Lisboa, the city of light. We are in the middle of the autumn season, however the sun and the warm temperatures give us a flavour of late summer. The impressive award-winning building of the Rectorate of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa welcomed over 110 participants united in Lisbon to attend the 13th edition of the European Computer Science Summit. The annual Informatics Europe Summit is consolidating its position as a major event in Informatics research, education and policy in Europe. The conference was a great success, three days of top class presentations by the invited keynote speaker, interesting debate and discussions and exchange among Deans, Department Heads, Research Directors, Professors and Researchers representating Informatics Departments, Faculties, Schools and Research Institutes from all over Europe and the US. Old members and newcomers enjoyed the three-day Summit and the enriching discussions as much as the delights from the colourful city of Lisbon and its tasteful gastronomy.

Informatics for all and the challenges of connectivity
The Summit began on October 23 with the traditional Workshop for Deans and Department Heads organised by Mehdi Jazayeri and Hannes Werthner. The main theme was ‘Teaching Informatics for all!’. Questions like if and how to introduce computational thinking and other basic concepts to first year students from other disciplines, or how to retain students and promote diversity without losing quality were among the main topics of discussion. Participants had also the opportunity to learn from speakers about policies and practices that make strong departments. For those who could not attend the Workshop, the slides of the talks presented by Shriram Krishnamurthi, Jim Larus, Luis Caires and Markus Püschel, are available for download on the Workshop website.

The main conference on October 24 and 25 explored the challenges of a growing connected society for the field Informatics. The Portuguese Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Fernanda Rollo, opened the conference reminding the importance of Informatics for our society and the global economy. In education, the demand for Informatics training across disciplines, the huge gap between the job market offer and the graduates output, as well as the needs of Industry and society in an increasingly connected world impose tremendous challenges for Universities. On the research side, not less challenging, Informatics is becoming increasingly multidisciplinary with higher demand for industrial and multi-collaborative projects as well as promotion of open access. Prominent academics provided their perspectives on a variety of topics on research, education and policy, leading to inspiring debate and questions. The presentations from Marie-Paule Cani, João Claro, Nuno Correia, Roberto Di Cosmo, Pierre Dillenbourg, Wendy Hall, Elham Kashefi, Michael Kölling, Kurt Mehlhorn, can be found on the ECSS 2017 website.

Complementing the program, a special session reported on the progress and important outcomes of Informatics Europe Working Groups on Education (Michael Caspersen), Women in Informatics Research & Education (Jane Hillston) and Research Evaluation (Floriana Esposito) all topics of central importance for the Informatics academic community.

Sharing their experiences and bringing to discussion complex issues like the future with social robots, autonomous machines and machine learning for complex moral decisions, the panel of experts in Ethics (Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira, Fabrizio Gagliardi, Leszek Pacholski and João Sequeira) chaired by José Luis Fiadeiro, closed the conference on a high note.

Special awards ceremony
A special moment of the conference was the awards ceremony, where the laureates of Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education and Minerva Informatics Equality awards were announced, together with the winner of the ERCIM Coor Bayen Young Researcher Prize. Class’Code from France won the 2017 Best Practices in Education Award. As team ambassadors, Colin de la Higuera (Nantes University) and Benjamin Ninassi (INRIA) received the 5,000 EUR prize from Evelyne Vegas, Microsoft, sponsor of the 2017 Award. The winner of the second edition of the Minerva Informatics Equality Award was the Institute for Computing and Information Sciences at Radboud University, The Netherlands. Lejla Batina, Head of the Digital Security Group and Bernadette Smelik, Managing Director of the Institute, received the 5,000 EUR award from Beate List representing the sponsor Google.
Tim Baarslag from CWI (The Netherlands) was selected as the winner of the 2017 ERCIM Cor Baayen Award for his work on the use of mathematical tools in decision-making processes.

Participation and engagement at the heart of Informatics Europe
As part of the ECSS program, Informatics Europe held its Annual General Assembly. Members had the opportunity to discuss the organization finances and strategy for future development as well as elect a new President, Vice Presidents and Treasurer and six new Board members. You can read more about the elections and get to know the biography of the elected Board members on our News page.

Enrico Nardelli was elected Informatics Europe’s President starting his term on January 2018. With great enthusiasm he addressed the members thanking them for their trust and support and encouraging their participation and feedback for building a stronger and more influent association. Enrico also thanked Lynda Hardman for her leadership and strong engagement in the past two years as President of Informatics Europe and for the excellent results and achievements.

The ECSS is travelling for the first time to Scandinavia in 2018. The Summit will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from 8 to 10 of October 2018, hosted by Chalmers University. This is again a unique opportunity to join your European peers to debate the future of our field and contribute to a stronger European Informatics community.

