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20100823

CE biweekly meeting

Aug 23, 2010

Welcome back!

Personnel

Welcome to Alen Bardizbanyan (third CHAMPP student)
Dr. Cardenas has accepted offer from NS

- Contract being drawn up

Raul Barbosa leaves for Portugal
Wolfgang John leaves for Stockholm
Several new PhD students in CS, SE, NS divisions
Axel Persson (prev. S2) is the new administrative director
Birgitta Gustafsson (economy, also prev. S2) will join this fall

- 100% from 2011

Research and proposals

SSF application in electronics due Aug 25

- Per LE, Sally, Lars S, Magnus

Support for new EU proposals will be provided by Chalmers Grants Office

- More information will be forthcoming

Department issues

ID division now part of ITIT dept.
Previous SET division split into SE and ST

- SE has moved to Lindholmen

Aarne Ranta resigns as head of CS

- Busy with many high-profile research grants

- Search for successor has started

Catarina will institute a regular "research group leader" meeting

- Details will be forthcoming

Chalmers issues

New funding model for research and teaching underway
Bosch + Ericsson + Software Center deal is still being pursued
Chalmers will allocate funding for an E-Science Center

- No info on how much money yet, or how

Jan Grahn (MC2) will be ICT SOL
Lena P will be EDITI UOL

Teaching

Proposal about master thesis examination requirements will need review

- Lars B will be approached

EDIT outcome

- Strong objections to merging programmes

- Consensus that progression in professional/engineering skills could be significantly improved

Master programme re-pack

Review launched before summer

- Triggered by expected revenue reduction from 2011

- Would likely have been needed anyway in a couple of years

Significant goal: reduce number of MPs from 49 to ~30
New programmes to be launched in fall of 2011

- All existing programmes were closed and had to re-apply

- New programmes need to be put in place ASAP (budget for 2011 due soon, posting of programme descriptions needed to let students apply)

- Deadlines at Aug 18 (name, overview) and Sep 16 (course lists etc)

Rough outcome for CSE programmes:

- CSALL untouched

- SE improved through internal development

- SDCS + NET becomes Computer Systems and Networks (CSN)

- IESD becomes EESD

Need to rush development for course lists etc