Informatics Europe

🧭Are you ready to #empower yourself and others to inspire and make a difference in #Informatics and related fields? Join our Academic Leadership Development Course designed for #academic leaders at all levels who are eager to thrive! 🎆 🦅The next online cohort starts in May 2025. Register by March 2nd to enjoy an early bird discount of EUR 150: https://lnkd.in/eEFYCwsn #leadership #computerscience

🎉 Wrapping Up 2024: a message of gratitude to #InformaticsEurope Community 🎉 As we conclude the year, we at Informatics Europe extend our heartfelt gratitude to our members, partners and sponsors across #Europe. Your support has been key to strengthening #collaboration, aligning shared priorities, and shaping policies in Informatics #Research and #Education. By uniting the diverse voices of our member institutions—spanning university departments, research labs, and industry—we amplify our collective #impact and drive meaningful changes in society through #Informatics. 📢 Don’t miss our year-end Bulletin for a snapshot of our recent activities, highlights, and updates: https://lnkd.in/er_qyiYp Thank you for being part of this journey. Together, we’re stronger! 💪 Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a fantastic start to 2025! 🛜💗🚀

💭 Which is the role of #Informatics scientists in the effective and responsible integration of #AI into education and professional practice? At this year’s workshop by Informatics Europe's National Informatics Associations, key discussions centered on AI's transformative role in #education and #professional practices, including Informatics research evaluation. 🚀 What’s next? 🔹A task force is being set up to collect best practices and formulate recommendations in assessing the use of AI in Informatics education. 🔹A revised Research Evaluation Report to be published in early 2025, aligning its recommendations with other recent documents and analysing four topical areas of concern in Informatics - the responsible use of bibliometrics and credit assignment in contributions, assessing artefacts, Open Science, and interdisciplinary research - together with a discussion on the role of AI in research evaluation. More details: https://lnkd.in/e3rgvRvv

It is with deep sorrow that we share the passing of our cherished colleague and friend, Barbora (Bara) Buhnova, Vice-Chair and Grant Awarding Coordinator of our COST Action EUGAIN. Informatics Europe had the honor of working with Bara on numerous occasions. She served not only as the Vice-Chair of our COST Action EUGAIN but also represented the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University as the IE Deputy Representative. Her passion for Informatics and her unwavering commitment to promoting gender diversity in the field are truly inspiring. Two years ago, Bara contributed to our Gender Equality webinar series as a speaker, leaving behind a remarkable example of her impactful work: https://lnkd.in/eDrSV5RA We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, colleagues and students during this challenging time. To honor Bara’s inspiring life and her unwavering passion for Informatics research and education, we warmly invite everyone to join an online memorial in her memory on 19 December 2024, from 14:00 to 15:00 CET via Teams meeting. For memorial updates, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gp94mwjV

🎯 Advancing #ResponsibleInformatics Education and Research 🔝 From championing #Diversity & #Inclusion in Informatics to driving sustainable innovations in #GreenICT and fostering dynamic university-industry #collaboration, this year’s sessions organized by Informatics Europe working groups showcased the transformative potential of collective action and visionary solutions via #Informatics! As we look ahead to 2025, ongoing efforts will deliver impactful outcomes, including: 🧠 More open access resources from the Erasmus+ Inclusion4EU project, empowering Informatics professionals with co-design methodologies. 🧠 A European LEAP study and a white paper defining Green ICT metrics and best practices. 🧠 A detailed report on best practices for university-industry partnerships in Informatics Education, with insights from stakeholders across Europe. Find presentation materials and more details here: https://lnkd.in/eQNXNGPx 📢 Ready to engage in the future of Informatics in Europe? Join our working groups and lead the change: https://lnkd.in/enPrx4NW

