching and supervision offered, and tokeep his/her supervisor informed of any circumstances affecting his/her academicperformance;

meet regularly with his or her supervisor keeping him or her informed ofprogress, and handing in work at the agreed times; students experiencingdifficulties in meeting with the supervisor, or other staff members, shouldcontact their Faculty/Department Director of Graduate Studies without delay;

manage submission of his or her progress reports, dissertation and, if required,training log to an agreed timetable;

access his or her own supervision reports through his/her CamSIS self-servicepages and discuss them with the supervisor;

manage his or her applications for allowances and for continuation; and keepthe University appraised of changes in contact details through his/her CamSISself-service pages;

take ultimate responsibility for the final quality of all his or her academic worksubmitted; following the advice and guidance of the supervisor carries noguarantee of success at examination, nor will encouraging advice, or theapproval of a piece of work, by a supervisor constitute grounds for complaint inthe event of failure in the examination;

seek advice and help from the sources identified (section 7), should problemsarise; inform his or her College and supervisor promptly if he or she ceases to attend

through ill health or other grave cause, or withdraws from the course; pay fees and College bills in a timely manner; abide by the Universitys regulations concerning Graduate Students, including

those concerning discipline and avoidance of plagiarismhttp://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/current/submitting/plagiarism.html

(ii) SupervisorsThe person appointed as the principal supervisor of a graduate student is expected to:

be familiar withthe advice provided by the Degree Committee and Board ofGraduate Studies;

attend supervisor training and support courses and events as required by theDegree Committee (the body that appoints and is responsible for supervisors);

participate in graduate admissions as required by the Faculty/Department; be aware of any minima for the number or frequency of supervisions set down

by the Faculty or Department; establish an effective means of communication with the student; for example

making clear the frequency and timings of meetings, making sure that thestudent knows how to make contact at other times. Supervisors should be aware

that some students will not, on the strength of their previous experience, expectto make the first approach to set up a meeting, but will expect the supervisor totake the initiative. Supervisors are advised to make firm appointments for


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students at least in the first instance and to be alert to the possibility ofmisunderstanding if the student does not make contact regularly;

respond promptly and appropriately to requests from students to meet and tocomment on work at various stage of development; if a supervisor is to be awayfrom Cambridge for an extended period, he or she should ensure that studentsare aware of this and should inform them of back-up supervisory arrangements;

establish the suitability of the topic proposed for the degree sought, in the lightof resource availability, the Universitys timescale for submission of the thesis,and the students background and aptitude;

guide the studentin planning, focusing and developing the study by encouragingthe student to make a written timetable and plan at a very early stage to ensurethat a manageable piece of work is undertaken;

ensure that the terms of any sponsorship agreement and any implicationsregarding the ownership of intellectual property rightsare made clear to thestudent at the outset and are honoured during the course and the examination ofthe thesis;

monitor progress against the agreed timetable and plan for the work and takeappropriate action by referring the student to the Degree Committee if thestudent does not keep in contact, or progress is poor;

report termly on the students progress through CamGRAD:

CamGRAD: the Board of Graduate Studies online reporting system for graduatesupervisors.

CamGRAD reports, once submitted, are available to the student. They are also read bythe Course Director (if applicable), Degree Committee, College and Board of Graduate

Studies, who all take an interest in the students progress. Supervisors are encouragedto give an honest appraisal of the students progress but to do so in a manner that canbe used positively to provide useful feedback.

if a student is in danger of failing an assessment or examination, or is not likelyto make the standard for progression to the next stage, it is important to say soin the report providing this can be done if a way that does not cause the studentto lose heart. In such circumstances, supervisors should not wait till the termlyreport is due to make this apparent but should take action earlier to try toremedy the situation. Supervision reports will be considered by the Degree

Committee and Board of Graduate Studies in evaluating any applications forexamination allowances or in cases of dispute; make sure the student has accesstoresources required to complete the projected

work; any plan that envisages the use of resources beyond what can reasonablybe made available must be discouraged;

advise the student onrelevant literature, methodology and academic conventionspertaining in the field (in particular, how to avoid plagiarism see above);

read and comment on draft chapters; most supervisors will specify that theywish to see at least some draft chapters at an early stage, as they are written, sothat the student can incorporate any feedback into subsequent writing;

provide an academic commentary on students applications for allowances, suchas: leave to work or reside away from Cambridge; intermission of studies;deferral of submission of the thesis; restriction of access to the thesis; and forfunding etc;


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make sure that Research Council and other major sponsor is informed promptlyif a students work is delayed or seriously affected by illness or other gravecause;

where relevant, advise on ethical and safety implications of the work; advise on personal development planning and skills development;

encourage students to attend training provided (and may require them to do soin the case of Health & Safety training); advise on publicationof the research and offer advice on furtherstudy or careers

in the specific research area; respond promptly to reasonable requests for references for his or her students.

(iii) Head of DepartmentThe Head of the institution takes responsibility for agreeing to admit students and, indoing so, confirms that the resources required for the study as envisaged at the outsetare available either within the institution or by arrangement elsewhere, and that asuitable supervisor is available.

