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20120827

CE "biweekly" meeting

Aug 27, 2012

Welcome

Arne Linde, Lennart Hansson, Ole Ravnsborg join CE from tech support division

Welcome back

... to everyone else!

Personnel

Jan J is now our Prefekt (Head of Department)

- Koen is now our Pro-prefekt (Deputy HoD with special responsibility for research and PhD education)

- Koen's old position as Director of Studies for PhD education is not yet filled

ST recruits for formal-methods position(s)

- Offers to Viktor Kuncak and Laura Kovács

- Both to visit Göteborg with spouses (let's hope for nice weather...)

SE opens 2–4 positions since Helena and Carl-Magnus left for Malmö

Teaching

Adjustment of academic year to happen from fall of 2013

- December exams move to January

- SP 2 – 4 will be 8 weeks

- Revenue shortfall for 2013 as a result (due to exams moved to 2014)

- University will buffer this economic hit

Teacher crisis at SE may force some course reshuffling (due to Helena and Carl-Magnus again; see above)

Research and proposals

Finally some funding from AoA Energy

- Goes to Marina (NS)

Guest PhD student from Polimi: Simone Corbetta

- Visits Per S from Aug 29 to Christmas

CSE issues

Tech support division has been disbanded
Admin personel at Johanneberg now gathered on 6th floor

- Course and student admin still on 4th

Office space policy update taking shape

- Summary: Faculty and staff get one-module offices; PhD students share offices; current holders of two-module offices will not be forced out until and unless no other solution is available

Messages from the Rektor (probably best characterized as "test balloons"):

- A research center in bioinformatics / biomedial engineering / etc with AstraZeneca?

- Could we offer an international programme at the BSc level?

Chalmers/GU issues

HSV evaluation for accreditation this fall

- Thesis reports will strongly influence the outcome; let's hope the random sample is kind to us

Teachers can be nominated for a STINT scholarship for excellence in teaching
GU now requires budget / recruitment to be discussed in the Department Council (Institutionsrådet)
New version of the PVU document (five-year priorities for the University) circulates in draft form

- Significantly improved from last year's version

- 11 measures and goals as opposed to 27...

AOI

Don't forget to submit travel expenses within 3 months!
Report all vacation in Primula!