Save the dates on your calendar! ECSS 2018, 08-10 October, 2018.

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• Rectorate building (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

• Rectorate building (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

• Hannes Werthner (Vienna University of Technology), Dean's Workshop Co-Chair

• Mehdi Jazayeri (University of Lugano), Dean's Workshop Co-Chair

• Shriram Krishnamurthi (Brown University)

• Participants during the Deans Workshop

• Jim Larus (EPFL)

• Luís Caires (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa), ECSS 2017 Co-Chair

• Markus Püschel (ETH), ECSS 2017 Program Co-Chair

• Deans Workshop Discussion Panel

• Fernanda Rollo (Secretary of State for Science and Higher Education) receiving the report 'Are We All In The Same Boat' from Lynda Hardman at the opening ceremony

• Fernando Santana (Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

• Nuno Correia (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

• Kurt Mehlhorn (Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Saarland and ERC)

• Hélène Kirchner (INRIA), Session Chair

• Marie-Paule Cani (Ecole Polytechnique de Paris)

• Elham Kashefi (University of Edinburgh)

• Wendy Hall (University of Southampton)

• Roberto Di Cosmo (INRIA - Université Paris Diderot)

• ECSS 2017 audience

• Jan Vahrenhold (University of Münster), Chair of the Best Practices in Education Award Committee

• Best Practices in Education Award Winners with Evelyne Viegas (Microsoft)

• Christine Choppy (Université Paris 13), Chair of the 2nd Minerva Award Committee

• Minerva Informatics Equality Award Winners with Beate List (Google)

• Tim Baarslag (Cor Baayen Young Researcher Laureate) with Domenico Laforenza and Jos Baeten (ERCIM)

• Cristina Pereira (Informatics Europe Secretary General)

• Participants during the conference

• Michael Caspersen (IT-vest, Denmark), Informatics Education Working Group

• Jane Hillston (University of Edinburgh), WIRE Working Group and Session Chair

• Floriana Esposito (University of Bari), Research Evaluation Working Group

• ECSS 2018 Conference and Program Chairs

• Lynda Hardman (CWI), Informatics Europe President and ECSS 2017 Co-Chair

• Elected Board Members and Executive Committee

• Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe President-elect

• Conference gala dinner

• Conference gala dinner

• Gregor Engels (University of Paderborn), Session Chair

• Joao Claro (University of Porto)

• Crowded auditorium during one of the sessions

• Manuel Hermenegildo (IMDEA/UPM), Session Chair

• Pierre Dillenbourg (EPFL)

• Michael Kölling (King's College London)

• José Luiz Fiadeiro (Royal Holloway University of London), ECSS 2017 Program Co-Chair and Ethics Panel Chair

• Isabel Aldhinas Ferreira (IST & Centro de Filosofia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

• Fabrizio Gagliardi (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

• Joao Sequeira (Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST Lisboa)

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Dear Colleagues,

The European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2017) will be celebrating its 13th edition. The European Informatics community will meet in the lively and colourful city of Lisbon, Portugal, on October 23-25, 2017, hosted by Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

The theme of the ECSS 2017 will be “Informatics Connects!” We are all well aware that the ongoing digital revolution and globalization is deeply affecting education and research in Informatics, as well as the role Informatics plays in society.

On the one hand, Informatics is driving this digital revolution, creating a huge demand for specialized graduates and professionals. It is also contributing to developing innovative, fundamental approaches and tools for other disciplines: data-driven science, personalized medicine, manufacturing, architecture, finance and the creatives industries amongst others.
On the other hand, Informatics is a global discipline that remains largely unaffected by local or country-specific regulations. That is why education and talent-search know no boundaries, as we can see from the ever-increasing number of joint programmes, online courses (MOOCs) and the presence of major IT companies all across the globe.

However, a key challenge in education and university research for our discipline is to properly manage this increased “connectivity”. In education, the demand for Informatics training across disciplines, joint programmes and countries is rising. Research is becoming increasingly multidisciplinary and demand is rising for partnerships through which companies and organisations can reap the benefits of connectivity.

ECSS 2017 will gather a selection of distinguished speakers to address the challenges that connectivity represents in its various forms; it will feature talks on selected “hot” topics, panel discussions and examples of successful stories.

To complete the programme, the winners of the 6th edition of the Best Practices in Education Award and of the 2nd edition of the Minerva Informatics Equality Award will be revealed at a special Award Ceremony. This ceremony will be organised jointly with ERCIM and include their annual Cor Baayen Award, which is given to a promising young researcher in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.

