Supported by IE's Education Research Working Group and open to all ECSS participants, the Workshop will be held on Wednesday morning, October 28 as part of the ECSS 2026 program.
Workshop Rundown
09:00 - 10:30 AI in Informatics Higher Education
chaired by Oana Andrei, University of Glasgow (UK)
- Landscape report from IE Task Force
The Informatics Europe AI in Informatics Higher Education Task Force was established in the fall of 2025. In the meantime, its members have conducted a survey across European Higher Education institutions (including, but not limited to, Informatics Europe members) and produced a landscape report synthesising current developments, challenges, and emerging directions. During this session, members of the task force will present the report and facilitate discussion about timely and actionable insights.
- AIM-PRO - AI Literacy for Multidisciplinary Professional Readiness and Outreach
Speaker: Antonio Bucchiarone, University of L’Aquila | Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy)
An opportunity to exchange with the chair of AIM-PRO on the scope and work status of this Erasmus + project, where Informatics Europe is a member.
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Academia/Industry Collaboration in Informatics Higher Education
chaired by Jan Vahrenhold, University of Münster (Germany)
This session is a follow-up to the ECSS 2024 workshop, in which members of the Informatics Education Research Working Group initiated a structured conversation about best practices for collaboration between Academia and Industry in Informatics Higher Education. The Working Group has focused on three main areas: (1) Bachelor/Master Theses, (2) Doctorates, and (3) Capstone Projects. Through surveys and interviews with stakeholders in a variety of institutions across Europe, the Working Group has identified best practices as well as challenges associated with different aspects of such collaboration. The workshop will be used to present these findings and, in the spirit of the ECSS 2024 workshop, to present opportunities to compare and contrast them with the experiences of the workshop participants.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Informatics Higher Education in Europe: Readiness and Core Skills
chaired by Andreas Bollin, University of Klagenfurt (Austria) & Agustín Yagüe, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
co-organised with the IE member National Informatics Associations (NIAs)
Structured around two complementary themes, “Pathways into HE: Readiness vs Early HE Reality” and “Informatics Skills as a Foundation for Multiple Disciplines”, this interactive session combines presentations and participatory activities to explore the alignment between school preparation, national initiatives, and Higher Education expectations in the first years of Informatics studies. It will also examine the transversal informatics competencies needed across engineering disciplines while identifying discipline-specific nuances that can inform communication and early HE practice.
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