20080905

CE biweekly gathering

Sep 5, 2008

Personnel

Student administration to expand (Åsa Lundgren will support MPC)
Eva Axelsson (S2, RR) will join as Dept. Secretary
Catharina Jerkbrandt will leave for GU, but will still work for D&IT one day a week
Note: div. head must know also about temporary visitors etc!

Education

New MSc students arrived; +10% overall
75(!) students for Introduction to Electronic Systems Design (43 new IESD students)
Thesis projects: expect a sizable increase this year compared to last year! (4–6 per faculty member)

Education

Anonymous exams:
Name written on flap; ID checked; flap glued shut
Exam marked
Flap opened for LADOK registration
See also link on dept. wiki under “Education” (top left on this page)

Research and proposals

Very good review for microelectronics (SSF + VR + Vinnova)! Yay!
(Some) support for all dept. Linné proposals
Application for Marie-Curie funding submitted (Stenström)
Martin Thuresson defends on Sep 19

Department issues

Staffan and Morten will travel to Singapore
Jesper Vasell (Teknikbrostiftelsen) will visit to help find commercial opportunites for research
Reiner coordinates EU Integrated Project (€5.3M)
Diversity days: Oct. 23–24 (see Lena P)

Chalmers issues

Markides visits dept. on Sep 30, 13–15
Professors may be “needed” for chat (information will be forthcoming…)
VP2 (planning) w/ Markides on Nov 6 (TBC)

AOI

Thefts from dept. lunch room :-(
Martin T. defends thesis on Sep 19
On Oct 3, Lars S will be in Linköping
SO, next meeting on Sep 26

Research seminar series?

Discussion on whether a seminar series would be started, and if so at what time slot. Please contribute to discussion.