For the day before the main summit starts, October 23, we have planned the traditional Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads, chaired this year by Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland, and Hannes Werthner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria. The workshop is a forum for discussion and exchange of practical experiences and proven successful strategies on the main issues encountered when managing faculties, departments or research work.

Like its previous editions, ECSS 2017 promises to be an enriching and memorable experience, both personally and professionally, for all participants! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Lisbon!

General Chairs
Luís Caires: Department of Informatics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa,
Lynda Hardman: Informatics Europe President, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Utrecht University

Program Chairs
José Luiz Fiadeiro: Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway University of London
Markus Püschel: Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich.

Lisbon is an illuminated city. The almost constant presence of sunshine and the River Tagus transforms the Portuguese capital into a mirror of a thousand colours – highlighting the city’s unique architecture and beauty. There are so many things to see and do in Lisbon that visitors have access to a wide array of different experiences.

Lisbon highlights

Official website of the Lisbon Tourist Office

Lonely Planet guide to Lisbon

The local organizing committee recommends the following hotels close to the conference venue, see here a map for directions.

• Hotel Principe Lisboa***
• SANA Reno Hotel***
• Hotel HF Fénix Garden***
• SANA Malhoa Hotel****
• Novotel Lisboa****
• Mercure Lisboa Hotel****
• Hotel Açores Lisboa****

Please note that Lisbon is a reputated turistic destination, we strongly suggest you to book your accommodation quite ahead of the ECSS dates !

At a joint Award ceremony with ERCIM, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, three Awards will be presented during ECSS 2017:

To recognize initiatives that advance the quality of research and education in Informatics in Europe, Informatics Europe will present:

• The Best Practices in Education Award recognizing educational initiatives across Europe that improve the quality of Informatics teaching and the attractiveness of the discipline. This award was initiated in 2011.
• The Minerva Informatics Equality Award recognizing best practices in departments or faculties of European universities and research labs that encourage and support the careers of women in Informatics research and education. This award is first presented in 2016.

ERCIM will present

• The Cor Baayen Young Researcher Award to a promising young researcher in computer science and applied mathematics. The award was created in 1995 to honour the first ERCIM President.

All award winners will be invited to present their winning project.

The ECSS 2017,  is calling the participation of the community and in particular of:

• Heads (deans, chairs) of Academic Informatics /Computer Science /IT Departments (Schools, Faculties, Institutes);
• Research Directors and Managers of Research Centres, Institutes and Labs, both in public institutions and in industry;
• Faculty members and researchers from both academia and industry;
• Members of funding and governmental agencies at European, national regional and local level;
• Experts, advisors and thinkers of numerous key issues like ethics, the relation between Informatics and other sciences, the discipline’s future and its influence on the academic world and society.

ECSS 2017 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, October 23- 25, 2017 and will be hosted by the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. The summit is co-chaired by Luís Caires Department of Informatics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Lynda Hardman, Informatics Europe President, CWI and Utrecht University. The Program Chairs are José Fiadeiro, Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway University of London and Markus Püschel, Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich.
The Summit is devoted to important and timely strategic issues and trends regarding all aspects of Informatics, including research, education, entrepreneurship, funding, career development, management and policies.

This main theme of the 2017 Summit is: Informatics Connects!

The ongoing digital revolution and globalization is deeply affecting education and research in Informatics, as well as the role that the domain plays in society.

On the one hand, Informatics is driving this digital revolution, creating a huge demand for specialized graduates and professionals. It is also contributing to developing innovative, fundamental approaches and tools for other disciplines: data-driven science, personalized medicine, manufacturing, architecture, finance and the creatives industries among others.

On the other hand, Informatics is a global discipline that remains largely unaffected by local or country-specific regulations. That is why education and talent-search know no boundaries, as we can see from the ever-increasing number of joint programmes, online courses (MOOCs) and the presence of major IT companies across all the globe.

A key challenge in education and university research for our discipline is to properly manage this increased “connectivity”.

Invited Speakers

ECSS 2017 will gather a selection of distinguished speakers to address the challenges that connectivity represents in its various forms; it will feature talks on selected “hot” topics, panel discussions and examples of successful stories.

An advanced list of speakers includes:

• Marie-Paule Cani, Ecole Polytechnique
• João Claro, Universidade do Porto
• Nuno Correia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
• Roberto Di Cosmo, INRIA - Université Paris Diderot
• Pierre Dillenbourg, EPFL
• Wendy Hall, University of Southampton
• Elham Kashefi, University of Edinburgh
• Michael Kölling, King’s College
• Kurt Mehlhorn, Max Planck Institute for Informatics and University of Saarland

More speakers to be announced soon. Follow the ECSS 2017 website for up to date information.

Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads

Every year, jointly with the ECSS main Summit, Informatics Europe organises a special Workshop for Deans and Heads of Informatics Departments to address specific challenges they encounter in their role. The workshop is a unique networking forum for leaders of Informatics institutions, and focuses on concrete issues and practical solutions.

This main theme of the 2017 Pre-Summit Workshop is: Teaching informatics for all! Visit the Pre-Summit Workshop Website for more information.

Conference Chairs

Luís Caires, Department ​of Informatics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Lynda Hardman, Informatics Europe President, CWI and Utrecht University

Program Chairs

​José Luiz Fiadeiro, Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway University of London

Markus Püschel, Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich

Organisational Committee

Joana Dâmaso, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Pepa Echanove, Informatics Europe

Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe

Register for the ECSS 2017 and/or the Pre-Summit Workshop in two quick steps:

1. Complete the registration form
2. Proceed with the payment for the events you wish to attend (bank transfer or credit card)

Registrations Closed

Registration Fees

The registration fee of the Main Conference (24-25 October) covers:

• Participation in all activities of the Summit
• Coffee breaks, lunches
• Conference Dinner on Tuesday, 24 October
• Conference materials

The registration fee of the Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads (23 October) covers:

• Participation in all activities of the Workshop
• Coffee breaks, lunch
• Welcome Reception on Monday, 23 October
• Workshop materials

*Companion invitations for the Welcome Reception and Dinner are available for purchase (Extra Tickets). They are not included in the registration fee.

Participants from institutions which are not yet member of Informatics Europe can profit of a special offer. See more details here.

Prices

Early Bird registration (before September 15)

• Informatics Europe Members**
  • Pre-Summit Workshop (23 October): EUR 100
  • ECSS (24-25 October): EUR 350
  • ECSS + Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 450
• Non-Members
  • Pre-Summit Workshop (23 October): EUR 150
  • ECSS (24-25 October): EUR 450
  • ECSS + Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 550

Normal registration (after September 15)

• Informatics Europe Members
  • Pre-Summit Workshop (23 October): EUR 150
  • ECSS (24-25 October): EUR 450
  • ECSS + Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 550
• Non-Members
  • Pre-Summit Workshop (23 October): EUR 200
  • ECSS (24-25 October): EUR 550
  • ECSS + Pre-Summit Workshop: EUR 650

The early registration discount is only valid until September 15. Register early to benefit from the discount!

** The same members reduced fees apply to ERCIM and Academia Europea Members.

If you have questions or need help with your registration, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ECSS 2017 and the Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads will be held at:

Rectorate of the NOVA University of Lisbon
Campolide Campus

The Rectorate Building was awarded the “Prémio Valmor de Arquitectura 2002”, a top prize in distinguishing landmarks of Lisbon´s architectural landscape, established in 1902.
The Department of Informatics of the NOVA University of Lisbon is a pioneer institution in advanced education and research in Computer Science in Portugal. It has graduated thousands of informatics engineers and computer scientists, and currently host around 800 students enrolled in various programs and courses. The NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics (NOVA LINCS) is a Portuguese leading research unit in the area of Computer Science and Engineering.  It is hosted at the Department of Informatics of the NOVA University of Lisbon.

How to reach ECSS 2017 Venue

Lisbon Airport is around 10 km away from the conference venue - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - located at Campolide Campus, Lisbon central zone.

• By public transportation

The easiest way to reach Campolide by public transportation is the subway Red Line, directly connected to the Airport.

The closest subway station to the ECSS 2017 venue is S. Sebastião on the Red Line. Subway station S. Sebastião is 10 minutes walking distance from the conference venue.

There is also available an Airport Bus Transport service - Aerobus - that ensures regular links between the Lisbon Airport and several areas in the city.

• By taxi

A taxi ride from the Airport to the conference venue costs around 10-15 Euro.

