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Dear Members,
Summer is here! It’s time for a break and recharge for our exciting activities coming up in Autumn and the new academic year! ECSS 2022, Online Academic Leadership Development Course, Digital Humanism Summer School: we offer early bird registration offers and special grants to a variety of participants. Read on to find out what’s in store for you! Bulletin is returning in September – have a nice summer!
In this issue:
Registration Opens Now: ECSS 2022 – Workforce for the Digital Transformation (Oct 24-26)
Our annual European Computer Science Summit (ECSS), one of the most prominent meetings of the European informatics community, is now open for registration!
With the main theme “Workforce for the Digital Transformation”, ECSS 2022 will be held between 24 and 26 October in Hamburg, Germany, where we will discuss informatics key topics from the scientific as well as economic, political and social perspectives. Here are some highlights of our conference program:
Enjoy our early bird offer and no worries for unforeseen events! It is important that you and your institution are present in ECSS, so we will transfer your registration to another name where necessary. Details about rates and conditions as well as travel grants for early career researchers are available here.
As an exclusive benefit to IE members, we offer the possibility to showcase your institute virtually on a special section of our ECSS 2022 website called Members Spotlight. Physical materials can also be distributed at the ECSS venue in Hamburg. Follow the instructions here to get in the spotlight! We are also calling for research statement and CV submission for the Early Career Researchers Posters Session – submit now to get in the spotlight in Hamburg! Not an IE member yet? Join us now, as new members accepted from now until 23 October are eligible for one free registration to ECSS 2022! Find out why and how to join us here.
We look forward to seeing you all at ECSS 2022 in Hamburg!
September: New Cohort of Online Academic Leadership Development Course Begins
For the fifth time, our Online Academic Leadership Development Course will start from this September!
Made by, for, and with computer scientists, our one of its kind Academic Leadership Development Course will be held every second Thursday until mid-December, with an orientation session on 29 September. The course is a unique development opportunity for new and emerging academic leaders in informatics and computer science. During the course, you will have a facilitated learning experience to help you have a clearer sense of your own leadership identity and style, and acquire all necessary skills to become a better leader.
The course will be conducted entirely online by Prof. Geraldine Fitzpatrick from Technical University of Vienna and Prof. Austen Rainer from Queen’s University Belfast - two senior informatics/computing academics with strong leadership backgrounds and experience.
Embark on your journey to become a better academic leader: enrol now until 25 August to save up to EUR 125 course fee!
IE Scholarships for Digital Humanism Summer School 2022
IE is offering two scholarships to support students attending the Digital Humanism Summer School 2022 (19-23 September in Vienna, Austria), organized by the DIGHUM: the Digital Humanism initiative supported and co-organized by Informatics Europe, TU Wien and other partners.
Digital Humanism is an interdisciplinary approach (integrating humanities, social, and technical sciences) that aims to describe, to analyse and, above all, to influence the complex interplay between IT and humanity - for a society that fully respects universal human rights. The Digital Humanism Summer School 2022 has been organized pursuing these goals. It targets PhD and advanced master students from engineering, social science and humanities as well as interested persons from industry, institutions and civil society. Leading scientists from the different fields involved will introduce topics such as AI, humans, and control; ethics and responsible design; fair systems; participation and democracy; platform power, regulation; work in a new world; or sovereignty and geopolitics. In addition, there will be enough room for discussions and presentations of participants’ projects. By completing the Summer School, participants will get awarded with three ECTS-credit points.
Students from the IE member institutions who wish to apply for a scholarship (full tuition waiver) should register here to the Summer School by 16 August, and send an email to administration@informatics-europe.org attaching the tuition fee-waiver letter mentioned in the registration process.
For further details about the program, please visit https://dighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at/summerschool2022/.
IE supporting Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE)
In collaboration with Informatics Europe and the ACM Europe Council, the 27th annual ACM conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) is held between 11 and 13 July in Dublin, Ireland as well as virtually. Registration remains open during the conference.
The conference provides plenty of opportunities for scientific exchange alongside interesting keynotes and presentations with a focus on Computer Science Education. This year Prof. Letizia Jaccheri from Norwegian University of Science and Technology, our former Board Member as well as the current Chair of COST Action EUGAIN, is one of the keynote speakers at ITiCSE where she will present the gender issues in computer science research, education and society.
If you’ve missed this year’s ITiCSE, keep an eye on our Bulletin, Twitter or LinkedIn where you can get updates about ITiCSE 2023 to be hosted by University of Turku, Finland and ITiCSE 2024 to be hosted by Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
Association News
Board Meetings
- 29 July (Fri), 16:00-17:00, Zoom
- 26 August (Fri), 16:00-17:00, Zoom
- 23 September (Fri), 16:00-17:00, Zoom
Don’t forget: As a member representative, you can submit agenda topics and participate as an observer in board meetings. Let us know if you’d like to join us!
Executive Committee Meeting
- 8 September (Fri), 09:30-16:30, Milan
New Informatics Europe Members
We are very pleased to welcome our new member from Sweden: Mälardalen University, School of Innovation Design and Engineering. They joined a growing IE membership of over 160 institutions from 33 European countries. Check out our current member list.
Members News
Bending Spoons – Transcend Mentorship Program for Computer Science and Software Engineering Students
Our Industry Member Bending Spoons is organizing the second edition of Transcend: a free mentorship program for a select handful of impressive computer science and software engineering students in the UK, Romania, Germany, France and Turkey. The program lasts for six months, and features regular video calls with a dedicated mentor about career choices, tech topics, and more.
Applications close on July 17th. Apply now: https://bndspn.com/3wDmNby
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New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job Platform
There are 10 new job openings on the Informatics Europe Job Platform.
As members, you can advertise and extend your search to attract the best candidates for your open positions on the IE job platform free of charge!
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