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
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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