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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:
ECSS 2019
Social Responsibility of Informatics - Highlights
 Rome set the scene for the 15th edition of the European Computer Science Summit. With close to 180 participants, impeccable organisation and a very exciting theme and program, the conference was a great success. A heartfelt ‘thank you’ goes out to our co-organisers, the International Research Area on Foundations of the Sciences of the Pontifical Lateran University, as well as to this year’s sponsors, CINI, Roma Tre University, "Sapienza" University of Rome, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and Elsevier, whose support contributed to setting up such a high-quality event. In addition, we also would like to point out and thank for the great work and commitment of Conference and Program Chairs: Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe and University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Gianfranco Basti, Pontifical Lateran University, Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, Paola Mello, University of Bologna, Gregor Engels, Paderborn University, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, TU Wien, Erika Abraham, RWTH Aachen University, Lejla Batina, Radboud University, Alexandra Silva, University College London, Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe.
Speakers Contributions
The slides of the presentations from the Leaders Workshop and the Main Summit are now available for download on the conference website.
2019 Awards Ceremony and Winners
At a joint Informatics Europe / ERCIM Award Ceremony during the ECSS 2019 the following Award winners were announced:
- The two winners of the 2019 Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award are:
- ‘Welcome.TU.code’, represented by Nysret Musliu and Reinhard Pichler on behalf of the Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien (Austria);
- ‘Erasmus+ InventEUrs project - Inventors4Change (I4C)’, represented by Eduard Muntaner-Perich, Mireia Frigola-Fortià and Jordi Freixenet from University of Girona as well as Safia Barikzai from London South Bank University and Valentina Poggioni and Alfredo Milani from University of Perugia.
- ‘SUCCESS @ TU Dublin Computer Science’, represented by Deirdre Lillis and Susan McKeever, won the 4th Minerva Informatics Equality Award for their gender equality initiatives and policies to develop the careers of female Faculty.
- Ninon Burgos and András Gilyén were selected as the winners of the ERCIM Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award 2019.
We say, “Congratulations to the winners!” Stay tuned for the 2020 Call for Submissions, coming up early next year.
Workshop Bridging the Digital Talent Gap
Informatics  Europe organised in partnership with the European Commission DG CONNECT the workshop Bridging the Digital Talent Gap - Towards Successful Industry-University Partnerships. The workshop brought together higher education organisations, industry, public policymakers and students to identify current challenges, opportunities and solutions to bridge the supply/demand gap in Europe for graduates with the skills needed by European businesses to grow and innovate. In three parallel breakout sessions dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security and Software Engineering, participants were able to work together to explore the issues at stake, and co-design concrete solutions for the way forward. During the workshop the European Commissions announced the plan for funding of around 700 million to be employed in education actions and projects aiming at closing the digital talent gap. A report about the workshop with a series of recommendations for helping to close the digital talent gap in Europe will be published in the coming months, keep tuned!
A short news article about the workshop has been published on the Digital Single Market newsletter, which will increase the visibility of the event and the collaboration of Informatics Europe with the European Commission.
After ECSS is before ECSS - Save the dates!
Next year we are travelling to Bulgaria, where the ECSS 2020 will be held in Sofia from 26 to 28 October, 2020. Add the dates to your calendar!
Erasmus+ Project Ethics4EU - Ethical Computer Science Education for Europe
 We happy to announce that the Erasmus+ Project Ethics4EU, in which we are involved as partners, has received a grant of near half million Euros. The key aims of the project are to develop a common understanding of European values in Ethics in Technology, to develop a community of practice amongst Computer Science and Ethics lecturers who will work together to develop online resources for the teaching and assessment of ethics in Computer Science programmes, and to upskill lecturers with the knowledge, skills and competencies in ethical technology development in a European context. Informatics Europe will work together with the leading organization, TU Dublin, and the other partners, and support dissemination and communication of all actions and outcomes, as well as help to recruit participants to the different surveys and training phases. The topic and goals of the project are aligned with the current focus of our Ethics Working group: Ethical/social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs. The project kick-off events will take place in Dublin 20-21 November 2019. We will keep our members informed of the main activities and outcomes of the project.
If you would like to strengthen your Erasmus proposal by including Informatics Europe as a partner organization, please do not hesitate to contact us! A separate call about EU project partnerships will be shortly sent to our members.
National Association Meetings
Representatives of several National Informatics Associations (NAs) met in Rome for an informal lunch and discussion on synergies and how to collaborate among them and with Informatics Europe. The group also exchanged feedback on past meetings and actions and discussed further upcoming meetings and actions. The representatives agreed that it is highly beneficial for the national communities to join forces to discuss and find strategies to face common problems. With that in mind a new meeting of the NAs with Informatics Europe will be held in Zurich on 30 of January 2020, collocated with meetings of the Informatics Europe Board. To remain updated on the shared actions and outcome of the meetings of the NAs visit our website at: https://www.informatics-europe.org/community/national-associations.html
New Reports
In October two new reports were published by the following Informatics Europe working groups:
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"The Wide Role of Informatics at Universities". The report presents the results of the online survey conducted by the working group on the Wide Role of Informatics at Universities. Its main goals were to understand the value universities place on interdisciplinary research and teaching, what happens in practice with hiring and supporting interdisciplinary academics, and what structures are in place to support interdisciplinary work. The Data Science’s impact was also examined in detail, given its rapid rise and importance. 48 universities from 19 European countries have participated in the survey providing answers on these strategic topics. The report can be downloaded here.
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"Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs". The report is the first outcome of the activity of the working group on Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs. It outlines the possible approaches, the state of the art, and suggestions and guidelines for inclusion of topics related to ethics, responsibility and social impacts in Informatics university degree programs. It summarizes in data and figures the results of the online survey conducted among working group members in Spring 2019. Members replied to the questionnaire providing their comments and feedback on the topic. This collected material is the first step towards a deeper and informed discussion about the topic of if and how ethical/social impact of Informatics should be a study subject in Informatics university degree programs. The report can be downloaded here.