(iv) Degree Committee and the Board of Graduate StudiesThe conduct and governance of each course is under the oversight of the DegreeCommittee for the Faculty concerned. The Degree Committee reports to the Board ofGraduate Studies in the following respects:

With respect to research students: Recommending candidates for admission and setting suitable entry criteria,

special conditions etc (on recommendation of Head of institution); Monitoring students progress;

Recommending continuation to a research degree from a Masters or othercourse; Recommending registration of a probationary research student for a PhD,

MSc/MLitt or MPhil degree or Certificate of Postgraduate Studies; Recommending/commenting on applications for allowances and exemptions; Recommending candidates for the qualification (on recommendation of the

Examiners).

With respect to Supervisors and Examiners Appointing supervisors (on recommendation of Head of institution, and bearing

in mind the existing load carried by the individuals concerned; Monitoring students progress through their supervision and other reports; Academic line-management of supervisors including resolution of academic

problems between students and supervisors if not resolved at a more local level; Appointing examiners (on recommendation of Head of institution) and

providing them with advice and all documentation as required; At the request of the Board of Graduate Studies, investigating and responding to

complaints about examinations, supervision etc. Registering new supervisors with CamSiS/CamGRAD.


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With respect to Administration Deliberating on, and responding to consultations by the Board of Graduate

Studies and others on, matters of policy for graduate education in their field; bringing to the Board proposals for modification of existing courses, suppression

of existing courses or provision of new ones (on recommendation of the Faculty

and School concerned); ensuring that communications from the Board of Graduate Studies regarding

policies and process are disseminated appropriately among the institutions forwhich the Degree Committee is responsible.

The ultimate responsibility for these graduate qualifications lies with the Boardof Graduate Studies and, through them, the General Board.

(v) CollegesThe 31 Colleges have agreed and adopted their own Code of Practice with regard tograduate students, http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/committee/seniortutors/, which sets out thecommon core of provision that all Cambridge Colleges make for their graduate students. It

explains how this provision works in the college setting, indicating at the same time thediversity that is built into the system. The document also sets out the responsibilities ofgraduates as members of colleges.

Further details are available in the Board of Graduate Studies Code of Practicehttp://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/practice/


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At the end of the third term following admission, research students are required tosubmit a Report and Thesis Proposal pursuant to registration for the Ph.D. Degree andtransfer from the probationary status of not at first registered or CPGS. These reportsshould be contained in one single document of no more than 10,000 words.

The Report should cover the work done during the first year and should show that thestudent has made good use of their time to become familiar with background literature,identify a potential problem or topic to address, and do initial work on this by e.g.detailed analysis of an existing system, assembly of an investigative apparatus, conductof a pilot experiment, etc.

The Proposal should present the intended thesis topic in more detail, and show there isa viable route to a dissertation in two years' time. Thus it should say what the problembeing addressed is, why it is important, what the proposed method of attacking it is,why this is new and interesting, and what the major steps to completion of the attackthrough the next two years are. Both documents should give sufficient information forthe student's independent assessors to satisfy themselves that all is well.

Three soft-bound copies (stapled or comb-bound) of the document should be handed tothe Secretary of the Degree Committee by 31 July (or the corresponding time forstudents who did not start in Michaelmas). The student will be invited to discuss the

documents with two independent assessors. A student may invite the supervisor toattend if clarification of the report is required.

Where the initial Proposal is unsatisfactory, the supervisor must ask for a revisedsubmission and arrange a further discussion. Where the Proposal is acceptable, it maystill help the student to record suggested modifications in a final version of theProposal.

There are three possible outcomes to the first-year scrutiny process:1. Recommendation that the student is awarded the CPGS and registeredfor the Ph.D. Degree;2. Recommendation that the student is awarded the CPGS but not tocontinue to the Ph.D. Degree;3. Not recommended to be awarded the CPGS; not recommended tocontinue to the Ph.D. Degree.

Though the Report and Proposal documents are internal to the Laboratory, they formthe base for formal progress reports and reports to funding bodies, the documentsshould be assessed and discussed by September 30th at the latest (or correspondingdate). The Secretary of the Degree Committee informed of the result via CamGRAD.

In those cases where the student's progress is wholly inadequate, the supervisor shouldgive them a written warning, by September 30th (or the appropriate correspondingdate), that they are in danger of termination, with copy to the Secretary of the DegreeCommittee.

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CERTIFICATE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES (CPGS)REGULATIONS1. Certificates of Postgraduate Study shall be awarded for advanced study and trainingin research in Computer Science.

1. The study and training shall include:

(a) courses of lectures approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty ofComputer Science and Technology; (b) practical work carried out in one or more of the following ways:

o (i) organized experiments or theoretical exercises of an advanced type,o (ii) assistance with a piece of research,o (iii) a small research investigation,o (iv) training in some technique.

2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination for the Certificate mayinclude (in addition to the submission of a dissertation and an oral examinationas laid down in General Regulation 5) one or two written papers on subjectscognate to the lectures attended by the candidate.

3. The dissertation shall be of not more than 10,000 words in length, exclusiveof tables, bibliography, and appendices.

APPROVED COURSES OF LECTURESUnless a student can demonstrate that similar material has been covered as part of aMasters degree, all research students in their first-year must attend and successfullycomplete the eight week Research Skills module.

RESEARCH SKILLS (MODULE CODE C00)MODULE LEADER:DR NEIL DODGSONThis compulsory module provides training in the key skills required for research:

reading, writing, presenting, and experimenting.

