CENotes /
20120914
CE "biweekly" meeting
Sep 14, 2012
Welcome
- Johan Karlsson
- Roger Johansson
- Risat Pathan
- Fatemeh Ayatolahi
- Behrooz Sangchoolie
- Negin Nejad
Personnel
- SE get 34 applications for 2..4 positions posted
- Apparently several strong applications
- Arne Linde records opinions about new Division Head (to succeed yours truly)
- Georgi's application for promotion to be discussed in recruitment board on Sep 19
- Jan Grahn steps down as head of AoA ICT
Teaching
- Application and admission figures have arrived
- MPALG grows compared with last year, so MPCSN and MPSOF shrink (communicating vessels, at least partially)
- GU CS bachelor programme shrinks
- Chalmers IT programme grows vigorously
- Application figures stronger across the board
Research and proposals
- Per S now in Turing prize committee (congratulate him when you get the chance!)
- K.A. Wallenberg calls for infrastructure applications
- Big money (15 MSEK and up), needs big thinking
- Start now to meet deadline in Sept 2013
- Government earmarks more money for research in life sciences
- Good results in HSV evaluation will mean more funds
CSE issues
- Tigheting of CAD tool access is ongoing
- Necessary to adhere to academic-license conditions
- Need to sign for access
- Local CSE recruitment committee rearranged
- Catarina rotates out, replaced by Jan
- Per S headhunted to similar position at GU, replaced by Aarne Ranta
- Madhavan is the web contact for CE; please go to him if updates are needed
- Transfer to SharePoint seems to be coming up
- Fall planning process (budget, etc) is coming up
- Will invite div members to contribute
Chalmers/GU issues
- HSV evaluation /accreditation looming
- Teachers should be prepared for urgent questions from the eval group
- We may need to provide master thesis reviewers
- Recruitment of ICT junior faculty members ongoing
- Shortlist includes some who would presumably end up at CSE
- GU reorganization reduces number of departments from 57 to 37
- Smaller departments than at Chalmers...
- GU moves all students into employment contracts, as already practiced at Chalmers
- Salary negotiations have started; no more information at this point
- City reception for international students and faculty
AOI
- One more video conference node to be installed at Johanneberg
- Probably 4th floor corner lounge