20091005

No CE biweekly meeting

Oct 5, 2009

No meeting on Oct 5 as I'm on travel. Here is an info summary of what I might have talked about.

Personnel

NS faculty position: three strong candidates; back to hiring committee next week
ID position will be withdrawn (best candidates were a bad fit topically)
No news either way for third SE position

Teaching

Many students seek to get credit for external courses with iffy examination forms (web etc). Beware!
Thesis project process description to be delivered to ILG 6 weeks from now

Research

New Chalmers-wide policy for side employment for PhD students being developed

- Likely quite restrictive

New research schools for the Styrkeområden (complementing the existing ones)

- At least for the externally-funded styrkeområden

Followup project for HATS will be funded
Followup project to TIMMO will be submitted (good prospects; Vinnova)
Followup project for SIGYN will be funded
E-Science discussions with GU continuing

Department issues

Equipment for visualisation (~ SEK 1M) will be purchased

Chalmers issues

Chalmers Foundation will not fund a followup to IMPACT

- Maybe Chalmers could take over?

Continuing discussions with Ericsson about long-term funding
New Director at Vinnova will visit Chalmers; will be fed info about our Software Center ideas

AOI

Christmas party at Liseberg on Dec 12