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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Fellows<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline for the inaugural Theory & Methods Challenge Fortnights in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (TCMF) call has been extended to
<b>Monday 23 September 2019</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Theory & Methods Challenge Fortnights will bring together experts from across the university partner network and external institutions for a multi-day research event on a specific theoretical or methodological challenge. For this event,
members of the Turing research base (including Turing Fellows, Turing Research Fellows, Research Engineering Group, Post-Doctoral Research Associates and Turing PhD students) will be invited to formulate proposals where they present one modern theoretical
and/or methodological challenge, and set a plan and a team to start tackling it. The theoretical and methodological challenges can be drawn from any discipline in the remit of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> * Applications for the Theory & Methods Challenge Fortnights must be submitted via the online portal at
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fati.flexigrant.com%2F&data=01%7C01%7C%7C32f5cc12d6984725d22708d735e746c2%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=%2FQgQ5EkgZrXAtaH45vh2dpwM7POtYXUMl%2FHkHYR139g%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://ati.flexigrant.com/" shash="vc86a1hVz+mZ8cLtfv9LBbO14OjHeu8PkJK3q6pp10ADPpZTPkfdwRfzxfS/DC7vVI2tX6NhkruYvoE3B6GESB/fcn0H7UX2wL3/zgYXenTKVPtYzJ6q785ZaVgfG74HpCi/su/HSEJKQPtsuxU4o2JBBp4SfBRHk67u3S/sAcE=">
https://ati.flexigrant.com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> * The lead proposer for a chosen challenge has the opportunity to assemble a team of 12 researchers and host the event at either The Alan Turing Institute or one of the Turing partner universities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> * The Turing research base will have the opportunity to vote on the two challenges that should be tackled, and to indicate interest in participating in the team tackling it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> * The two Theory & Methods Challenge Fortnights must take place by 04 May 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> * We expect the most popular theoretical and methodological challenges to be the ones that have a clear pathway to impact in applied streams of work in Turing (e.g. grant applications, linking with the Data Study Groups, Special Interest
Groups, etc)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> * The successful proposals will receive sufficient funding to /fully/ cover travel, subsistence, accommodation (and daycare costs as necessary) for the challenge team for a maximum term of 2 weeks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For further information on the Theory & Methods Challenge Fortnights, please refer to the call document attached. If you have any further queries, please contact Charlie Thomas (<a href="mailto:cthomas@turing.ac.uk%3cmailto:cthomas@turing.ac.uk">cthomas@turing.ac.uk<mailto:cthomas@turing.ac.uk</a>>)
or the Theory & Methods Challenge Fortnights email (<a href="mailto:TCMF@turing.ac.uk">TCMF@turing.ac.uk</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Susan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">_____________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Susan Davies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Coordination Manager,
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page?"><span style="color:#0563C1">Web Science Institute</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University Liaison Manager,
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/alan-turing-institute/alan-turing-institute.page">
<span style="color:#0563C1">The Alan Turing Institute</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Room 3041, Building 32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web Science Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Southampton SO17 1BJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">023 8059 3523 | 07768 266464<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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