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Call for Presentations

`Quo Vadis Informatics: Are We Preparing Europe For
The Century of Information Technology'

The 21st century will see IT impacting on science, business and everyday life at a scale never achieved before. In all European countries, research and teaching in computer science and information technology at universities and institutions of higher learning are facing enormous challenges. The `European Computer Science Summit 2006' is the second, international meeting for all heads (chairs, deans, directors, etc) of Informatics departments, research institutes, and laboratories for IT in Europe. Its aim is to identify the current problems and trends in the European context, and to provide a forum for discussing them together. Industry involvement is integral to these discussions.

The `European Computer Science Summit 2006' follows the very successful Summit held in 2005, also in Zurich. It is the annual meeting now of the recently founded `European University and Research Organization for the Technologies of Informatics and Computer Science' (EuroTICS). Industry leaders are also very welcome to participate.

PROGRAM

Are our departments and institutes preparing Europe for the new century of IT? The program of the Summit meeting will consist of Invited Talks by prominent Informatics/CS academics and professionals, plenary discussion sessions on current issues, an industry panel, and workshops. It will provide outstanding opportunities for interaction with fellow leaders of departments, schools, and institutes in Informatics research and teaching in Europe as well as leaders from the European IT and ICT industries. Original presentations can be submitted by all persons fitting EuroTICS. There will also be a pre-conference program of workshops on Sunday October 15, 2006.

TOPICS

Contributions should address issues of general interest to the participants of the Summit meeting. The Summit is not a traditional scientific conference but it is focused on analysis, discussion and policy in connection with research and education in computer science in Europe. Examples of possible topics (non-exhaustive) include:

Informatics/CS Trends and Strategies

  • Strategic directions in Computing research in Europe, FP7, European Technology Platforms, national trends, innovation programs
  • IT Trends in business and industry, role of universities, consequences for research and training in Computing, need for new institutes

Informatics/CS Discipline

  • Computing Science as a discipline: what is part of it and what is not, what are its methodologies, theory versus applications, experimental research, differences with other sciences and engineering

Informatics/CS Research

  • Interdisciplinary research, research collaboration with industry, research infrastructures, trends in funding programs
  • PhD programs in Computing and in interdisciplinary areas (Game research, Data-intensive Computing, Bioinformatics), standards, relations with other sciences
  • Criteria and standards for Informatics research evaluation and assessment

Informatics/CS Teaching

  • Implementation of the Bologna process, Bachelor and Masters programs, connections with research, forming Graduate Schools, links with companies
  • Curriculum organization throughout EU, Erasmus Mundus, internationalization
  • Accreditation criteria, quality certification, curriculum standards
  • Computing didactics, problems in introductory courses, teacher training

Informatics/CS Careers

  • Careers in Computing and IT research, women in computer science, starting companies, how to lead research institutes
  • How to attract students, how to keep them, how to turn them into great professionals
  • Computing, academics, industry and business: expectations, difficulties, research collaboration, outreach, e-inclusion

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS

In order to contribute to the ECSS 2006 program, submit your proposal before September 1st, 2006. Proposals will be screened and selected by the ECSS 2006 Program Committee on the basis of relevance to (and capacity of) the program. Proposals may aim at a 15 or 25 minute presentation or demonstration, and should consist of an abstract containing

  • a header with a clear title of your contribution, your name, position, and affiliation
  • the preferred duration (15 or 25 minutes)
  • an indication whether you will attend the preconference program
  • a clear description of the proposed presentation
  • a total size not exceeding two A4 pages

Please submit your proposed abstract as a PDF file to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

EuroTICS 2006 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

See committees.

TIME SCHEDULE

  • Abstract Submission : September 1, 2006
  • Notifications : September 15, 2006
  • ECSS 2006 pre-program : October 15, 2006
  • ECSS 2006 conference : October 16-17, 2006

ATTENDANCE

The `European Computer Science Summit 2006' is open to all heads (or deans, chairs etc.) of departments, institutes, laboratories or comparable units in computer science (or informatics, information technology, informatics, EECS etc.) from universities or research organizations in Europe. Deputy heads may participate if their deputy position is permanent. In addition, the conference is open to authors of accepted abstracts.

If you do not fit these categories but would like to attend as an observer, please contact the organizers. Examples of observers include representatives from industry, government, university administration, and representatives from other organizations with related aims in Europe and other regions.

We look forward to seeing you at the EuroTICS/ECSS2006 Summit.