Oct. 23           Oct. 24             Oct. 25

The slides of talks given during the conference are available for download on the program below

Venue: Rectorate Building of the NOVA University of Lisbon - Campus de Campolide - 1099-085 Lisboa

• 23.10.17 - Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads (Auditorium)
• 23.10.17 - Welcome Reception at 'Café In' (Av. Brasília, Pavilhão Nascente, nº311 | Lisboa 1300-596)
• 24/25.10.17 - ECSS Main Conference (Auditorium)
• 24.10.17 - Conference Dinner at 'Aura Restaurant' (Praça do Comércio | Metro Stop Terreiro do Paço, Lisboa 1100-148)

Monday, 23 October 2017

09:00-17:00  Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads

19:00  ECSS 2017 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

8:30-09:00  Registration

09:00-09:10  Welcome and Introduction

• Lynda Hardman (President of Informatics Europe, CWI and Utrecht University) and Luís Caires (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) - ECSS 2017 Chairs
• ​Markus Püschel (ETH Zurich) and José Luiz Fiadeiro (Royal Holloway University of London) - ECSS 2017 Program Chairs

09:10-09:25 Opening by Fernanda Rollo (Secretary of State of Science and Higher Education) and Fernando Santana (Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

09.25-10.40  Session 1

Session Chair: Jim Larus (EPFL)

• 09.25-09.55 Kurt Mehlhorn - Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Saarland and ERC
  "The European Research Council" [Slides]
  

• 09.55-10.40 Nuno Correia - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 
  "Interactive Systems in Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries" [Slides]
  

10.40-11.00  Coffee Break

11:00-12:30  Session 2

Session Chair: Hélène Kirchner (INRIA)

• 11:00-11:45 Marie-Paule Cani - Ecole Polytechnique
  "Across Disciplines: Towards Expressive 3D Modeling for Visual Communication" [Slides]
  

• 11:45-12:30 Elham Kashefi - University of Edinburgh
   "Entrapping Nature" [Slides]

12:30-13:30  Lunch

13:30-15:00  Session 3

Session Chair: Jane Hillston (University of Edinburgh)

• 13:30-14:15 Wendy Hall - University of Southampton 
  "Making Connections Across Interdisciplinary Boundaries: Observatories and Data Analytics for Web Science"
  

• 14:15-15:00  Roberto Di Cosmo - INRIA - Université Paris Diderot
  "Software Heritage: Building an Essential Facility for the Digital Age"  [Slides]
  

15:00-15:30  Coffee Break

15:30-16:30  Informatics Europe - ERCIM 2017 Awards Ceremony (Public Session)

2017 Best Practices in Education Award (sponsored by Microsoft Research)

• 15:30-15:50 Winner Announcement (Jan Vahrenhold, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), followed by short talk by the winner: 'Class Code' Project  [Slides]

2nd Minerva Informatics Equality Award (sponsored by Google)

• 15:50-16:10 Winner Announcement (Christine Choppy, Université Paris 13), followed by short talk by the winner: Bernadette Smelik and Lejla Batina (Radboud University) [Slides]

ERCIM Cor Baayen Award Ceremony (sponsored by ERCIM)

• 16:10-16:30 Winner Announcement (Domenico Laforenza - President ERCIM), followed by short talk by the Laureate: Tim Baarslag (CWI)  [Slides]

16:30-17:15  Special Session Informatics Europe Activities

Session Chair: Cristina Pereira - Informatics Europe

• Informatics4All - Michael Caspersen, Aarhus University [Slides]
• Working Group Women in Informatics Research and Education - Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh [Slides]
• Working Group on Research Evaluation - Floriana Esposito, University of Bari [Slides]

17:15-18:45  Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly

Session Chairs: Lynda Hardman (President), Cristina Pereira (Secretary General)

19:30-22:00  Conference Dinner at 'Aura Restaurant' (Praça do Comércio | Metro Stop Terreiro do Paço, Lisboa 1100-148)

                   

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

08:30-09:00  Registration

09:00-10:30  Session 4

Session Chair: Gregor Engels (University of Paderborn)

• 09:00-09.45 Kurt Mehlhorn - Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Saarland and ERC
  "The Physarum Computer" [Slides]
  

• 09:45-10:30 João Claro - Universidade do Porto
  "Carnegie Mellon|Portugal – an International Partnership for Talent, Knowledge, and Innovation in ICT" [Slides]
  

10:30-11:00  Coffee Break 

11:00-12:30  Session 5

Session Chair: Manuel Hermenegildo (IMDEA/UPM)

• 11:00-11:45 Michael Kölling - King’s College London
  "Computer Science Education – In Defence of Programming" [Slides]
  

• 11:45-12:30 Pierre Dillenbourg - EPFL
  "How Computer Science Contributes to Education Research" [Slides]
  

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00  Panel on Ethics

Panel Chair: José Luiz Fiadeiro - Royal Holloway University of London

Panelists:

• Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira (Institute for Systems and Robotics , IST & Centro de Filosofia, U. NOVA de Lisboa) [Slides]
• Fabrizio Gagliardi (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) [Slides]
• Leszek Pacholski (Wroclav University)
• João Sequeira (Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Lisboa) [Slides]

15:00-16:00 Closing Remarks