Conference Program
The slides of most talks are available for download in the program below.
Venue: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) - Lágymányosi Campus (Danube Riverside University Campus) - Pázmány Péter sétány, 1117 Budapest. Download the PDF with more information on the venue including maps.
Workshop: 1/A. Pázmány Péter sétány (North Building), Room 21, floor 7
Welcome Reception: 1/C. Pázmány Péter sétány (South Building), Main Aula
Main Conference: 1/C. Pázmány Péter sétány (South Building), Room 0.803
9:00-17:30 Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads
18:00 ECSS 2016 Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
8:15-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Welcome and Introduction
- Lynda Hardman, Zoltán Horváth (ECSS 2016 Chairs)
- Gregor Engels (ECSS 2016 Program Chair)
09:10-09:25 Welcome Address
- László Palkovics, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Hungary
"Digital Transformation: Challenges and Solutions in Computer Science Education"
09.25-10.55 Session 1 "The Computer Science Societies Perspective"
Session Chair: Enrico Nardelli, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
- 09.25-10.10 Alexander Wolf, Past ACM President
"Professional Societies in Computing: An Anachronism or an Anchor?" [Slides]
- 10.10-10.55 Domenico Laforenza, ERCIM
"The Role of Informatics Societies in Contributing to the Scientific, Social and Economic Growth in Europe" [Slides]
10.55-11.25 Coffee Break
11:25-12:55 Session 2 "The Research and Policy Perspective"
Session Chair: Hans-Ulrich Heiß, TU Berlin
- 11:25-12:10 – Anthony Finkelstein, The Alan Turing Institute
"Working in Government: From Research to Policy" [no slides used]
- 12:10-12:55 - Erika Ábrahám, RWTH Aachen
"The Power of Satisfiability Checking" [Slides]
12:55-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 3 "The Future Perspective"
Session Chair: Leszek Pacholski, TU Wroclaw
- 14:00-14:45 - Manfred Broy, TU Munich
"How Does the Digital Transformation Affect Informatics as a Scientific Discipline?" [Slides]
- 14:45-15:30 – Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology
"The Future is Already Here – It’s Just Not Distributed Evenly" [Slides]
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Panel “Informatics Driving the Digital World – Really?”
Panel Chair: Markus Püschel, ETH Zurich
- Panelists: Erika Ábrahám, Jan Bosch, Manfred Broy, Anthony Finkelstein, Domenico Laforenza, Alexander Wolf
17:00-17:45 Special Session Informatics Europe Activities
Session Chair: Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe
- 17:00-17:20 Committee on European Computing Education (CECE) - Jan Vahrenhold/ Michael Caspersen [Slides]
- 17:20-17:25 Working Group Women in Informatics Research and Education - Lynda Hardman [Slides]
- 17:25-17:35 Report Key Data Informatics Education in Europe - Cristina Pereira [Slides]
- 17:35-17:45 EQANIE Goals and Activities: the Euro-Inf Quality Label - Eduardo Vendrell [Slides]
17:45-18:30 Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly
Session Chairs: Lynda Hardman (President), Cristina Pereira (Secretary General)
19:00-22:00 Conference Dinner: Sightseeing tour with dinner on boat 'Sirona'. 19:00: Meeting point in 1/C. Pázmány Péter sétány (South Building), Danube gate. Maps will be available at the registration desk.
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:30 Session 4 "The Software and Systems Engineering Perspective"
Session Chair: Hélène Kirchner, Inria
- 09:00-09.30 - Patricia Lago, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
"Software with a Sustainability Intent" [Slides]
- 09:30-10:00 - Laura Kovács, Vienna University of Technology
"Automated Reasoning for Systems Engineering" [Slides]
- 10:00-10:30 – Willem Jonker, EIT Digital
"Innovations Driving the Digital Transformation"
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 Informatics Europe ERCIM Awards Ceremony 2016 - Public Session
Session Chairs: Lynda Hardman (Informatics Europe), Domenico Laforenza (ERCIM)
2016 Best Practices in Education Award (sponsored by Microsoft Research)
- Winner Announcement - Michael Caspersen, Chair Award Committee
- Talk by Winner Representatives [Slides]
1st Minerva Informatics Equality Award (sponsored by Google)
- Winner Announcement - Lynda Hardman, President Informatics Europe
- Talk by Winner Representatives [Slides]
ERCIM Cor Baayen Award Ceremony (sponsored by ERCIM)
12:15-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:45 Session 5 "Challenges of Digitalization"
Session Chair: Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn
- 13:30-14:00 - Roland Jakab, Ericsson
"Transformative Power of ICT" [Slides]
- 14:00-14:20 - Ivica Crnkovic, Gordana Dodic-Crnkovic, Chalmers University
"Digitalization as a strategic choice at University - Challenges in Research and Education" [Slides]
- 14:20-14:45 - Attila Ferik, GE Health
"Healthcare Digital Transformation" [Slides]
14:45-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-16:15 Panel “Research Evaluation”
Panel Chair: Manuel Hermenegildo, IMDEA Software Institute and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid [Intro Slides] [Position Slides]
- Panelists: Lynda Hardman (CWI and Utrecht University), Mike Hicks (University of Maryland), Hélène Kirchner (INRIA) [Slides], Gianni Mecca (Università della Basilicata, Potenza) [Slides]
16:15-16:30 Closing Remarks