Conference Program
The slides of talks given during the conference are available for download on the program below
Venue: Rectorate Building of the NOVA University of Lisbon - Campus de Campolide - 1099-085 Lisboa
- 23.10.17 - Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads (Auditorium)
- 23.10.17 - Welcome Reception at 'Café In' (Av. Brasília, Pavilhão Nascente, nº311 | Lisboa 1300-596)
- 24/25.10.17 - ECSS Main Conference (Auditorium)
- 24.10.17 - Conference Dinner at 'Aura Restaurant' (Praça do Comércio | Metro Stop Terreiro do Paço, Lisboa 1100-148)
09:00-17:00 Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads
19:00 ECSS 2017 Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
8:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Welcome and Introduction
- Lynda Hardman (President of Informatics Europe, CWI and Utrecht University) and Luís Caires (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) - ECSS 2017 Chairs
- Markus Püschel (ETH Zurich) and José Luiz Fiadeiro (Royal Holloway University of London) - ECSS 2017 Program Chairs
09:10-09:25 Opening by Fernanda Rollo (Secretary of State of Science and Higher Education) and Fernando Santana (Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)
09.25-10.40 Session 1
Session Chair: Jim Larus (EPFL)
- 09.25-09.55 Kurt Mehlhorn - Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Saarland and ERC
"The European Research Council" [Slides]
- 09.55-10.40 Nuno Correia - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
"Interactive Systems in Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries" [Slides]
10.40-11.00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 2
Session Chair: Hélène Kirchner (INRIA)
- 11:00-11:45 Marie-Paule Cani - Ecole Polytechnique
"Across Disciplines: Towards Expressive 3D Modeling for Visual Communication" [Slides]
- 11:45-12:30 Elham Kashefi - University of Edinburgh
"Entrapping Nature" [Slides]
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Session 3
Session Chair: Jane Hillston (University of Edinburgh)
- 13:30-14:15 Wendy Hall - University of Southampton
"Making Connections Across Interdisciplinary Boundaries: Observatories and Data Analytics for Web Science"
- 14:15-15:00 Roberto Di Cosmo - INRIA - Université Paris Diderot
"Software Heritage: Building an Essential Facility for the Digital Age" [Slides]
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:30 Informatics Europe - ERCIM 2017 Awards Ceremony (Public Session)
2017 Best Practices in Education Award (sponsored by Microsoft Research)
- 15:30-15:50 Winner Announcement (Jan Vahrenhold, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), followed by short talk by the winner: 'Class Code' Project [Slides]
2nd Minerva Informatics Equality Award (sponsored by Google)
- 15:50-16:10 Winner Announcement (Christine Choppy, Université Paris 13), followed by short talk by the winner: Bernadette Smelik and Lejla Batina (Radboud University) [Slides]
ERCIM Cor Baayen Award Ceremony (sponsored by ERCIM)
- 16:10-16:30 Winner Announcement (Domenico Laforenza - President ERCIM), followed by short talk by the Laureate: Tim Baarslag (CWI) [Slides]
16:30-17:15 Special Session Informatics Europe Activities
Session Chair: Cristina Pereira - Informatics Europe
17:15-18:45 Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly
Session Chairs: Lynda Hardman (President), Cristina Pereira (Secretary General)
19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner at 'Aura Restaurant' (Praça do Comércio | Metro Stop Terreiro do Paço, Lisboa 1100-148)
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:30 Session 4
Session Chair: Gregor Engels (University of Paderborn)
- 09:00-09.45 Kurt Mehlhorn - Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Saarland and ERC
"The Physarum Computer" [Slides]
- 09:45-10:30 João Claro - Universidade do Porto
"Carnegie Mellon|Portugal – an International Partnership for Talent, Knowledge, and Innovation in ICT" [Slides]
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 5
Session Chair: Manuel Hermenegildo (IMDEA/UPM)
- 11:00-11:45 Michael Kölling - King’s College London
"Computer Science Education – In Defence of Programming" [Slides]
- 11:45-12:30 Pierre Dillenbourg - EPFL
"How Computer Science Contributes to Education Research" [Slides]
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Panel on Ethics
Panel Chair: José Luiz Fiadeiro - Royal Holloway University of London
Panelists:
- Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira (Institute for Systems and Robotics , IST & Centro de Filosofia, U. NOVA de Lisboa) [Slides]
- Fabrizio Gagliardi (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) [Slides]
- Leszek Pacholski (Wroclav University)
- João Sequeira (Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Lisboa) [Slides]
15:00-16:00 Closing Remarks