1. How to read a research paper. [1.5 sessions]Several of the other modules require you to read and comment on researchpapers. The first topic in this module therefore explains how to read a paper andhow to review one. In particular, we consider what questions you should you askyourself when reading. Beyond the issues in reading a single paper, we alsoconsider how you decide which papers are worth reading, how you prioritiseyour reading time, and how papers are reviewed for conferences and journals.Assessed practical work: reading and commenting on three short papers2. The research process. [0.5 sessions]

Research consists of undertaking original work, understanding the context inwhich your original work fits, and presenting your original work to other people.We will look at the process of research, discuss common misconceptions andpitfalls, and consider the ethical issues that surround research.3. How to write a research paper. [5 sessions]Your brilliant ideas are of no use unless you communicate them. This, longest,section of the module explains how to present your ideas in writing. We willconsider how to structure a paper, how to write the first draft, and how to edit.We will also give advice on writing style and on how, and how not, to commenton a colleague's writing.

Assessed practical work: writing two short pieces.


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4. How to give presentation. [2 sessions now + 4 sessions of studentpresentations at the end of the course]Having had your original paper accepted, you will need to present your ideas toyour research group, to workshops, and to conferences. We discuss how toprepare a presentation how to keep your audience interested, and how to leavethem wanting to read your paper. We will consider how to structure a goodpresentation and how to avoid the pitfalls that send your audience to sleep.Assessed practical work: preparing and giving a short presentation.5. How to design, analyse, and report an experiment. [3 sessions]Most scientific work is informed by experiment. We discuss experimental design,including the common pitfalls. Once you have your experimental results, youneed to analyse them. We consider the standard statistical tests for determiningwhether your results are significant.Assessed practical work: analysing and reporting on a set of experimental dataprovided by the lecturerNote: the number of sessions devoted to each section, and the precise nature of

the practical work, are estimates and may change.

The core reading for this course, Zobel, J., (2004) Writing for Computer Science, willbe available to borrow for a small deposit from Student Administration at thebeginning of Michaelmas Term. Assessed presentations will be scheduled for the lasttwo days of Michaelmas Term (Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th December 2009) and it iscompulsory that all students make themselves available for these days.

Additionally, all research students are expected to attend all Wednesday Seminars heldin term time. Students may be advised by their supervisors to also attend lectures fromthe Part II Computer Science Tripos, the M.Phil in Advanced Computer Science orComputer Speech, Text and Internet Technology or other courses offered by otherUniversity departments. All research students are also expected to attend courses fromthe Transferable Skills series including those on supervising undergraduates andpresentation skills.

REGISTRATIONStudents who have successfully passed the first-year scrutiny process will berecommended for registration for the Ph.D. Degree by the Degree Committee for theFaculty of Computer Science and Technology. Recommendations are approved

formally by the Board of Graduate Studies.Reports and recommendations submitted by the supervisor are visible on CamSIS self-service web pages once approved.

A student who has not been approved to progress to the Ph.D. Degree may berecommended for the Certificate of Postgraduate Study in Computer Science.

SECOND-YEAR REPORT AND THESIS SCHEDULEAll research students must submit a Report and Dissertation Schedule at the end oftheir second year. This should be a single document, usually between 2000 and 4000words.


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4. ACADEMIC STAFF AND RESEARCH AREAS

The Faculty of Computer Science and Technology has a staff of 39 teaching staff, 25

support staff, 40 post-doctoral workers and about 150 research students at any onetime.ACADEMIC TEACHING STAFF

Prof. Ross Anderson rja14 GE19 Security

Prof. Jean Bacon jmb25 FN15 OPERA

Dr Alastair Beresford arb33 SN13 DTG

Dr Alan Blackwell afb21 SS04 Rainbow

Prof. Ted Briscoe ejb1 GS18 NLIP

Dr Stephen Clark sc609 GS17 NLIP

Dr Ann Copestake aac10 GS20 NLIP

Prof. Jon Crowcroft jac22 FN13 SRG

Prof. John Daugman jgd1000 FC04 AI

Prof. Anuj Dawar ad260 FE20 PLS

Dr Neil Dodgson nad10 SS10 Rainbow

Dr Marcelo Fiore mpf23 FE15 PLS

Dr Richard Gibbens rg31 FE05 PLS

Prof. Mike Gordon mjcg FE19 PLS

Dr David Greaves djg11 FN12 PLS, SRG, CompArch

Dr Timothy Griffin tgg22 FE25 SRG

Dr Steven Hand smh22 FN04 SRG

Dr Robert Harle rkh23 SN09 DTG

Dr Sean Holden sbh11 FC06 AI

Prof. Andy Hopper ah12 GC10 DTG

Dr Matej a Jamnik mj201 FC18 AI, PLS

Dr Markus Kuhn mgk25 GE16 Security

Prof. Ian Leslie iml1 FN16 SRG

Dr Pietro Lio' pl219 FC20 AI, Bioinformatics

Dr Cecilia Mascolo cm542 FN08 SRG

Dr Andrew Moore awm22 FW16 SRG

Dr Simon Moore swm11 SE13 CompArch

Dr Robert Mullins rdm34 SE15 CompArch

Prof. Alan Mycroft am21 FC15 PLS

Dr Matthew Parkinson mjp41 FS12 PLS

Prof. Larry Paulson lp15 FE18 PLS

Prof. Andrew Pitts amp12 FC08 PLS

Dr Andrew Rice acr31 SN13 DTG

Prof. Peter Robinson pr10 SS14 Rainbow

Dr Peter Sewell pes20 FS10 PLS

Dr Frank Stajano fms27 GS22 Security

Dr Simone Teufel sht25 GS14 NLIPDr Ian Wassell ijw24 SN06 DTG

Prof. Glynn Winskel gw104 FE23 PLS


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The Faculty of Computer Science and Technology can be generally broken down intothe following research groups but there tends to be some overlapping.

