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The
Distributed and Collaborative
Technologies (DaCT) group was
an informal group based in the
Department
of Computation, UMIST.
Our aim was to provide a mechanism
by which research students and
their supervisors could:
- become aware
of related work within the department
- meet staff
and students working on related
research
- announce important
events
- present current
work and recieve valuable feedback
in a low pressure environment
In
order to achieve this we organised
a weekly lunchtime meeting at
which one member would make a
short presentation. Often this
would be a rehearsal for a more
important presentation (for example
at a conference). These meetings
served the dual purpose of allowing
the presenter to receive valuable
feedback about their work and
it allowed the audience to stay
abreast of ongoing work. We also
had a mailing list for announcements
about forthcoming events and calls
for papers.
Membership
of the DaCT group was informal
and involved no commitment other
than an expression of interest.
However, all members were encouraged
to participate by making a presentation
at one of our regular meetings.
I
was responsible for the organisation
of these weekly events for a period
of two years, maintaining the
DaCT
web site and served as the editor
of the DaCT booklet, a collection
of abstracts and the corresponding
presentations that run for four
issues.
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