Informatics Europe Bulletin: End of the Year News & Holiday Greetings

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	Informatics Europe Bulletin - December 2020

	Dear Members, The year 2020 is coming to an end and for many of us a challenging time is laying behind. We would like to take the opportunity to thank you and your department for the continuing support and fruitful collaboration, especially in times like these. We wish you, your colleagues and families a peaceful Christmas time and a good start for the New Year! Below you can find the December edition of our monthly Bulletin. We hope you enjoy it! In this issue: Existing Competencies in the Teaching of Ethics in Computer Science Faculties - Research Report Informatics Higher Education Data Portal: Academic Salaries & Further Updates Academic Leadership Development Course: Testimonials Association News Board Meetings New Informatics Europe Members Members News New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job Platform Existing Competencies in the Teaching of Ethics in Computer Science Faculties - Research Report The research report presents the results of a survey conducted as part of the Ethics4EU project in 2020 on teaching practices for digital ethics across Europe. The report builds upon the previous work by Informatics Europe published in 2019 on requirements for the instruction of digital ethics at European Universities. The report summarises existing practices and outlines possible approaches for developing the future curricula of digital ethics in Computer Science programs. You can find out more and download the full report here. Informatics Higher Education Data Portal: Academic Salaries & Further Updates Informatics Europe is proud to report about important updates happening this year in its Informatics Higher Education Data Portal. We invite you to read more about it on our news article and encourage you to spread the word about the Data Portal and its updates both in your Department and among your Faculty. Academic Leadership Development Course: Testimonials The six online sessions of the Academic Leadership Development Course were a great success, and we are proud to share with our community some testimonials of colleagues attending the course: "This was a fantastic experience, with lots of opportunity for insight, reflection and networking." Mark Zarb, Robert Gordon University "I loved the course, the information you put to us, asking the right questions that made us reflect upon our own actions, and the discussions that gave such inspiring insights as well." Ria Wolkorte, University of Twente "The course has been excellent and very rewarding. Thanks to everyone, it has been great to meet you all!" John Isaacs, Robert Gordon University Stay tuned to our website for future Academic Leadership offers next year. We plan to have new courses, both for emerging and senior leaders in Spring and Autumn! Association News Board Meetings Thursday, January 27 and 28, 13:00-17:00, online (Executive Committee Only) Friday, January 29, 9:30-16:30, online Friday, February 26, 16:00-17:00, online Don’t forget: As a member representative, you can submit agenda topics and participate as an observer in Board meetings. Let us know in case you are interested in this offer! New Informatics Europe Members We are very pleased to welcome the following new member: Reykjavik University, Department of Computer Science They joined a growing membership of over 140 institutions from 34 European countries. Check out our current member list. Members News Politecnico di Milano, Italy - PERISCOPE project - Data Science Lab Since November 1 Prof. Marco Brambilla, associate professor at DEIB, and his team have been participating in the PERISCOPE European project. PERISCOPE will investigate the broad socio-economic and behavioral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, to make Europe more resilient and prepared for future large-scale risks. The European Commission approved PERISCOPE (Pan-European Response To The Impacts Of Covid-19 And Future Pandemics And Epidemics), a large-scale research project that brings together 32 European institutions and is coordinated by the University of Pavia. PERISCOPE is a Horizon 2020 research project that was funded with almost 10 million Euros under the Coronavirus Global Response initiative launched in May 2020 by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The goal of PERISCOPE is to shed light into the broad socio-economic and behavioral impacts of COVID-19. A multidisciplinary consortium will bring together experts in all aspects of the current outbreak: clinic and epidemiologic; socio-economic and political; statistical and technological. The partners of the consortium will carry out theoretical and experimental research to contribute to a deeper understanding of the short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic and the measures adopted to contain it. Such research-intensive activities will allow the consortium to propose measures to prepare Europe for future pandemics and epidemics in a relatively short timeline. You can find further information here. * This space is available to include relevant news from our member institutions. If you would like to share your news, please contact Franziska Hauffe. New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job Platform There are 15 new job openings** on the Informatics Europe Job Platform! Extend your search to attract the best and advertise open positions on the Informatics Europe job platform free of charge!



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