20081128

CE "biweekly" meeting

Nov 28, 2008

Education

State-of-the-programme meeting for IESD. Consensus:

- Flexible course code: "Topics in Electronic System Design", 7.5hp

- Master thesis production must be increased! More in-house theses!

- Admission process needs support

Should Datorsystemteknik be given in English?
Civilingenjör Datateknik will (likely) require one of the 6 dept. masters programmes

- Due to request for simplification of graduation process

Search is still on for programme coordinator for SE master programme

Department issues

Three working groups are being created

- Process for recruiting and promotion (Lars S representing the division)

- Young Researchers (YFo:s) to work on increasing the external funding (Ulf A)

- Criteria for distribution of internal funding (fakultetsmedel) (Per S)

Old mail domains (including ce.chalmers.se) will be deprecated; mail will still be forwarded 6 months, but a "soft bounce" message will be sent to the originator

Personnel

Ricardo del Barrio (PhD student, Malaga) visiting Per S (Dec - Feb) has arrived!
Faculty positions (NS, 2xSET, ID) moving through the system

- NS + 2xSET now posted

- Soft hiring freeze! Only possible to replace departed faculty members! Rector signature needed for expansion!

Personnel (meta)

Complaints about information on faculty positions
All cases will be sent to the Collegium for opinions/debate until new process (see above) can be applied
Suggestions for improvement at the division level highly appreciated!

Chalmers issues

Idea of hiring postdocs to offload senior faculty again not so hot ...
In VP dialogues, ALL departments have complained about workload!

AOI

New round of performance reviews will be initiated in early 2009
Salary adjustments in mid-2009