Software Heritage Acquisition Process (SWHAP)
On October 10, the Software Heritage Acquisition Process (SWHAP) was announced in Pisa, a set of detailed guidelines that provide an actionable tool to address the urgent need to harvest, curate, archive and make available landmark legacy source code that has been developed over the past half a century, while the key people that created it are still available to share their knowledge. This work is the result of an intense collaboration between the University of Pisa and the Software Heritage team at Inria, in partnership with UNESCO. The guidelines, a worked example and a collaboration mailing list can be found at https://www.softwareheritage.org/swhap.
Please help to gather and preserve the artefacts and narratives of the history of computing by using yourself the SWHAP process and spreading this piece of news.
Association News
Board Elections
At the 2019 Annual General Assembly held in Rome on October 29, seven Board members were re-elected for the term 2020-2021:
- Enrico Nardelli (University of Rome "Tor Vergata") as President
- Gregor Engels (Paderborn University) as Treasurer
- Elisabetta Di Nitto (Politecnico di Milano) as Vice-President
- Mehdi Jazayeri (University of Lugano) as Vice-President
- Kim Mens (UCLouvain), Pekka Orponen (Aalto University) and Jaak Vilo (University of Tartu) as Board members-at-large.
In addition, we are glad to announce the election of the following new Board members-at-large for the term 2020-2021:
- Dick Bulterman (CWI and VU Amsterdam)
- Harald Gall (University of Zurich)
- Ismael García-Varea (University of Castilla-La Mancha)
- Asunción Gómez-Pérez (Polytechnic University of Madrid)
- Letizia Jaccheri (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
- Jean-Marc Jézéquel (IRISA/University of Rennes)
- Viorel Negru (West University of Timisoara).
We welcome them all to Informatics Europe and wish a successful new term.
New Informatics Europe Members
We are very pleased to welcome the following new members:
They joined a growing membership of over 140 institutions from 32 European countries. Check out our current member list. Board Meetings
The Informatics Europe Board met by teleconference on September 27 and face-to-face in Rome on October 27. Several topics have been on the agenda, including progress reports from the High-level Activities and Working Groups, new communication plans and the organisation of ECSS 2019 and ECSS 2020.
Next Board Meetings:
- Friday, November 29, 16:00-17:00, Skype
- Thursday, January 30, 9:30-16:30, Zurich (Executive Committee Only)
- Friday, January 31, 9:30-16:30, Zurich
- Friday, February 28, 16:00-17:00, Skype
Don’t forget: as a member representative, you can submit agenda topics and participate as an observer in Board meetings. Let us know!
Members News
UCLouvain, Belgium
The Multipath TCP project, led by researchers from UCLouvain in Belgium, received the ACM SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award. This award recognizes the development of a networking system that has had a significant impact on the world of computer networking.
University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
The Computer Science Department of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” is collaborating with the US embassy in Italy and Fondazione Mondo Digitale for the realization of the “Coding Girls” initiative which aims at contributing to reaching the equal opportunities in technological and scientific fields. For this purpose, training for coding activities within the secondary schools has been set up, jointly with a final hackathon which will take place at the Computer Science department on November 16, 2019.
Technological University Dublin, Ireland
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HubLinked made possible the development of many Double Degree programmes within Europe (EDDIT) and with Korea (KEDDIT). The aim is to enhance mutual understanding of global ICT issues, languages and cultures and the programmes include the unique and innovative Global Classroom developed within HubLinked.
- Kicking off a new project! - The Ethics4EU project started in partnership with Informatics Europe and aims to develop new curricula, educational best practices and learning resources in digital ethics for computer science students (see news item above).
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This space is available to include relevant news from our member institutions. If you would like to share your news (courses, awards, nominations…), please contact: franziska.hauffe@informatics-europe.org. Deadline for the January issue is before the 6 January 2020. New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job Platform
Current openings on the Informatics Europe 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.
- Researchers in Modelling and Design of Adaptive Cyber Physical Systems and in Specification and Programming of Adaptive Cyber Physical Systems - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 21 November 2019
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Assistant Professor in Machine Learning - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 26 November 2019
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Senior Researcher (Post-Doc) in Computer Science - University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. Deadline: 26 November 2019
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Professor or Associate/Assistant Professor - University of Helsinki, Finland. Deadline: 30 November 2019
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PhD Student on the subject of Quantum Algorithms and Complexity - CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 30 November 2019
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Assistant Professors in Information and Computing Sciences - Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands. Deadline: 01 December 2019
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Six PhD candidates in Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 01 December 2019
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PhD Student on the subject of Security, Privacy and Trust of Distributed Systems - CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 01 December 2019
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Faculty Position in Computer and Communication Sciences - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Deadline: 01 December 2019
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Associate Professor of Information Systems - University of Tartu, Estonia. Deadline: 02 December 2019
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Programmable Networks - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 10 December 2019
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PhD Candidate in Computer Vision Using Deep Learning - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 15 December 2019
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Tenure-track Position in the Cryptology Group - CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 15 December 2019
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Tenure-track Faculty Positions at the IMDEA Software Institute - IMDEA Software Institute, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain. Deadline: 20 December 2019
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Postdoctoral Researcher In-Silico Stroke Trials - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 20 December 2019
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PhD Position in Action Understanding - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 17 January 2020
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Faculty Position in Time-critical & Reactive Software - KU Leuven, Belgium. Deadline: 03 February 2020
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Our Bulletin will be back in January with more news and updates about our activities and services.
We wish all our members already very happy holidays!!
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