ST /
ST2014-04
(One of the ST Division Meetings.)
ST 2014-04-11: 11.00-12.00 in EDIT-8103 (2nd week because 3rd week is Easter Friday)
Agenda:
- Course cluster status update + make sure everybody "belongs" to at least one cluster
- Prog1 (ChCa) = first programming courses
- Prog2 (JaSk?) = second + third programming courses
- DStr (NAD?) = Datastructures (and BSc algorithms)
- FM (LaKo) = Formal methods and testing
- FP (DaSa) = Functional Programming
- PLT (AaRa) = Programming Language Technology
- Sec (AnSa) = Security (had meeting 2014-03-21)
- DataSci (DaWe) = Data Science and Applications
- Logic (AnBo) = Logic and computation
- Alg. (PeDa) = Algorithms courses
- ParDist (OlLa) = Parallell and distributed computing
- MSc Thesis Quality Project Plan
- Miroslaw presents the new process for the process for the "MSc thesis course" + asks for examiners
- Discussion: how do we match students (via projects) to supervisors?
Information:
- QualityFunding: Inbjudan att söka Chalmers kvalitetsmedel
- There is now an open call at Chalmers to apply for money for quality improvements in the education
- Deadline 2014-04-30, more information in QualityFunding and on Chalmers insidan
- The public ad for the job as Head of Department is out
- Please think about convincing possible candidates (including yourself!) to apply
- From 2014-04-12 Jan Smith (dean of IT faculty) will be the acting Head of Department until the applications to the externally announced position have been evaluated and a new HoD is found.
- Open positions at the Software Engineering division (apply by 2014-04-17):
- Senior lecturer (mainly teaching)
- Senior lecturer
- VR 2014 lists research project applications for the Swedish Science Council main call (deadline 2014-04-09)
- The ST division is involved in at least 10 projects.
- Other applications submitted:
- EU call FETPROACT-1-2014 on GSS
- MAGIA: Mathematical Models for a Global Systems Science of International Agreements (PIK, Chalmers, Oxford, Utrecht)
- GRACeFUL: Global systems Rapid Assessment tools through Constraint FUnctional Languages (UPC, Chalmers, ...)
- Vinnova:
- Swedsoft har lämnat in "EUsoft - Nationell påverkansplattform för ökat deltagande i Horisont 2020 B" till Vinnova.
- (fill in your own)
- EU call FETPROACT-1-2014 on GSS
- MSc theses follow-up of 2013:
- ST total plan 18, examined only 11
- FP plan 9, did 7
- FM plan 0, did 1
- PS plan 2, did 2
- "Teachers" group plan 7, did 1 (+ a number of BScEng theses at Lindholmen)
- ST total plan 18, examined only 11
- KoCl is visiting professor in Utrecht for three months (April-May-June)
- Medarbetarsamtal / Performance AppraIsal Discussion meetings (PAID) status
- March: 14 meetings (30-60 minutes each) with PhD students and project assistants
- April: 5 meetings scheduled: BarDel, JohCam, MicPał, WilRa. JonDur meets GeSc instead of PaJa.
- Personell changes:
- 2014-03-31: last day for DaSc as Proj. ass. (May return as a PhD student?)
- 2014-03-31: last day for FiDeTe as PhD
- 2014-04-19: last day for GaPa on the PhD position (will stay in the CSE PhD school at least until 2014-12-31)
- 2014-05-01: first day for MiPa as PostDoc (PROWESS)
- 2014-05-01: first day for WiRa as Proj.Ass./PostDoc
- Chalmers has signed a Double Doctoral Degree agreement with SJTU
- MeWa knows more about this.
- PhPh is now a Senior Member of IEEE