KEY RESEARCH AREAS

Wireless Engineeringhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ic231/wirelesscomms/wct_main.html

Architectureshttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/comparch/

Widely Distributed Systemshttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/opera/home/home.html

Networks and Operating Systems

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/

Graphics and HCIhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/rainbow/

Securityhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/

Natural Language and Informationhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/nl/

AI and Bioinformaticshttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/ai/

Programming, Logic and Semantics Grouphttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/pls/


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1. THE CALENDAR 2009/2010

The Terms are:Michaelmas: Full Term Tues. 6th October Fri. 4th December 2009Lent: Full Term Tues. 12th January Fri. 12th March 2010Easter: Full Term Tues. 20th April Fri. 11th June 2010

2. IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTEInduction Day Friday 16th October 2009

Happy Hour Friday evening events in the Common Room

Health and Safety Courses (Compulsory)

Tuesday 6th October, Corn Exchange, 10.00-12.00;Wednesday 7th October: Risk Assessment, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms(various times: see your invitation letter)

Research Skills Module (Compulsory) Starts Friday October 9thFridays and Wednesdays at 14.00 in Room SW01; Michaelmas Term only

Research Skills Presentations Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th December

Recruitment Fair Thursday 19thNovember 2009

FIRST YEAR REPORT AND THESIS PROPOSAL/CPGSDate of commencement Report submission date

October July 31st

January st

April January 31st

SECOND YEAR REPORT AND THESIS SCHEDULEDate of commencement Report submission date

October July 31st

January st

April January 31st

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS LOGS Due annually on July 31st

LAB CLOSURE DATESChristmas 4 p.m. December 24th until January 4thEaster 5 p.m. April 1st until April 6th

Assistant staff (Reception, Student Admin, Accounts, and Secretarial) also takes the followingBank Holidays: May 3rd, May 31st and August 30th 2010.

5. IMPORTANT DATES 2008/2009


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6. WHO'S HERE TO HELP

The Head of Department in the Faculty is Prof. Andy Hopper. He is also Professor ofComputer Technology.

In addition to your supervisor, the following people are here to help.

Prof. Andy HopperCaroline Matthews

Margaret Levitt

Prof. Glynn Winskel

Nicholas Cutler

Carol Nightingale

Lise GoughMegan Sammons

Jennifer Underhill

Louis MassuardIan Burton-Palmer

Michelle JeffreyCynthia Curtis

Dr Martyn Johnson

Head of DepartmentPA to Head of Department

Departmental Administrator

Graduate Students Advisor

Librarian

Dept. Secretary of Finance

Student Admin. ManagerStudent Admin. AssistantStudent Admin. Assistant

Building ServicesBuilding Services Manager

Reception

Systems Administrator

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Manager of the email system [email protected]

Help with problems relating to

computing systems

[email protected]

Help with problems relating toLab managed Win NT systems

[email protected]

Help with problems relating toprinters

[email protected]

Computer Lab website http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/local/phd/

Board of Graduate Studies http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/current/

University Information(including welfare and support)

http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/currentss/

Graduate Union http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/

Unofficial Guide for PhD Students http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/local/phd/phd-guide.pdf

Disability Resource Centre http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/disability/


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7. LIBRARIES

Faculty of Computer Science and TechnologyThe library principally serves the staff and students of the Faculty, although othermembers of the University may use the library for reference purposes on application tothe librarian.

Opening hoursAt present the library is open and staffed between 9am and 5pm, Mondays to Fridays.The librarian is normally away for lunch from 1 until 2pm, and users visiting for thefirst time, or needing assistance, are advised to avoid those hours. Current members ofthe Faculty may gain access to the library outside of these hours using their Mifareaccess card including Ph.D. students.

Location of collectionsAll of the librarys collections arehoused in the single room of the library;either on the open shelves to the left ofthe main entrance, or, for less frequentlyused material, in the mobile stacksrunning along the back of the library.The shelves are numbered such that case1 is to the left of the main entrance and

case 2 is the other side of that shelf unitcases 3-4 the next unit and so on.

Scientific Periodicals Library (SPL) Full of journals and other periodicals.

University Library (UL) A UK copyright library, which means that every bookpublished in the UK should be in here. A computer scientist may be interested in theLecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series which are not available elsewhere inCambridge.

Betty & Gordon Moore Library (BGML) One of the dependent libraries of the UL, this

is the Department for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics library.It also contains many of the ULs Computer Science titles. Access can be gained 24hours a day on application at the desk.

College Libraries aremainly useful as a source of undergraduate text books.The University Library maintains a searchable catalogue of the contents of the UL, alist of serials (e.g. journals), most of which are physically stored in the ScientificPeriodicals Library, and a Union Catalogue of all College and departmental librariesincluding the Computer Lab Library. This catalogue can be searched via the web, orusing SSH.