🌍 Informatics in #Europe: retaining talents, shaping global impact – what’s next? The #ECSS_2024 keynote session sparked inspiring discussions on Europe’s innovation potential and the critical role of #Informatics in shaping our future. Here are a few standout insights: 💡 Anne-Marie Sassen presented the EIC Work Programme 2025, emphasizing deep tech and advanced technologies as key drivers to bridge Europe’s #innovation gap. 💡 Mark Harman showcased how academic research seamlessly integrates into #industry, driving significant impact in large-scale enterprises. 💡 Dorothea Wagner highlighted the importance of engaging policymakers, focusing on digital sovereignty, security, and collaboration in data-intensive research and education. 💡 A panel of former Informatics Europe Presidents — Carlo Ghezzi, Lynda Hardman, and Enrico Nardelli —underscored the need for #interdisciplinary collaboration and integration of technology with culture and human values. They also stressed the responsibility of Informatics researchers and educators to ensure European universities remain hubs of responsible breakthrough innovation, and the key role of Informatics Europe in this mission. 🎯 As we celebrate 20 years of Informatics Europe, our vision remains clear: amplifying the voice of the Informatics Research and Education community to inspire positive policy changes across Europe. 📚 Explore the keynote highlights: https://lnkd.in/d7he6nH2 🚀 Discover some of our action plans: https://lnkd.in/dGcNssgV 👥 Join us as we shape the next chapter for Informatics in Europe!

The #ECSS_2024 Early Career Researchers Workshop was a testament to the power of #mentorship, #curiosity, and #resilience. 🌱 From actionable career strategies shared by senior Informatics researchers to the inspiring journeys of IE Best Dissertation finalists, the workshop provided a wealth of guidance and motivation. ➡️https://lnkd.in/eGxGseaf The lively research poster session further fostered meaningful exchanges between emerging and established #leaders in #Informatics. ➡️https://lnkd.in/ebxfmaYf Key takeaway: Institutions play a vital role in nurturing curiosity, providing mentorship, and creating strong support #networks for early career researchers. 🗫 How can we better empower early career researchers in Informatics? Contact IE Office and share your ideas as we shape a new Early Career Researchers Working Group: https://lnkd.in/etiTSs9F

🤔How can #Informatics drive collaboration across disciplines to tackle challenges in #research, #education, and #sustainability? Three speakers—Sasu Tarkoma from University of Helsinki , Gert Jervan from TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology, and Alessandro Bozzon from TU Delft | Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science— shared their insights at #ECSS_2024 Leaders Workshop and inspired us to think deeply about integration and cooperation via mono-, multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary approaches. Check the highlights and slides here ➡️https://lnkd.in/e4HsUnad 💡The takeaway was clear: Informatics holds immense potential to innovate at the intersections of diverse fields—but we must align evaluation, practices, and collaboration to make it work. A comprehensive Informatics Europe report capturing these insights is on its way, promising a roadmap for the future! 🚀 ✨ What pan-European collaborative opportunities do you see for your research field of Informatics? ✨ Explore our community, where we discuss emerging trends and coordinate strategic work on research, education and the social impact of Informatics at a European level: https://lnkd.in/eriK-23K

💯 EUGAIN earned excellent ratings in the COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology Action evaluation! 👏 What an exceptional recognition for the successful completion of EUGAIN, our groundbreaking COST Action advancing gender balance in #Informatics across Europe! Our heartfelt congratulations and gratitude go to all contributors, with special thanks to: 🌟 Our former WIRE Working Group, now the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, for initiating Eugain. European Network on Gender Balance in Informatics and driving its success; 🌟 Action chairs Professors Letizia Jaccheri (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway) and Barbora Buhnova (Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Czech Republic); 🌟 The core group, many of whom originated from WIRE, are tagged in this post. Together, let's continue to foster #inclusivity and #diversity progress in the field. 💡Get inspired by the EUGAIN outcomes: https://eugain.eu/results/ 🤝Join the D&I WG for follow-up activities: https://lnkd.in/eABnPJu8

✨ Wrapping up #ECSS_2024: Celebrating 20 Years and Looking Ahead ✨ This year’s European Informatics Leaders Summit (ECSS) celebrated two decades of collective efforts in building a unified voice for the European Informatics #research and #education community. Building on this strong legacy, ECSS 2024 tackled key challenges in our field and set the stage for Informatics Europe’s future contributions to positively shape #Informatics across #Europe. 🎯Key initiatives for the coming year include new reports on #interdisciplinary collaboration, academia-industry #partnerships, #AI in education, and fair research evaluation. Join our Working Groups to contribute to these projects, with forward-looking publications addressing emerging challenges in 2025! Read our full ECSS 2024 closing statement, event highlights, and presentation slides ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eWCYPVYp