20101213

CE biweekly meeting

Nov 29, 2010

Welcome to Malin Nilsson!

Personnel

Introduction day for new PhD students today

- Quite good, according to those present

- Twice annually henceforth

Teachers to be recruited for SE during 2011
Divisions will propose profiles for junior faculty positions

- Not CE (we got Ioannis already!)

Teaching

Meeting this Thursday to review economy
Börje Johansson reports positive impressions from student recruiting tour in India

- Firm interest in CSAL, EESD

The Chalmers Foundation will probably grant about 100 stipends for MSc students

- This is across all of Chalmers, mind you!

Research and proposals

Proposals, proposals, proposals.

Department issues

Issues with reëxaminations at GU.

- Re-sit must be within 8 weeks at GU (never that fast at Chalmers)

- If GU insists, we mus cease to offer Chalmers courses to GU students

CSE position within the GU hierarchy still debated

- Proposal for new organisation to be presented this Wed.

Remodeling of lunch room

- Allows us to give up 3320! Yay!

Budget for 2011

Right now, about -2M for all of CSE

- CE is deep in the red

- Funding applications to alter this (hopefully)

AOI

Don't OD on saffron today!