The Computer Lab library maintains its own set of pages on the Web, along withaccess points to other online libraries. Searching it or any other departmental library ismost easily done via the UL Newton online catalogue, using apply limits button to

Case no. Contents

1 Book Locker (Undergraduate course texts)

2-6 Monographs and other published material

9-10 Oversize items

13-20 Periodicals

22 M.Phil dissertations

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narrow the search. You will typically be allowed to read in other departments libraries,if they have material you cant obtain elsewhere, but it is courteous to ask the librarianfirst, typically by email. If for some reason you dont find what youre looking for inCambridge, you may order an inter-library loan from the Scientific Periodicals Library.

Photocopiers are available in most departmental libraries, the UL, and the SPL, and areoperated by means of cash or photocopier cards of several types: if you are unsure, askthe librarian. You should also read and obey the restrictions on copying posted by eachphotocopier (though also note that they dont apply to certain publications: ACMpapers, for example, are freely redistributable under certain conditions).

Student Administration is based in the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology,William Gates Building,JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FD.

Submission of project proposals, progress reports and dissertations

Opening hoursThe Student Administration hatch in the Street for lecture notes, solution papersand supervision queries.

M, Tu, W, Th, Fri 09:00 12:00, 14:00 16:30

The Student Administration Manager is available throughout the day apart fromlunchtime (1 p.m. until 2 p.m.) and tea-breaks (tea-breaks between 10.30 11.00and 15.30 16.00 are sacred to Student Admin staff).

Student Administration StaffPost-graduate administration:Ms Lise Gough Manager (3)34656 Room [email protected]

Undergraduate and MPhil administration:Mrs Jennifer Underhill Clerk (7)63505 Room [email protected] Megan Sammons Clerk (3)34652 Room [email protected]

Accounts:Mrs Carol Nightingale Departmental Secretary for [email protected] Room GC12Mrs Tanya Hall Accounts Clerk Room [email protected] (7)63797

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If your paper is accepted, pat yourself on the back. Then:o Get even more people to read it and take even more care revising it before

submitting the final copy. If English is not your native language, makesure that the text has been carefully reviewed by someone fluent. Yourreputation and the reputation of the Faculty depend on it!

o Practise conference presentations on a few members of your researchgroup.

o If appropriate, prepare a poster and some handouts. Poster design is quitehard; just walk round the Laboratory to see some very good examplesand some less good ones. Seek advice from the authors of those you like.Please contact Chris Hadley, [email protected], if you wish to use theprinter redwood.

ando Register early, and book travel and accommodation in good time for

reduced rates. Check any visa requirements in good time. Reception willdo all this for you, but will need to see the approved expenses form.

Register your paper in the Laboratory's publications database(see http://www.publications.cl.cam.ac.uk/).


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10. STUDENT REPRESENTATION

Ph.D. Students are represented on the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology by

a Junior Member. Elections for members are held in the November of each academicyear. The Faculty receives the Minutes of the Staff Student Committee, the TeachingCommittee, and the Forum of Directors of Studies, and itself reports to the GeneralBoard of the University. The Faculty Minutes are sent to the Secretary General of theFaculties, the members and to Officers in the Faculty.Copies are filed in the Departmental Secretary's office, currently Room GC07, WilliamGates Building.

The junior members, two students on taught courses and one research student, attendthe first part of each meeting during which unreserved business is discussed - that's the

bulk of the business and includes things like the Head of Department's annual report,accreditation matters, examiners' reports, teaching matters related to the Tripos andM.Phil courses, the use of calculators in exams, new proposals for courses, etc.Reserved business covers matters referring to named members of staff (e.g. promotionsand leave of absence), and such things as the appointment of Examiners and the Formand Conduct of examinations.

Whilst the faculty representative elections are formally independent of the GraduateUnion, under the terms of the GU Constitution (which has the approval of theUniversity Council) the elected graduate representative is also a voting member of theGU's governing council. Further information about the GU Council is available at

http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/gradunion/council/

Faculty meetings are fairly formal and reasonable dress is required!

The Graduate Students Forum is, in comparison, a relatively relaxed occasion andprovides a forum for student and staff representatives to exchange comments aboutfacilities, etc. The Forum is made up of research student representatives from researchstudents and the M.Phil courses, a Deputy Head of Department, the Graduate StudentsCoordinator and a member of the Student Administrative Staff. The Forum has theopportunity to suggest courses and activities that fall within the remit of the

Transferable Skills allocation as well as issues that a particularly relevant to researchstudents in the Faculty. Meetings are held at lunch time once a term.


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11. WOMEN@CL

women@CL provides local and national activities for women engaged in computing

research and academic leadership. The network was established because only one infour computing PhDs, one in eight computing academic staff and one in twentycomputing professors are females, yet 33% of academic women, as opposed to 22% ofmen, aspire to leadership positions. women@CL is based in the Facult .

At a national level, women@CL supports women in computing research, with a focuson interdisciplinary research, leadership and enterprise, through a programme of careerdevelopment activities including regional and national workshops, mentoring andnetworking. To stay informed anyone can subscribe to mailing list. The aim of this listis to disseminate information about activities that celebrate, inform or support women

in the UK who are, or plan to be, engaged in computing research or academicleadership. To join the list, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wicr or [email protected]

At a local level, the aim is for a simple grass-roots model that is effective, replicable andsustainable across science and engineering departments in a complex institution.women@CL provides an opportunity for everyone to network with early-career womenrole models in research, industry or start-ups through monthly lunches, and a moreformal positive action program in collaboration with the University Equality andDiversity Unit.

