Conference Program

The program of the ECSS 2012 consists of special invited talks, workshops, panels and other interactive sessions devoted to common issues, problems and proposals in the area of Informatics (Computer Science/Computing/ICT).

The conference was succesfully held in Barcelona.

The slides of the talks, kindly shared by the speakers,  are available below, just after the title of each talk.

Monday, November 19

(During the day) - Pre-Summit Workshops

• Workshop for Deans, Department Chairs and Research Directors
• Workshop on the Role and Relevance of Experimentation in Informatics

18:00- Welcome party

Tuesday, November 20

All talks and sessions will be in Sala d'Actes, building Vertex (see details here)

08:30-09:00   Registration

09:00-09:30   Welcome and introduction

• Carlo Ghezzi, Nuria Castell Ariño, Manuel Hermenegildo
• Ana Isabel Pérez Neira, Vice-rector for Research Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

09:30-10:50   Keynotes

Session chair: Hans-Ulrich Heiss, TU Berlin

• 09:30-10:10 - Manfred Nagl, RWTH Aachen University

          "Doctoral Dissertations in Informatics in Europe - Some Facts and Figures" [Slides]

• 10:10-10:50 - K.M. (Kees) van Hee, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

         "Engineering Doctorates: the Bridge between Science and Industry" [Slides]

10:50-11:20   Coffee break

11:20-12:35   Discussion Panel "What Makes a Good PhD in Informatics?"

Moderator: Jan van Leeuwen, University of Utrecht

Panelists:

• Anindya Banerjee, IMDEA Software Institute
• Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research
• K.M. (Kees) van Hee, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
• Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich
• Manfred Nagl, RWTH Aachen University
• Fernando Orejas, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Esko Ukkonen, University of Helsinki

12:35-13:50   Lunch (Restaurant in Building B4)

13:50-15:10   Keynotes

 Session chair: Georg Gottlob, University of Oxford

• 13:50-14:30 - Farnam Jahanian, US National Science Foundation

          "Pillars of Societal Innovation: Research and Education in Computer Science and Informatics"

• 14:30-15:10 - Danny Dolev, European Research Council

           "The Promise in Computer Science Research Activities" [Slides]

15:10-15:30 - Discussion with both session speakers

15:30-16:30   Special Session Informatics Europe Initiatives

 Session Chair: Carlo Ghezzi, Informatics Europe President

• 15:30-15:40 Informatics Europe - ACM Collaboration on Education Initiatives - Carlo Ghezzi

• 15:40-15:50 Key Data on Informatics Higher Education in Europe - Cristina Pereira

• 15:50-16:05 Working Group "Parallel Computing (Supercomputing) Education in Europe" - Vladimir Voevodin

• 16:05-16:15 Working Group "Women in Informatics Research and Education" - Lynda Hardman

• 16:15-16:25  EQANIE - Hans-Ulrich Heiss

• 16:25-16:45 Department Evaluation - Manfred Nagl

16:45-17:15   Coffee Break

17:15-18:15   Informatics Europe General Assembly

Session chairs: Carlo Ghezzi (President), Cristina Pereira (Secretary-General)

19:30-20:30   Visit to Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)

20:30-22:30   Conference Dinner at the Restaurante Oleum  in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Wednesday, November 21

All talks and sessions will be in Sala d'Actes, building Vertex (see details here)

08:30-08:45   Registration

08:45-10:05   Keynotes

Session Chair: Leszek Pacholski, University of Wroclaw

• 08:45-09:25 - Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economics and Business

         "Theory Meets Reality: Managing IT Systems at the Greek Ministry of Finance" [Slides]

• 09:25-10:05 - Walter Gander , ETH Zurich and BU Hong Kong

          "Informatics in Schools? - Urgently Needed!"  [Slides]

10:05-10:30   Coffee Break

10:30-12:30   Submitted Contributions

Session Chair: Manuel Hermenegildo, IMDEA Software Institute and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

• 10:30-10:50 Maria Del Carmen Calatrava Moreno and Hannes Werthner, Vienna University of Technology

         "The Vienna PhD School of Informatics. Design, Implementation and Experiences" [Slides]

• 10:50-11:10 Andrey Terekhov, Saint-Petersburg State University

         "PhD education in Saint-Petersburg State University. Integration with Innovations" [Slides]

• 11:10-11:30 Ulrich Kuehne and Rolf Drechsler, University of Bremen

         "SyDe – a New Graduate School for System Design in an Excellent Setting" [Slides]

• 11:30-11:50 Ali Yazici, Atilim University and Paul Kontogiorgis, IBM

          "IT Service Management Research and Education: A Global View" [Slides]

• 11:50-12:10 Tarmo Uustalu, Tallinn University of Technology

          "Running a Centre of Excellence in Computing in a Small country: An Experience Report"

• 12:10-12:30 Zoltán Horváth and Zoltán Istenes, Eotvos Lorand University

          "Involving PhD students into Industry Initiated Software-Engineering Projects"  [Slides]

12:30-13:45   Lunch (Restaurant in Building B4)

13:45-14:25   Keynote

Session Chair: Lynda Hardman, CWI

• Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

          "Applying the experimental paradigm to Software Engineering" [Slides]

14:25-15:45   Discussion Panel "Experiments in Computer Science: Are Traditional Experimental Principles Enough?"

Moderator: Fabio Schreiber, Politecnico di Milano [Slides]

Panelists:

• Francesco Bruschi, Politecnico di Milano [Slides]
• Natalia Juristo,Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
• Antoine Petit, INRIA [Slides]
• Matti Tedre, Stockholm University

15:45-16:15   Coffee Break

16:15-16:45   Award Ceremony "2012 Informatics Europe Curriculum Award"

Session chair: Carlo Ghezzi, Informatics Europe President

16:45-17:00   Closing Remarks

• Carlo Ghezzi, Nuria Castell, Manuel Hermenegildo

17:00-            Closing Informal Discussions