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Dear Members,
We are happy to send you the latest Informatics Europe bulletin, our bi-monthly newsletter for members.
In this issue:
Informatics for All Workshop in Brussels
On February 20, Informatics Europe will organise, jointly with the ACM Europe Council and CEPIS, a workshop in Brussels to discuss further with members of the national communities the Informatics for All Coalition. The goal of the workshop is to set a more concrete and detailed action plan on "Informatics for All" that can be agreed by the various national communities. The workshop will set the basic work to be done by the coalition and the national communities before setting an event where the results will be presented to senior members of the European Commission.
New Report Industrial Funding for Academic Research in Informatics
Our newest report "Industry Funding for Academic Research in Informatics in Europe" prepared by our Data Collection and Reporting Working Group has been released. The report presents the results of a small-scale pilot study exploring the landscape of industry-funded Informatics academic research in Europe. The results have shown that together the institutions included in the study received close to 50 million EUR in funding from industry along an average of 3 years. Visualization, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Ubiquitous Computing, Data Management Systems, Blockchain, Applied Computing for Life and Medical Sciences, Systems Security, Machine Learning and Architectures were the top ten funded fields receiving more than 70% of the global total funding.
Informatics Europe plans to scale up the pilot study to include a higher number of countries and institutions with the goal of producing a fully pan-European picture. We are very grateful to all departments that agreed to provide the data for the pilot study. If you have any questions and comments about the report, please contact: Svetlana Tikhonenko.
7th Heidelberg Forum: Calling Outstanding Young Researchers
The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) annually connects promising young researchers in Mathematics and Computer Science with the top scientists in their fields. For one week (22-27 September 2019), the Forum Foundation invites the recipients of the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the ACM Prize in Computing, the Fields Medal, and the Nevanlinna Prize to join 200 carefully selected young researchers in Heidelberg, the oldest university town in Germany. The purpose is to provide an informal atmosphere where the most accomplished minds of the field thoroughly interact with the next generation’s brightest minds. Young researchers at all phases of their careers (undergraduate/pre-master, graduate PhD or postdoc) are encouraged to apply by 15 February 2019, via the following link: http://application.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org
Association News
Office Staff Changes in Zurich
Starting from January 15, Matteo Barberi will be working as a Program Associate in Organizational Development in our office in Zurich. With a background in Economy and solid experience in Policy Research Analysis and Consulting, Matteo will be in charge of developing further Informatics Europe, leading our efforts to increase and diversify our revenues as well as contributing to expand our organization’s visibility and positioning in Europe. We are delighted to have Matteo on board!
Earlier in January, Pepa Echanove left Informatics Europe to start a new professional challenge. We thank her for her valuable efforts in the two years working in the organization and wish her all the best in the future!
New Members
We are very pleased to welcome the following new members:
We start 2019 counting 135 members from 31 European countries in our growing community. Check out the current members list.
Board Meetings
The Informatics Europe Board met by teleconference on 30 November 2018 for discussions on a number of topics, including: organisation of ECSS 2019, implementation of high-level activities, progress reports from the Working Groups and membership drive.
Next Board Meetings:
- Thursday, January 24, 9:30-16:30, Zurich (Executive Committee Only)
- Friday, January 25, 9:30-16:30, Zurich
- Friday, February 22, 16:00-17:00, Skype
- Wednesday, March 27, 9:30-16:30, Zurich (Executive Committee Only)
- Friday, March 29, 16:00-17:00, Skype
- Friday, April 26, 16:00-17:00, Skype
Don’t forget: as a member representative, you can submit agenda topics and participate as an observer in Board meetings. Let us know!
Members News
Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia
Quality Accreditation for the Bachelor and Master Programs in Computer Science
According to the recent decision of the Accreditation Committee of EQANIE, the University of Latvia has become the first one whose study programs are re-accredited for the second period, until 2023. Both Bachelor and Master programs in Computer Science are awarded Euro-Inf Quality Label. The Faculty of Computing is proud to be the first among 312 programs at 80 universities in 16 countries. Read more here.
Spanish National Associations
SCIE/CODDII Report on Computing Education in Pre-University Stages
Last July, a joint working group of the Spanish Computing Scientific Society (SCIE) and the Spanish Board of Deans of Computing Colleges (CODDII) published a report about computing education in primary and secondary education. The report was aligned with joint reports by Informatics Europe and ACM Europe, and contained specific recommendations based on Spanish educational laws. An executive summary and the full report can be found here.
Inria
Inria will Coordinate the Research Side of the AI for Humanity Plan
Making France a world leader in artificial intelligence, while reconciling ‘performance and humanity’, is the ambitious goal set by President Emmanuel Macron last year. The AI for Humanity strategy, based on the report of the French Deputy Cédric Villani, relies on research and innovation to lead the development of AI. Inria is a coordinator of the research side of the plan and has been given the task of coordinating the national program. Read more here.
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This space is reserved to post relevant news from our member institutions. If you would like to include a piece of news in our next Bulletin, please contact Svetlana Tikhonenko before 10 March 2019.
New Jobs @Informatics Europe Job Platform
Current openings on the Informatics Europe online Job Platform . Your department/institute can advertise open positions on the Informatics Europe job platform too. Extend your search to attract the best! The job service is free of charge for our members.
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Full/Associate Professor in Security by Design - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 1 February 2019
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4 Associate Professor Positions in AI, Information Security, Data Analytics, Pervasive Computing - University of Tartu, Estonia. Deadline: 4 February 2019
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6 MacGillavry Fellowships (Tenure-Track Position for Female Researchers) - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 4 February 2019
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Tenure-Track Faculty Positions (several fields) - IMDEA Software Institute, Spain. Deadline: 6 February 2019
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Tenure-Track and Senior Researcher Positions in Secure Software Systems - CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 11 February 2019
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2 PhD Candidate/Associate Researcher Positions in Software Engineering - paluno, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Deadline: 12 February 2019
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6 Assistant Professors in Information and Computing Sciences - University of Utrecht, Netherlands. Deadline: 14 February 2019
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PhD Candidate/Associate Researcher Position in Adaptive Software Systems - paluno, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Deadline: 15 February 2019
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Chair in Human Factors in the context of the Internet of Things - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 15 February 2019
- Several PhD Positions in Infrastructural and Regulatory Aspects of Data Logistics and in Big Data Management and Science - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 15 February 2019
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Computer Science - Royal Holloway University of London, UK. Deadline: 17 February 2019
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PhD Student on Computational Plasma Modelling - CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 18 February 2019
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Post-Doctoral Positions in all areas of Computer Science - Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Deadline: 1 March 2019
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Chair in Machine Learning - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 1 March 2019
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15 PhD Positions on the subject of Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra - 11 European Partners. Deadline: 15 March 2019
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2 PhD Students for the project "Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra" - CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 15 March 2019
- Monge Assistant Professors in Computer Science and in Data Science and AI - Ecole Polytechnique, Saclay, France. Deadline: 25 March 2019
- Several Assistant Professor Positions (full and part-time) in the Internet of Things, Computer Graphics, Data Science and AI, Computer Science - Ecole Polytechnique, Saclay, France. Deadline: 25 March 2019
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PhD Grant on "Blockchain and Domain-specific Languages in Innovation and Entrepreneurship" - University of Porto, Portugal.
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