Unless otherwise stated women@CL activities are open to all, women and men. Forinformation on our meetings and resources for and about women in computing, pleasevisit the women@CL web page http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/women/

12. GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT

The Faculty offers a number of courses throughout the academic year as part of itsGraduate Development program. These may be counted towards your Transferable

Skills: languages at beginners, intermediate and advanced levels (Japanese, Chinese,Spanish, French and German); Supervising Undergraduates; Scientific Writing;Finishing your PhD; and Presentation Skills. Student Administration will notifystudents of the dates of these courses. Language courses are presented by theDepartment of Engineering and run for two terms, and include oral and writtenexaminations. See http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/language/indexLU.htm forfurther details.The Faculty also encourages all research students to attend the Wednesday Seminarseries http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/seminars/ as well as those offered by other researchgroups. Additionally, we encourage students to attend graduate workshops andconferences, and to attend Part II lectures in the CS Tripos.


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(From Dr Frank Kings Notes http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/supervisions/notes/)

What is a Supervision?

Like an elephant, a supervision is easy to recognise but difficult to define. Wheneveryou see, almost anywhere in Cambridge, three people sitting at the same side of a deskor table and the one in the middle appears to be about 25 and the other two appear tobe about 20 then you are probably witnessing a supervision.If, further, the younger ones are clutching lecture notes and old Tripos papers and theolder one is holding forth (see What does a supervisor do?) then you can put your shirt(er blouse?) on this being a supervision. The one in the middle is the supervisor (formalCambridge terminology) and the others are supervision pupils (often informally calledsupervisees).All three may be in sports gear and drinking coffee. These are not contrary signs but ifall three are wearing anoraks and eating strongly flavoured junk food then you haveprobably stumbled on some hackers in one of the computer rooms and could lose yourshirt.

The Computer Science TriposMainstream Computer Science undergraduates study in the Faculty for three years.They take a three-Part examination (known as the Computer Science Tripos). One Partis taken at the end of each academic year but the Parts are numbered IA, IB andII (not1, 2 and 3).The Faculty of Computer Science and Technology, as a University Department,arranges all the lectures and practical classes associated with these courses. Details of

all courses are found in the syllabus booklets for the Computer Science Tripos andother documents which you can obtain from the Student Administrator of the Facultywhose office is GC04 on the ground floor of the William Gates Building.As well as being a member of the University, each student is also a member of someCollege. Each College takes a strong interest in the progress of its students and thenormal way a College monitors this progress and offers advice and help is through thesupervision system. Accordingly, supervisions are formally a College responsibility.

Directors of StudiesEach College appoints aDirector of Studies for each subject in which it has any

students. Directors of Studies have two principal tasksFirst they must ensure that each student has one or two supervisions a week. Theynormally give supervisions themselves but they often need to appoint other supervisorstoo.Secondly, it is Directors of Studies who monitor progress. They usually see eachstudent at the beginning and end of each Term and read supervision reports written bysupervisors. [Supervision reports are submitted by CamCORS for which you use yourHermes account.]It is normal for both students and supervisors to approach a Director of Studies withproblems. A student may be experiencing special difficulties with a course or asupervisor may have an ill-matched pair of supervisees.

Directors of Studies distinguish three kinds of supervisor. Those who supervise across abroad range of courses aregeneral supervisors. Others who give advice for just one ortwo courses are specialist supervisors. Those who supervise projects undertaken byfinal-year Tripos students and Diploma students areproject supervisors.

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Directors of Studies often cooperate in syndicates so that several Colleges share in theadministration of supervisions. This means that as a supervisor you may be asked byone Director of Studies to supervise students from another's College.

How do you find a Director of Studies to work for?

The administrative arrangements sound very complicated even to many Cambridgegraduates. If you are newly arrived in Cambridge you may find the whole business anutter mystery at first. Fortunately, if you have any thoughts on being a supervisor andhaven't already been approached by a Director of Studies eager to use your services,there are some simple steps you can take:

Visit the Undergraduate Student Administrator or send an e-mail to [email protected].

Ask for the syllabus booklets and glance at the lists of courses. Explain that you would like it to be made known that you are interested in

supervising.If you are interested in supervising any PartII course, the Student Administrator willadd your name to her list, because the Faculty in general arranges supervisions for themore specialist final-year courses. In the case of other courses, she will probably inviteyou to offer your services to Directors of Studies via e-mail.With any luck, you will quickly find a Director of Studies to take an interest in you. Ifyou don't, you should note that most Directors of Studies in Computer Science work inthe Faculty , are friendly and probably know where there is a shortage of supervisionpower. Accordingly, you can approach a random Director of Studies, perhaps afterconsulting your immediate colleagues about whom would be good to see.What should you ask the Director of Studies?Once you have the ear of a Director of Studies you will have little further need of this

document. The Director of Studies should explain everything you need to know.Nevertheless there are specific matters which need to be clear on both sides and areworth rehearsing here:

Explain what your interests are and be clear about which topics you are beingasked to supervise. Which year are the students in? Which courses areintroductory and which follow on from earlier material?

