Conference Program

Program

 

16 OCTOBER

08:15-09:15 Registration


09:15-09:30 Welcome and introduction: Christine Choppy, University Paris-XIII, France

CHALLENGES FOR CS DEPARTMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS


09:30-10:30 Keynote: Robert L. Constable, Dean of Computer and Information Sciences, Cornell University, USA                         

"What Deans of Informatics should tell their University Presidents'' [Slides]

Session chair: Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:45 Keynote: Michel Cosnard, President of INRIA, France

"INRIA Strategic Plan"

Session chair: Pierre Lescanne, École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France


11:45-12:15 Keynote: Manfred Nagl, RWTH Aachen, Germany Chairman Fakultätentag

"Cooperation between Informatics and Engineering on the Level of Dean Conferences in Germany: Motivation, Activities and First Results'' [Slides]

Session chair: Christine Choppy, University Paris-XIII, France

12:15-14:00 Lunch, ETH Faculty Club

14:00-15.30 EuroTICS General Assembly - Future and Activities

Discussion, Executive Board
Chair: Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-16:45 Keynote: Mads Tofte, Vice Chancellor of IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

"IT is not what it used to be. It is far better." [Slides]

Session chair: Andrew McGettrick


17:00-18:00 INDUSTRY PANEL


Panellists: Dietman Fauser (Amadeus), Jean-Marc Djian (AtosOrigin),
Sailesh Chutani (Microsoft Research), Catherine Charmoille (Oracle).

Chair: Roger Mohr, Director of ENSIMAG, Grenoble, France

18:30-21:00 Conference dinner, ETH Faculty Club


17 OCTOBER


RESEARCH AND TRAINING

09:00-09:45 Keynote: Heinrich C. Mayr, Rector of University of Klagenfurt, Austria, Vice-president of CEPIS

"Handicaps and Challenges of Informatics Research at European Universities"

Session chair: Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany

 

09:45-10:30 Keynote: Sailesh Chutani, Microsoft USA

"ICT for emerging economies - Computing in Pasteur's quadrant"

Session chair: Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

 

11:00-12:15 Parallel workshops

Workshop 1: Research


Joe Sventek, University of Glasgow, Scotland
"The UK Research Grand Challenge Effort'' [talk1] [talk2] [doc]

Kristian G. Olesen, Head of Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark
"Can a department's research be assessed by one number?'' [doc]

Workshop 2: Bachelor/Master


Hans-Ulrich Heiss, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

"Recommendations for Bachelor-/Master Programs in Computer Science'' [talk] [doc]


Ruediger Reischuk, University of Lübeck, Germany
"The shift to Bachelor/Master programs in Germany and their accreditation - a report on the current status in Informatics''[Slides] [doc]

Workshop 3: Education and Research Training

Simon Thompson, University of Kent, UK [talk] [doc]
"Industrial Engagement for 21st Century CS Education''


Thomas Gross, ETH Zurich, Switzerland [talk] [doc]

"Fostering Systems Research in Europe''

 

Workshop 4: European dimensions

Roumen Nikolov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria and Iliana Nikolova, University of Sofia, Bulgaria"Informatics Education as a Driver for Country Development'' [talk] [doc]


Károly Kodorosi:Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

"Towards a common frame for European CS/Informatics Education'' [talk] [doc]

 

12:15-14:00 Lunch, ETH Faculty Club

UNIVERSITY CURRICULA

14:00-14:45 Keynote: Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome, Italy President of GRIN and Agostino Cortesi, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy

"Towards a European Certification of Computer Science Curricula'' [Slides]

Session chair: Letizia Tanca, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

14:45-15:30 Keynote: Jeremy Roche, CODA Group, Chairman of the European Software Association

"Challenges for the European Software Industry" [Slides]

Session chair: Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands



15:30-15:35 Closing Remarks: Christine Choppy, University Paris-XIII, France

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