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Dear Members,
We are happy to send you the latest Informatics Europe bulletin, our bi-monthly newsletter for members.
In this issue:
Connecting at the ECSS 2017 in Lisbon!
 The Rectorate of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa hosted the 13th European Computer Science Summit (23-25 October 2017). With over 110 participants this year, ECSS is consolidating its position as a major event in Informatics education and research in Europe. The conference provided a unique forum for productive discussions on a series of key educational and scientific questions, from the increasing demand of Informatics training across disciplines, to the challenges of connectivity in an ever-growing globalized society.
Save the dates! We are travelling up-north in 2018: the next Summit will be held from 8 to 10 of October 2018, in Gothenburg, Sweden, hosted by Chalmers University. General Chairs Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic and Ivica Crnkovic (Chalmers University, Sweden) and Program Chairs Letizia Jaccheri (NTU, Norway) and Pekka Orponen (Aalto University, Finland) are looking forward to your suggestions in order to make the next ECSS a great success!
Informatics Europe 2017 Awards Winners
At a joint Informatics Europe / ERCIM Award Ceremony during the ECSS 2017 the following Award winners were announced:
Congratulations to the winners! Stay tuned for the 2018 Call for Submissions, coming in next February.
Research Evaluation Report
The Informatics Europe Research Evaluation Working Group has released a draft of the report ‘Informatics Research Evaluation’, which is now available for download. The report brings forward an updated set of recommendations and tools, focussing on the assessment of individual researchers, typically for promotion or hiring. Comments and contributions are welcome by the end of November 2017. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact Prof Floriana Esposito. Promoting Female Speakers
As part of the recent activities of the Working Group ‘Women in Informatics Research and Education’, we are asking our members to suggest names of high-calibre female speakers from their departments. It is unfortunately a fact that at most Informatics conferences female keynote speakers are highly under-represented. This problem is in part result of conference Chairs not considering diversity as a key element when designing the program, and in part because there are proportionally far fewer women leading research and teaching in the field, and therefore fewer potential female speakers. WIRE would like to create a visible list of excellent European female speakers, in the different research areas of Informatics, to serve as a source and inspiration for conference Program Chairs.
You can suggest excellent female speakers to our list by answering this short online survey:
http://www.informatics-europe.org/survey/index.php/441772/
Call for Nominations: ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
The ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award is presented annually to an outstanding educator from a recognized educational baccalaureate institution. The recipient is recognized for advancing new teaching methodologies; effecting new curriculum development or expansion in Computer Science and Engineering; or making a significant contribution to the educational mission of ACM. Those with 10 years or less teaching experience are given special consideration. The award carries a prize of $10,000 and it is sponsored by Pearson Education. Of the 27 award winners since 1989, 24 are from North America, two from Europe and one from Asia. Nominations from European countries are highly encouraged and we invite Informatics Europe members to propose strong candidates (past winners of educator awards in SIGs are of course potential candidates).
- Visit the Nomination page and submit your proposal before the 15th January 2018.
- For more information please contact: Michael E. Caspersen, Chair of Informatics Europe's Working Group on Informatics Education and Member of the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Award Committee (2018-2021).
New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job Platform
Current openings on the Informatics Europe online Job Platform:
Your department/institute can advertise open positions on the Informatics Europe job platform too. Extend your search to attract the best. The job service is free of charge for our members.
Association News
Elections: New Executive Committee and Board Members
At the 2017 Annual General Assembly held in Lisbon on 24 October 2017, Informatics Europe member representatives elected a new Executive Committee: President, Enrico Nardelli; Vice-Presidents, Susan Eisenbach and Mehdi Jazayeri; Treasurer, Gregor Engels, and six new Board members-at-large: Erika Abraham, Luís Caires, Elisabetta Di Nitto, Kim Mens, Pekka Orponen and Jaak Vilo. They all start their terms in January 2018 and remain in office for at least two years.
We thank the Executive Committee and Board Members who finish their terms at the end of 2017, for their commitment and contribution, with a special mention to President Lynda Hardman. Her engagement and hard work have been fundamental for the significant growth and development of our association. Informatics Europe is very grateful to Lynda’s for her accomplished work in the organization in the past years.