Ask how you can get hold of handouts provided by lecturers of courses youmight supervise and ask how you can get hold of past Tripos papers.

Ask whether it might be a good idea to attend some lectures yourself. Ask about project supervision. You may decide this is more to your liking than

supervising ordinary course work. Explain how much time you are prepared to supervise. Three hours a week for

each of the 20 weeks a year that courses are run is common. Don't take on toomuch and allow time for preparing for supervisions.

Ask how often you are expected to supervise each group. The answer may varyfrom `weekly' to `just once, it's a very short specialist course'.

Make sure you know whom you are supervising and which College or Collegesthey come from. Ask for their e-mail addresses and be sure that you know the e-mail address of the Director of Studies too.

Ask how best to arrange the first supervisions and where to give them. It is veryimportant to supervise where you will not be distracted by the telephone or

visitors. Ask about claim forms and rates of pay. Ask about supervision report forms. Ask what you are expected to do. The answer may include some of what is

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What does a Supervisor do?Early each Michaelmas Term, the Faculty runs an informal session for new supervisors.Information about this can be obtained from the Undergraduate StudentAdministrator. In addition, the Staff Development Office of the University runs a

popular annual symposium on supervising. The Undergraduate Student Administratorwill give information about this symposium which is not, of course, run specificallywith Computer Science in mind.

Just about the only thing common, to all supervisions, is that they are nearly alwaysscheduled to last an hour. Even this rule is often broken for project supervisions wherea little and often is sometimes appropriate. The rule should (almost) never be brokenthe other way; it is most unlikely to profit a supervisee if you take a supervision beyondan hour.It is also very common to supervise two supervisees at a time. Not many supervisorslike supervising three or more at once; the seating arrangements are uncomfortable andit is difficult to treat all the supervisees equally. Colleges don't like the expense ofsupervising single supervisees but inevitably there will be a few singleton supervisions.A nave bureaucrat might specify that a supervision should always run as follows:

Begin by going through work which you set last time and that the studentshanded in well before the supervision and which you have carefully read andmade comments on.

Discuss any problems the students have been having with lectures on the topicsyou are supervising. Ideally, you should get the students to e-mail such queriesin advance, perhaps giving a reference to a point in a course handout (whichyou should have). You may ask to see the students' own notes and if you can'tsolve the problem quickly don't waste time struggling in the supervision. Do not

have any qualms about leaving a problem until the next supervision(alternatively you might e-mail a solution).

At this stage you can make your own contribution to the course. Amplify someof the points given in the lectures. Go through your favourite problems. Showhow the material relates to other courses and why it is considered important.Generally be enthusiastic and motivating! All this may require some thinkingabout before the supervision.

Sometimes you may want to illustrate points at a workstation. This is fine butyou must obviously use a venue where you can get access to one.

Draw attention to any exercises included in the course handouts. Urge thesupervisees to look at all or most of these and specify questions to be attempted

whose solutions you want handed in for next time. It is perfectly in order toinvent questions of your own for solving.

Towards the end of a course, or after it has finished, you can usefully setquestions from past Tripos papers. Don't set anything too frightening too early.

Make it clear when and where the next supervision is to take place. Specifyexactly what you want handed in, where to hand it in and by when. A good ruleof thumb is to ask for work to be handed in 24 hours in advance. This gives youa chance to gain a feeling for how the supervisee is progressing.

Keep a log of how many supervisions you have given and to whom. Make noteson how much progress each supervisee has made. At the end of each term you

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In practice, it is often unrealistic or even silly to stick rigidly to a plan such as this andyour Director of Studies may be the first to say so. For example, supervisees areunlikely to concentrate 100% for the whole hour and if you can predict which part ofthe plan is likely to be most challenging, arrange to have this early in the supervision.You may unexpectedly find that none of your supervisees understands a particular

topic and you spend the whole of a supervision covering just one point. This need notbe a bad thing. It is better by far to cover a few topics well than several badly.

Supervision ProblemsVarious things can go wrong. One supervisee may not speak much English, anothermay hand in no work, a third may turn up too tired or too drunk to take anything inor not turn up at all. You may suspect a supervisee has social or psychologicalproblems. Quite separately, you may notice that a course seems to be badly given or isbeing given in a way you think could be improved.In all these cases you should cope as best you can during the supervision but, at thefirst opportunity afterwards, report the matter to the Director of Studies. It is notsensible to attempt amateur psychology; Directors of Studies are paid to worry aboutthis kind of thing and may have confidential information which they have not passedto you.You can probably charge for a supervision which a supervisee missed but it is essentialto consult the Director of Studies first.Sometimes the problem is less immediate. You may notice over time that a superviseesimply isn't keeping up with the work. It may take two or three supervisions to spot anill-matched pair of supervisees. Once again, let the Director of Studies know.In practice, not much goes very wrong very often but there is one aspect of supervisingwhich can become a great nuisance and for which your Director of Studies can offer

little help. This matter is the subject of the next section.

