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CE "biweekly" meeting
Oct 17, 2008
Education
- SE alignment discussions with GU ongoing
- Diversity@EDIT Oct 24 9-13
- Register IINS (immediately if not sooner)
- Free lunch! (OK, tanstaafl...)
- Unification of DigoDat for D and Z programmes progressing
Research
- Funding for Computing Sciences' Language Technology Linnaeus proposal
- Göteborg University injects 3 .. 7 MSEK
Personnel
- Sibylle Schupp leaves the department for TU Hamburg
- Recruiting starts for SET (*2), ID, NS
- New coordinator for Software-engineering programme needed
- GU coordination
Department issues
- Disk backup policies will change (Arne's point); those affected will get email
- New work environment representatives: Lars B, Marianne, Uno, Åsa
- YFo ("Young Researcher") cross-department group to be started
- Department register of employee next-of-kin is likely outdated and will need to be updated; email will follow
- SÄPO will visit the department to map out sensitive technologies (if any)
- Department contribution to PhD party questioned for account reviewing reasons; likely to be abolished
- Semiannual operation planning round ongoing, in preparation for Nov 6 meeting with POTU (President Of The University)
Chalmers issues
- New funding from Chalmers Foundation stopped for the time being
- Includes trickle funding for ChaParall
- Department has expressed interest in taking part in large-scale action for workers laid off in vehicular industry
- More funding would be needed