Conference Schedule (preliminary)

• Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Informatics Europe / IRISA / University of Rennes (France)
• Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy)

Chair: Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and Kim Mens, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)

Session description

11:00-11:15    Opening and introduction

11:15-12:30    Session 1 – Multidisciplinarity in research

• Sasu Tarkoma, University of Helsinki (Finland), on "Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Science: Lessons Learned and Case Studies"
• Open discussion

12:30-14:00   Lunch break

14:00-15:00   Session 2 – Multidisciplinarity in education

• Gert Jervan, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia), on “IT Academy – Estonian way to shape ICT education”
• Open discussion

16:00-17:00   Session 3 – Sustainability in research and education

• Alessandro Bozzon, TU Delft (the Netherlands), on "Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Science: Lessons Learned and Case Studies"
• Open discussion

16:00-16:30   Coffee break

16:30-17:30   Community corner

• Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Informatics Europe / IRISA / University of Rennes (France), on "The Journey of Informatics Europe"
• Open discussion

17:30-18:00   Closing and future topics

Chairs: Dimka Karastoyanova, University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and Irene Vanderfeesten, KU Leuven (Belgium)

Session description

11:00 - 11:05 Welcome and Introduction

11:05 - 12:30 Session 1: Navigating a Research Career in Academia

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 -16:00 Session 2: ECSS Doctoral Symposium

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 18:00 Session 3: What makes a PhD Project a Success?

Chairs: Jean-Marc Jézéquel, Informatics Europe / IRISA / University of Rennes (France) and Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy)

Session description

Keynote Speakers:

• Mark Harman, Meta Platforms Inc. and UCL (UK), on "Assured LLM-Based Software Engineering"
• Dorothea Wagner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (Germany)

Session Panellists:

• Lynda Hardman, CWI (the Netherlands) & Utrecht University (the Netherlands)
• Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
• Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' (Italy)

Chairs: Dympna O'Sullivan, TU Dublin (Ireland) and Simona Motogna, Babeş-Bolyai University (Romania)
Supported by IE's Ethics and Diversity & Inclusion Working Groups

Session description

13:00-13:05   Introduction

13:05-13:20   Inclusion4EU project presentation by Dympna O’Sullivan, TU Dublin (Ireland)

13:20-13:35   EUGAIN project presentation by Simona Motogna, Babeş-Bolyai University (Romania)

13:35-13:45   Q&A session

13:45-14:15   Keynote speech by Antinisca di Marco, University of L'Aquila (Italy)

14:20-15:00  Interactive collaborative activity
In a co-design session focused on evaluating assistive technology, participants will collaboratively engage in a dynamic hands-on activity to assess various assistive devices. Through guided discussions and interactive demonstrations, the session aims to identify strengths and areas for improvement in the technology, fostering a user-centered approach to enhance functionality, usability, and accessibility. The session will provide workshop participants with hands-on experience of co-design methodologies.

Chair: Marco Aiello, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
Supported by IE's Green ICT Working Group

Session description

13:00 - 14:00 Panellists' sharing

• Rafael Capilla, Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain)
• Brian Keegan, TU Dublin (Ireland)
• Mikkel Baun Kjaergaard, University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
• Monica Vitali, Politecnico di Milano (Italy), on "SADP: Sustainable Application Design for Greener Applications in the Cloud"
• Sebastian Werner, TU Belrin (Germany), on "Evaluating the Energy Efficiency of Cloud-Native Applications and Platforms"

14:00 - 15:00 Open discussion with panellists, moderated by Marco Aiello, University of Stuttgart (Germany)

• Best Dissertation Award (sponsored by Springer) 
• Minerva Informatics Equality Award (sponsored by Google and co-organized with EUGAIN COST Action)

Chairs: Jean-Marc Jézéquel and Nuria Anguera, Informatics Europe

Session description

16:30 - 17:00 Dialogue with Members - Informatics Europe Activities and Outcomes

17:00 - 17:30 Informatics Europe General Assembly

Chairs: Pekka Orponen, Aalto University (Finland), Heri Ramampiaro, NTNU (Norway) and Manuel Carro, Technical University of Madrid/IMDEA Software Institute (Spain)

Session description

The workshop will include three sessions:

• AI in Informatics Education ("lessons from 1 year of ChatGPT"; broad view)
• Socio-political aspects of AI
• Research Evaluation

Chairs: Michael Kölling, King's College London and Jan Vahrenhold, University of Münster
Supported by IE's Education Research Working Group

Theme: "Academia/Industry Collaboration in Higher Education"

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