Read more about the elections and the full composition of the Board on our website.
New Members
We are very pleased to welcome the following new members:
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University of Leicester, Department of Informatics (UK)
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Federation Atlanstic 2020-Pays de la Loire (FR)
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FernUniversität in Hagen, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (DE)
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Department of Informatics and Telecommunications (GR)
They join a growing membership of over 120 institutions from 30 European countries.
Check out our current members list. Board Meetings
The Informatics Europe Board met by teleconference on 29 September and face-to-face in Lisbon on 22 October. A number of topics have been on the agenda, including: strategic for future development and implementation of high level activities, progress reports from the Working Groups, membership drive and organisation of ECSS 2018.
Next Board Meetings:
- Friday, 24 November, 16:00-17:00, Skype
- Friday, 26 January, 9:30-16:30, Zurich
- Friday, 23 February, 16:00-17:00, Skype
Don’t forget: as a member representative, you are welcome to submit agenda topics and to participate as an observer in Board meetings. Let us know!
Members News
Inria, France
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Happy 50 Anniversary! - In 2017 Inria celebrates 50 years of existence at the forefront of research and innovation. The anniversary is an opportunity to look to the past and present achievements, and to think about the future scientific, technological, ethical and philosophical questions shaping our digital society. Several activities and events are planned, among them a survey of the current scientific scene, strategic foresight articles, accounts of the "digital world in 1967" and conjectures about the digital world in 2067. Visit the 50th anniversary page...
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LIAMA, a solid partnership in Asia - The Sino-European Laboratory in Computer Science, Automation and Applied Mathematics (LIAMA) celebrated its 20th birthday in Beijing. Founder members, CASIA (Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), CWI and Inria signed a renewal of their agreement, consolidating this successful partnership. LIAMA carries out research, training and transfer projects on software, multimedia interpretation and interaction, development of medical imaging and modelling of environmental questions. Around 500 scientists have participated in university exchanges and 13 projects have been created. Read more about LIAMA...
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University from Iaşi, Romania
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Collaboration with the IT Industry - The Faculty of Computer Science Iaşi have witnessed major changes concerning the opportunities and the work environment available to students. Seven laboratories have been equipped with the latest technologies, thanks to the support from various IT companies: AquaSoft, Amazon, BitDefender, Centric, Continental, Gemini Cad Systems and Levi9. Successful student careers do require concrete investments in equipment and scientific initiatives. Today, CS students have a hard time choosing their favourite laboratory because each of them has a piece of that peculiar company’s heart. Read more about IASI collaborative academic events…
Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
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Successful program in Business Analitics - The MSc program in Business Analytics (AUEB) covers concepts on business, statistics and data management. Special care has been given to the "breadth requirement": exposure on analytics applications in different fields. This year 55 students were accepted from 200 applications. Graduates enjoy almost 100% employability. The program includes partnerships with top consulting and software companies (Accenture, EY, IBM, IRI and SAS). Students may obtain the SAS Programming and Data Mining Certificate during their studies. AUEB and UCL will soon offer joint capstone projects.
University of Rome ''La Sapienza'', Italy
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Obituary: Professor Corrado Bohm left us on October 23 at the age of 94. His outstanding work have deeply influenced the development of theoretical computer science. In his PhD thesis a language, a machine and a compiler were designed together for the first time. The seminal result (nowadays known as the Bohm-Jacopini theorem) has been a theoretical basis of structured programming, opening the way to all generations of modern programming languages. He was one of the first scientists to investigate the link between lambda-calculus and theoretical computer science, a fruitful research field that opened the foundation of programming language semantics.
This space is available to include relevant news from our member institutions. If you would like to share your news (courses, awards, nominations, conferences…), please contact Pepa Echanove. Deadline for the January issue is before the 7th January.
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This is the last Bulletin of the year 2017.
We wish all our members a peaceful and happy holiday season!
We will be back with fresh news in 2018.
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