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	Informatics Europe Bulletin - September 2020

	Dear Members, Welcome to the September edition of our monthly Bulletin. We hope you enjoy it! In this issue: ECSS 2020 - Diversity in Informatics Research and Education - Register Now! Kick-off Academic Leadership Development Online Course Outlook: 1st Meeting COST Action European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics Results EU Public Consultation on Artificial Intelligence Association News Board Meetings Members News New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job Platform ECSS 2020 - Diversity in Informatics Research and Education - Register Now! After the summer break, time for the ECSS 2020 (Zoom, 26-28 October), is approaching fast! Register until 15 October and benefit from the special offer for members of Informatics Europe: one paid registration per member department allows multiple faculty (or research) members of that department to attend the event simultaneously. Highlights of this year’s ECSS 2020: Opening speech by Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Keynotes on Diversity in Informatics Research and Education Workshop for Leaders of Informatics Research and Education Informatics Europe Annual Awards Informatics Europe Session National Associations Workshop WIRE Workshop Further quick links: Conference schedule Keynote Speakers Registration Kick-off Academic Leadership Development Online Course On 15 September 2020 Informatics Europe hosted the kick-off event of the online Academic Leadership Development Course for emerging academic leaders in Informatics. This highly interactive and practical course is designed by computer scientists for computer scientists and co-led by Prof. Geraldine Fitzpatrick and Prof. Austen Rainer. The course will run from September to November, every two weeks, with 90 minutes sessions. The great success of the first online session is reflected in the positive participants’ feedback (extracted from Mentimeter). Outlook: 1st Meeting COST Action European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics On 19 and 20 October 2020, the first meeting for the COST Action European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics will take place online, hosted by the COST Association. This is the kick-off event of the Action which will run for 4 years and aims at improving gender balance in Informatics at all levels, from undergraduate and graduate studies to participation and leadership in academia and industry, through the creation and strengthening of a truly European network of colleagues working on the forefront of the efforts for gender balance in Informatics in their countries, institutions and research communities. The Action has currently around 90 participants from 35 countries. Informatics Europe is the leading organization and most leading roles of the Action will be taken by members of the WIRE working group. Letizia Jaccheri, WIRE Chair is also the Action Chair. To know more about the Action and how to get involved visit the Action website at the COST Association portal. Results EU Public Consultation on Artificial Intelligence The European Commission has published the results of Public Consultation on the “White Paper Artificial Intelligence: Towards a European Approach for Excellence and Trust”. The public consultation ran from February to June 2020 where citizens and stakeholders could provide their views on the upcoming EU policy and regulatory steps on artificial intelligence. The Commissions has published a summary of the results, as well as the complete set of feedback. Informatics Europe has submitted feedback to the consultation based on discussion within our Board of Directors. The submitted feedback can be downloaded from our publications list. Association News Board Meetings Friday, 25 September, 16:00-17:00, online Friday, 23 October, 13:30-17:30, online Thursday, 29/30 October, 09:30-16:30, online (Executive Committee) Friday, 27 November, 16:00-17:00, online Don’t forget: As a member representative, you can submit agenda topics and participate as an observer in Board meetings. Let us know in case you are interested in this offer! Members News Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium - Bachelor in Computer Science in Charleroi UCLouvain, in collaboration with UNamur, is launching a new Bachelor in Computer Science in Charleroi. Health-care professionals are increasingly interested in Informatics and the role it can play at different levels. This September, UCLouvain and UNamur are launching a new academic Bachelor in Computer Science in Charleroi which will teach students a strong base in Computer Science as well as the necessary background to enable them to better understand the needs of the health sector in the broad sense. For further information, please click here. Politecnico di Milano, Italy - A Politecnico di Milano study reveals the DNA "grammar" Genome biology published research on the rules governing the shape of DNA in space. DNA three-dimensional structure is determined by a series of spatial rules based on particular protein sequences and their order. This was the finding of a study recently published in Genome Biology by Luca Nanni, one of the PhD students in Computer Science and Engineering, together with Professors Stefano Ceri of DEIB and Colin Logie of the University of Nijmegen (Netherlands). Luca Nanni explains: “Our study’s greatest innovation lies in having identified precise rules for the disposition of CTCF proteins. [...] Knowing these rules allow CTCF sequences to be engineered to obtain the desired DNA three-dimensional structure. For example, it should be possible to make two disconnected genes interact. Moulding DNA structure will open doors to the creation of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.” The whole article can be found here. University of Twente, University of Groningen, Netherlands - Manifesto on Software Research and Education in the Netherlands VERSEN, the Dutch National Association for Software Engineering, has been working in 2019 and 2020 on a "Manifesto on Software Research and Education in the Netherlands". In its manifesto, VERSEN explicitly lists four groups of challenges that it is in a perfect position to address: Software reliability. How do we ensure that complex software behaves as expected, does what society needs, and is robust against unexpected uses? Efficient engineering. Software engineering is exceeding human scale in terms of velocity, volume and variety. How do we keep pace? Software maintainability and evolution. How do we create software with a long operational life that can be evolved and migrated to new technologies in a cost-effective way? And how can the software engineering team be organised in such a way that it embraces change and facilitates sustainable maintenance and evolution? Software education. How can we supply the job market with well-equipped and highly qualified personnel from a diverse background? The full Manifesto can be downloaded here in PDF format. There is also an easy to print excerpt available. Any updates about the Manifesto can be found on this page. Informatics Latvija, Transport and Telecommunication Institute - Double Degree in Computer Science The Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TSI) offers the Double Degree in Computer Science validated by the University of the West of England (UWE) of Bristol, UK. Graduates will receive two Bachelor’s degrees from both universities and a prestigious qualification that will allow them to build their careers in any country around the world. The studies will be conducted in English based in TSI, Riga, Latvia. The students’ progress will be monitored by both TSI and UWE professors. You can find out more on the TSI website. * This space is available to include relevant news from our member institutions. If you would like to share your news, please contact Franziska Hauffe. New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job Platform There are 24 new job openings** on the Informatics Europe Job Platform! Extend your search to attract the best and advertise open positions on the Informatics Europe job platform free of charge!



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