[ECSS 2024] Presentations of the Awards Ceremony (29 October 2024)

20th European Informatics Leaders Summit (ECSS 2024) Informatics Europe Award Ceremony 29 October 2024 sponsored by Best Dissertation Award 2024 sponsored by Best Dissertation Award 2024 2024 Award Committee •Dimka Karastoyanova, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (Co-Chair) •Harald Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland (Co-Chair) •Premek Brada, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic •Manuel Carro, Technical University of Madrid / IMDEA Software Institute, Spain •Dympna O'Sullivan, TU Dublin, Ireland Objective: To recognise emerging Informatics researchers & share excellent research to the IE community and beyond. sponsored by Best Dissertation Award 2024 About this year’s Award •A total of 23 nominations received; •Nominations concerned the best dissertation from each participating institution, defended in the academic years 2022-2023 or 2023-2024, but on or before December 31, 2023; •Each nominating institution had to be an IE member. •Two phases of review by Award Committee: •1st Phase: 8 dissertations shortlisted to second phase •2nd Phase: 1 winner and 2 runners-up selected Best Dissertation Award 2024 Award Winner receives •a prize of 3,000 EUR, •sponsorship to attend ECSS 2024, •an award plaque, •an invitation to publish the winning thesis in Springer’s Computer Science program. Award Sponsor sponsored by Best Dissertation Award 2024 Award Runners-up (listed alphabetically by last name): ∙Tim Quatmann from the Department of Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University with dissertation «Verification of Multi-Objective Markov Models» ∙Michael Sammler from Saarland University and Max Planck Institute for Software Systems with dissertation «Automated and Foundational Verification of LowLevel Programs» sponsored by Best Dissertation Award 2024 Winner Tobias Röddiger PhD graduate from the Department of Informatics, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with winning dissertation «Earables: Wearable Computing on the Ears» Earables Wearable Computing on the Ears Tobias Röddiger Group Leader (Wearable Systems) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ECSS 2024 Motivation Earables: Wearable Computing on the Ears, Tobias Röddiger Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, ECSS 2024 masseter muscle sternocleidomastoid muscle temporalis muscle external carotid artery perforating branches posterior auricular artery helix antitragus tragus lobe concha antihelix crus of helix auricle (pinna) occipital bone temporal bone mandible mastoid temple temporomandibular joint The ears are in close vicinity to many important anatomical structures. 2 Sensing with Earables: A Systematic Literature Review and Taxonomy of Phenomena T. Röddiger, C. Clarke, P. Breitling, T. Schneegans, H. Zhao, H. Gellersen, M. Beigl Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies . Wearable Computing os Tobias Röddiger Group Leader (Wearable Systems) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ECSS 2024 Thank you! Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2024 sponsored by Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2024 sponsored by Objective: recognise effort and dedication from initiatives that support women in Informatics education and research. Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2024 sponsored by 2024 Award Committee: •Antinisca Di Marco, University of L'Aquila, Italy (Chair) •Lenuta Alboaie, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania •Miguel Goulão, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal •Gerti Kappel, TU Wien, Austria •Kévin Perrot, LIS, Aix-Marseille University, France •Gerit Wagner, University of Bamberg, Germany •Sonay Caner Yildirim, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Turkey Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2024 sponsored by Award Committee’s background: •Informatics Europe’s Diversity and Inclusion Working Group •EUGAIN members •Previous Award winners •7 different countries covering all European areas Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2024 About this year’s Award •A total of 12 nominations from 8 different countries were received, with initiatives focused on any stage of the career pipeline of women in informatics research and education; Evaluation process: •Each nomination was evaluated by at least three reviewers. •A panel discussed top-ranked submissions and selected the best 3 for re-evaluation. •A 9-dimensions evaluation was used by the committee to grade the top-ranked submissions to reach a unanimous decision. •The scores were summed to identify the highest-ranked proposal across all dimensions. Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2024 The Steering Committee of “Alice & Eve: a celebration of women in computing” - a joint effort of several Dutch universities Runners-up The Women in Information and Computing Sciences (WICS) Network at Utrecht University, the Netherlands Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2024 Winner The International Women’s Degree Program in Computer Science at Hochschule Bremen (HSB) – City University of Applied Sciences sponsored by The International Women´s Degree Program in Computer Science – Concept and evaluation in a long-term retention study Gerlinde Schreiber University of Applied Sciences Bremen [email protected] Informatics Europe 2024 Minerva Informatics Equality Award Who we are and what we do: ▪Single sex study program in IT (bachelor´s program) since the year 2000 ▪at a University of Applied Sciences ▪Focus on application-orientation ▪Small groups, interactive lecturing, individual support, questions welcome! ▪project-orientation, dual program option, internationality But: Gender-segregated education often triggers controversary discussions! International Women´s Degree Program in Computer Science, Bremen Informatics Europe 2024 Minerva Informatics Equality Award