Informatics Europe Bulletin - August 2019
Informatics Europe Bulletin - August 2019 |
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Dear Members, We are happy to send you the latest Informatics Europe bulletin, our bi-monthly newsletter for members. In this issue:
ECSS 2019: Registration Open!Registration is open for the 15th European Computer Science Summit, ECSS 2019, to be held in Rome, at the Hotel NH Collection Roma Centro, 28-30 October, 2019. We hope that you will join us for an exciting Summit this year. Stay tuned for all up-to-date information also in our LinkedIn group and on Twitter! 2019 Awards Winners to be Announced at the ECSS 2019This year, the Minerva Informatics Equality Award focuses on gender equality initiatives and policies with the aim to develop the careers of female faculty, and the Best Practices and Education Award is devoted to outstanding European Informatics educational initiatives that promote the inclusion and development of student groups such as the elderly, immigrants or people with functional diversity. The Winners of both Awards will be announced at an award ceremony on October 29 at ECSS 2019. Meeting of Informatics National Associations in ZurichOn July 9 we had the honour to welcome the representatives of eleven National Informatics Associations at our headquarters in Zurich. This meeting was the second of its kind and is part of an initiative that was initiated by Informatics Europe at the ECSS 2018 last October. Informatics for All – Rome DeclarationThe Informatics for All coalition is continuing to get academia, industry, government and society together to influence education policy in Europe towards the full recognition and establishment of Informatics as a foundational discipline in schools. ACM Celebration of Women in Computing, womENcourage 2019This year, the 6th ACM Europe Celebration of Women in Computing womENcourage 2019 will be held in Rome, at the MAXXI Museum, from September 16th to 18th, 2019. The rich program includes a hackathon, a career fair, keynote talks, workshops, and panels by "role models". In addition, there will be two multidisciplinary research tracks that have signed up top speakers in two areas: “Shaping Conscious Cities” and “Artificial Intelligence and Health”. The panels and workshops cover highly relevant and innovative themes such as Smart Cities, Internet of Underwater things, Women in Cybersecurity, Big Data and more. Informatics Europe is among the supporters of the womENcourage conferences. Registration to the 2019 event is currently open. ACM Computing Surveys: Editor-in-Chief Call for NominationsThe term of the current Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) is coming to an end, and the ACM Publications Board has established a search committee to assist the Board with selecting the next EiC, which will be Chaired by Chris Hankin. The successful Editor-in-Chief candidate will be the one whose proposed vision aligns with future directions and aims of the ACM Publications Board, as well as the candidate who is most experienced and best positioned to implement that vision. Association NewsBoard MeetingsThe Informatics Europe Board last met by teleconference on June 28. The Executive Committee met face to face in Zurich on July 10. Discussions of a number of topics took place, including: organisation of ECSS 2019, progress and outcomes of high-level activities and working groups, membership drive, financial planning.
Don’t forget: as a member representative, you can submit agenda topics and participate as an observer in Board meetings. Let us know! Members NewsThis space is available to include posts from our member institutions. If you would like to share your news (courses, awards, nominations, conferences…), please contact franziska.hauffe@informatics-europe.org. Deadline for the September's issue is before the 5 September 2019. New Jobs @ Informatics Europe Job PlatformCurrent openings on the Informatics Europe Job Platform. Your department/institute can advertise open positions on the Informatics Europe job platform too.
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We wish our readers and members a happy and refreshing summer break!
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