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Sheffield University Development of computational methods for 3D similarity and structure-based design techniques in lead optimisation (EPSRC CASE) The lead optimisation phase of drug discovery involves successive cycles of design and synthesis in order to identify structures within a chemical series that have desired properties. This project involves the development of software tools based on 3D similarity methods to assist in this process. URL: NONE
BFIT: Barnsley Fast Track to Information Technology-phase 3 This project is concerned with the employment and training of computer support technicians from the Barnsley area. URL:
NONE Analysis and comparison of three-dimensional nucleic acid structures This project is developing computational methods, based on graph theory, for searching for patterns of bases in nucleic acid 3D structures. The methods are being developed as part of an ongoing collaboration with the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in the University of Sheffield, and will be based on previous joint studies of search tools for 3D protein structures. URL: NONE The Archives and Records Management Workforce Study: recruitment, training and leadership for the UK sector The project will help the sector to retain, support and develop a workforce appropriate to its current and future needs. It will seek to create a coherent framework for future professional recruitment, education, training and development, and help to improve responsiveness to change. It will increase the amount and quality of information available to managers, educators, and selectors, leading to more effective decision- making. URL: NONE CLARITY: Cross language information retrieval and organization of text and audio documents CLARITY is an EU-funded research project with the aim to provide a cross language information retrieval system for text and audio documents. See web site at clarity.shef.ac.uk Contact: Dr. Mark Sanderson, Lecturer, [email protected] Computer analysis of high throughput screening data (EPSRC CASE) This project is developing computational methods for the analysis of the large volumes of structural and bioactivity data generated by high-throughput screening progarmmes in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. URL: NONE Concept-based interactive query expansion support tool (CIQUEST) An investigation into a novel approach for clustering documents to generate concepts displayed as hierarchies for supporting interactive query expansion. A major emphasis is to develop a user-based evaluation of the concept tool. URL: NONE The development of a novel descriptor targeted to high-throughput analysis in lead exploration and combinatorial library design (BBSRC CASE) Nothing published yet so still confidential URL: NONE Development of a similarity searching algorithm for the virtual screening of natural product databases Similarity searching is an important component of modern systems for handling databases of small (drug-sized) chemical molecules. This project is evaluating the appropriateness of such searching methods for databases of natural product molecules. URL: NONE Development of reduced graphs as novel descriptors for identifying structure-activity relationships (EPSRC CASE) Nothing published yet so still confidential URL: NONE Digital libraries, text archives and e-text centers: a history of the formation and development of electronic text collections in the humanities 1970 to 2001 This project aims to examine the history of the formation and development of electronic text collections in the humanities both in Britain and in the USA. URL: NONE Discrete mathematical approaches to chemical information retrieval This project is developing new methods for similarity searching in databases of 2D chemical structures, focusing on similarity measures that are based on maximum common subgraph isomorphism algorithms. URL: NONE Education for evidence-based citizenship: improving pupil's information seeking skills This project is concerned with the investigation of secondary school pupil's information seeking skills. URL: NONE Genome analysis using DNA structure This project is developing new methods for substructure and similarity searching in computed 3D nucleic acid structures, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry in the University of Sheffield. URL: NONE Libraries must also be buildings? A new library impact study With the advent of ICT the idea of the public library as a physical space and the role it plays in the wider community is coming into question. The opening of several new library buildings in the past year provides a unique opportunity to assess the impact some of these new public library buildings have on their user communities. In making this assessment the research will identify the variables that affect the kind of impact that is made, and develop a methodology for the future assessment of impact URL: NONE Methods for focussed combinatorial library design (BBSRC CASE) Nothing published yet so still confidential URL: NONE MIND: Resource selection and data fusion for multimedia international digital libraries The key objective of the MIND project is to address the problems faced by users in terms of their ability to access and exploit the increasing number of Digital Libraries available internationally through networks, such as the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW). URL: NONE MOSART: Music orchestration systems in algorithmic research and technology This is a research training and mobility network project in the area of music informatics. The project task addresses the following areas: (i) Analysis of Current Methods for Music Orchestration Systems; (ii) Musical Sound Understanding and Timbre Modelling; (iii) Control and Virtualisation of Instruments; (iv) Interactive Musical Performance; (v) Symbolic Recognition of Musical Patterns and Recomposition; (vi) Symbolic Recognition of Musical Patterns and Recomposition; (vii) Transfer and Exploitation. Sheffield is the co-ordinating site for work in area (vi). URL: NONE Probabilistic prediction of bioactivity using structural descriptors Nothing published yet so still confidential URL: NONE Relevant repositories of public knowledge? Perceptions of archives, libraries and museums in modern Britain Using qualitative and quantiative methodologies and by focusing on Britons� perceptions and use of archives, libraries and museums when seeking information, and attempting to understand, contemporary issues, the project will assess the value of these traditional repositories of public knowledge in the �information age� URL: NONE SPIRIT: Spatially aware information retrieval on the Internet SPIRIT will investigate the applications of geographical information systems (GIS) to enhance text-based information retrieval (IR) systems. Sheffield�s part in the project is to adapt an existing text retrieval system to search a 1 Tb Web collection using acluster of c-ordinated Unix/Linux machines (probably a Beowulf cluster); find means of evaluating the accuracy of the searching system; and integrate GIS information into the text searching system. URL: NONE UK academics� perceptions of, and pedagogy for, information literacy This project will look at UK academics� conceptions of information literacy, thereby identifying implications for information literacy teaching. The methodology is sensitive to individual and disciplinary differences and seeks to formulate models and a framework for educational practice URL: http://dis.shef.ac.uk/literacy/project/ The vital link: reader development and adult basic skills This joint project with the university's Department of Education is concerned with the evaluation of the effectiveness of reader development strategies in terms of their contribution to reducing the number of people with poor basic skills URL: NONE
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