ECSS 2011 - Call for Participation
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ECSS 2011 - 7th EUROPEAN COMPUTER SCIENCE SUMMIT
"Informatics Transforming Society"
8–9 November 2011, Milan, Italy
WORKSHOP FOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, DEANS AND RESEARCH DIRECTORS
7 November 2011, Milan, Italy
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The ECSS 2011 is the 7th Summit of DEANS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS and SENIOR FACULTY of leading European Computer Science and Informatics faculties, departments, research institutes and laboratories. Like its previous editions, ECSS 2011 is the meeting place for anyone interested in issues of research, education and policy in Informatics. The conference offers an unique opportunity to meet some of the leading decision makers in informatics research and education, and discuss the critical issues of the discipline. The summit will be held this year at the Politecnico di Milano, in the heart of one of the most exciting cities in the world, filled with culture, art and innovation.
The Summit is devoted to important and timely strategic issues and trends regarding all aspects of informatics: education, research, funding, entrepreneurship, management, career development, and policies and has among its main goals:
- To provide a forum for discussion and exchange of solutions and best practices on common issues
- To examine ways in which deans, department heads, and research directors in Informatics can work together to improve teaching and research, can influence the policies of their universities, governments and the EU, and take joint initiatives on many other issues
- To bring together key leaders in the field who will discuss the latest advances and the future of the discipline
- To expand the international network of Informatics deans, heads of departments, and research directors in Europe
The particular theme of ECSS 2011 is Informatics Transforming Society. Recent events have shown more clearly than ever the transformative power of information technologies; ECSS 2011 will enable researchers, educators, managers and other experts in the field to assess the consequences of our discipline and discuss the best ways of enabling informatics to make its best possible contribution to the progress of society.
As in previous years, the keynote speakers are an impressive group of world-class researchers and leaders in industry and international organizations. The ECSS 2011 select list of keynote speakers includes:
- Judith Bishop - Microsoft Research
- Stefano Ceri - Politecnico di Milano
- Janice Cuny - US National Science Foundation
- Monika Henzinger - University of Vienna
- Willem Jonker - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT ICT Labs)
- Miron Livny - University of Wisconsin
- John Mylopoulos - University of Trento
- Xavier Serra - University Pompeu Fabra
- John White - ACM
In addition to invited presentations, the ECSS program includes also talks selected from submitted contributions on topics of wide interest to the informatics community and two discussion panels on timely issues: Academia-Industry Technology Transfer and Open Access for and based on Informatics R&D.
Special Event - Curriculum Best Practices Award Ceremony
As a special feature of the ECSS 2011 it will be held the Award Ceremony of the 2011 Curriculum Best Practices Award. Organized by Informatics Europe and sponsored by Intel, the first edition of the Curriculum Best Practices Award focus in the area of Parallelism and Concurrency and includes a 30.000 EUR prize. The ceremony will feature the public announcement and awarding of the two winner proposals and presentation of their achievements.
Pre-Summit Workshop for Department Chairs, Deans, and Research Directors
The day before the actual Summit, November 07, a special workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors chaired by Prof. Mehdi Jazayeri, from the University of Lugano, will be held. The workshop provides a networking opportunity for department chairs, old and new, to share experiences, common challenges, and best practices. It provides a forum for strengthening your leadership and management competencies by exchanging best practices and by building relationships among department heads at European Informatics research institutions. The workshop focuses on the role of the department chair in setting goals and defining success criteria. Both new and experienced department heads are invited for an exchange of best practices, new ideas and common challenges.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
- Schahram Dustdar - Technical University of Vienna
- Anthony Finkelstein - University College London, UK
- Paola Inverardi - Department of Computer Science, University of L'Aquila, Italy
- Mehdi Jazayeri - Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Registration
Registrations to the conference are open. To register follow "How to Register" at the conference website: http://www.ecss2011.polimi.it/
Come join this exciting and important event in the field of Informatics!