Arranging and rearranging SupervisionsIf it has been decided that you will meet a given pair of supervisees weekly (or perhapsfortnightly) for a Term there is everything to be said for fixing a specific time andsticking to it.A student's timetable, and indeed your timetable, can easily become very full and if youcan find a slot which looks like being free for all of you for a Term, then mark theseslots in your diaries in high-grade concrete.Occasionally a supervisee will have good reason to ask to rearrange a supervision andprovided you are warned before the previous supervision you will probably not find ittoo difficult to find a time suitable to you and both supervision partners. A latewarning can result in serious inconvenience; it can be surprisingly tedious to rearrangesupervisions by e-mail.Once in a while you may have to rearrange a supervision because you unexpectedlyhave to be away yourself. Again, with sufficient notice, a supervision (or perhaps twoor three) can be rearranged without too much pain but if you leave the rearrangementtoo late you can cause inconvenience all round.

Final AdviceMany people find supervising a rewarding business. You can find out how a different

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Some peripheral aspects of supervising require the exercise of common sense and goodtaste. If you are in a position to offer your supervisees tea or coffee, this is probably agood idea but handing round stiff gins probably isn't.Supervisions are a proven part of the Cambridge educational process. Make yoursupervisions as useful as you can and take advice from your Director of Studies and

other supervisors. With any luck, some of your supervisees will achieve high scores inTripos examinations and you can justifiably claim some of the credit.

Some further information from Student AdministrationThe Student Administrator is responsible for administering most Part II supervisions.She will send out a request in Michaelmas looking for supervisors in a variety ofspecialist subjects. You will be asked to provide her with information about how manygroups you can manage and how large each group can be (usually two or threestudents at a time). Sign-up sheets are posted outside the Student Administrationoffice hatch after the second lecture of each course and students will write their namesin the available slots. The Student Administrator will then email all those supervisorswho have agreed to supervise with the names of their supervisees.

Supervision rooms are in great demand and you will need to [email protected] to book the rooms for your use. If you are unable to book aroom, there are alcoves off each of the corridors which can be used for this purpose.We do ask that you respect other research students in offices working in the vicinityand conduct the supervision quietly.Past papers are online and solution notes/model answers from the StudentAdministrator may be photocopied for your use but und no circumstances given to thestudents.


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14. GETTING TO THE LAB

Students at Cambridge are not permitted to have cars except under very specialcircumstances.

Walking or cyclingThe William Gates Building is 2 km (1.3 miles) west of the city centre. From the citycentre go west on Garret Hostel Lane, Burrell's Walk (past the University Library),Adams Road, the Coton Cycle-path, and then turn right into Clerk Maxwell Road thenleft beside the Centre for Applied Photonics and Electronics to the William GatesBuilding. The official university map should help you to trace this route. A map of thearea surrounding the William Gates Building shows the final part of this route. Pleasesee Appendix 2.

If you are cycling, please take care. The EMBS has a useful website for cyclists, oldand new, at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/embs/travel/cycle/.

BusesBuses Uni 4 (reduced fares for University Card holders) and Citi 4 run from the citycentre to the West Cambridge Site. Both buses stop on the West Cambridge Site itself.In the city centre they stop on Silver Street (on the west side of Silver Street Bridge) and

Trumpington Street (near the Fitzwilliam Museum and near Pembroke Street).

For more information about all three services, see the links from the Bus Services page(http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/embs/travel/bus/index.html) which is maintainedby the Estate Management and Building Service.

Anyone planning to make three or more journeys in a day on Stagecoach buses (otherthan the Uni 4 or Citi 4) will find it cheaper to purchase a Dayrider ticket, which canbe used on any Stagecoach route within the city. Weekly Megariders are available atabout 12.


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15. FIRST AID

First AidersA list of First Aiders and how to contact them is posted by each First Aid box, on theHealth and Safety Notice Board by the south stairs near Lecture Theatre 2 and theStudent Entrance, and on the Student Administration Notice Board opposite the lifts.Read the notices and remember the nearest ones to the places where you work. If indoubt, phone reception on 63500, tell them where you are, and ask for a First Aider toattend.

Each First Aider has a private First Aid box, and public boxes are located: at the eastern end of the central corridors just west of the eastern corridor in reception in the First Aid Room, GE09, just north of the junction of GC and GE

If one is used, please contact someone to report the incident, and to allow the box to bere-stocked. Even if no First Aid equipment is used, please report any incident.

If an ambulance is called, give your location asUniversity of Cambridge Faculty , CB3 0FD off Madingley Road (towards the M11junction, on the West Cambridge Site) and give the number you can be called back on-- during opening hours the number for reception is probably the best choice.Finally, ask what resources (ambulance, paramedic, community first responder) they

are sending and what the ETA is. If nothing arrives within 10mins (or the ETA if it islonger than 10 minutes) call 999 again.

Please send someone to the Madingley Road to greet the Ambulance and have someonewaiting on JJ Thomson Avenue to direct them to the William Gates Building. Take thecrew to the casualty.


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APPENDIX 2MAP OF WEST CAMBRIDGE SITE

22 Department of Physics: Cavendish Laboratory, Napier Shaw Library, Rayleigh Library

23 Department of Chemical Engineering - Magnetic Resonance Research Centre25 Department of Veterinary Medicine

27 Computer Laboratory

34 Whittle Laboratory, Department of Engineering

44 Microelectronics Research Centre

46 Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Nanoscience Centre

52 Sports clubs of the University Athletics, Hockey; Wilberforce Road Sports Ground

57 Research Centre in Superconductivity

69 Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory

74 Microsoft Research83 University Centre - West (Restaurant)

88 Merton Hall Farmhouse

91 University Nursery at West Cambridge

94 Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE)

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