Conference Program

Monday, October 13

Pre-Summit Workshop will be at Institute of Computer Science, University of Wrocław

- ROOM 119-

 

10:00-16:00   Pre-Summit Workshop

 

17:30-19:30   Welcome drink at the Hotel im. Jana Pawła II (ul. Św. Idziego 2, 50-328 Wrocław)

 


Tuesday, October 14

All talks and sessions will be at Institute of Computer Science, University of Wrocław

- ROOM 25-

 

08:30-09:00   Registration

09:00-09:15  Welcome and introduction

09:15-10:45   Keynotes

Session Chair: Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich

  • 09:15-10:00 - Danny Dolev, European Research Council

          "ERC and the promise in computer science research activities" [Slides]

         "Sensing everywhere: on quantitative verification for ubiquitous computing" [Slides]

 

10:45-11:15   Coffee break

 

11:15-13:00   Keynotes/Panel

Session Chair: Núria Castell Ariño, UPC

  • 11:15 - 12:00 Andreas Zeller, Saarland University

          "Mining apps to learn normal behavior" [Slides]

  • 12:00-13:00 Discussion Panel Why there are so few ERC grants in "New Europe"?

    Panellists:

    • Danny Dolev
    • Stefan Dziembowski [Slides]
    • Marta Kwiatkowska
    • Andreas Zeller [Slides]
    • Zoltan Horvath

 

13:00-14:00  Lunch break (Cafeteria Faculty of Chemistry)

 

14:00-16:00  Keynotes

 Session Chair: Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh

  • 14:00-14:50 - Eugene H. Spafford, Purdue University

          "The Challenge of security and privacy in computing"

  • 14:50-15:40 - Bart Preneel, KU Leuven

           "Cryptography and information security in the post-Snowden era" [Slides]

 

15:40 -16:10  Coffee break 

 

16:10 - 17:30 Informatics Europe Annual General Assembly

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

 

19:30-20:30  Visit to the University of Wrocław Museum (Main Building University of Wroclaw)

20:30-23:00  Conference Dinner at the University Hall (Main Building University of Wroclaw)

 

 


Wednesday, October 15

All talks and sessions of the morning will be at University of Wroclaw Main Building

- AULA LEOPOLDINA-

 

08:30-09:00   Registration

09:00-11:00   Special Session "Informatics Europe 10th Anniversary"

Session Chair: Carlo Ghezzi, Informatics Europe President

         "From should to can to will: software, verified"

  • 09:45-10:25 - Award Ceremony "Informatics Europe Best Practices in Education Award" Sponsored by Microsoft Research

          Session Chair: Gérard Berry, Collège de France

          Winner Announcement: Computing At School, UK

          Talk by Winner Representative

          Simon Humphreys, CAS National Cordinator

             "Computing At School" [Slides]

  • 10:25-11:00 - Informatics Europe Initiatives
    • 10:25-10:45 Jan Vahrenhold, University of Muenster

                    "Committee on European Computing Education"

    • 10:45-11:00 Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe

                   "Report: Informatics Education in Europe: Institutions, Degrees, Students, Positions, Salaries - Key Data 2008-2013"

 

11:00-11:30   Coffee break

 

11:30-12:45  Keynotes

Session Chair: Hans Ulrich Heiss, TU Berlin

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Andre Richier, European Commission

          "e-Skills for jobs: fostering competitiveness, growth and jobs in Europe" [Slides]

  • 12:00-12:45 Pierre Dillenbourg, EPFL

          "20 MOOCs later: lessons and surprises"

 

12:45-14:00   Lunch Break (Cafeteria Faculty of Chemistry)

 

All talks and sessions of the afternoon will be at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Wroclaw

- ROOM 25 -

 

14:00-15:00 Submitted Contributions

Session Chair: Manfred Nagl, RWTH Aachen University

  • 14:00-14:20 -Sally Smith, Edinburgh Napier University

          "Computer Science: driving enterprenership" [Slides]

  • 14:20-15:00 - Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research

           "The serious side of coding for fun" [Slides]

 

15:00-15:45 Keynote

Session Chair: Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano

  • Jaan Tallinn, Software Entrepreneur and Founding Engineer of Skype and Kazaa

          "So you want to be a technology developer"

 

15:45-16:15   Closing Remarks

  • Carlo Ghezzi, Leszek Pacholski, ECSS 2014 Chairs

 

16:15-  Closing Informal Discussions with Coffee