ERCIM News 143
January 2026
Special theme AI for Science
Guest editors Edina Nemeth (SZTAKI) and Alexandre Termier (University of Rennes – Inria/IRISA, France)
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In Memoriam
Keith G. Jeffery
Keith G. Jeffery passed away on 15 January 2026. He served the European research community, and ERCIM in particular, with long-standing commitment over several decades.
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Call for Proposals
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik is accepting proposals for scientific seminars/workshops in all areas of computer science, in particular also in connection with other fields.
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Call for Nominations
Since 2005, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have jointly awarded the Fraunhofer–Bessel Research Award to internationally recognised researchers for outstanding scientific achievements. The award is endowed with €45,000 and enables recipients to carry out collaborative research at a Fraunhofer Institute in Germany for a total period of six to twelve months, which may be divided into multiple stays.
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Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, 24–25 March 2026
The 2nd AIOTI Annual Workshop on Semantic Interoperability for Digital Twins, with a special focus on reusability and compliance, will take place on 24–25 March 2026 in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, hosted by IHP GmbH – Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik.
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Liverpool, UK, 2-4 September 2026
FMICS is the annual conference of the ERCIM Working Group on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems, and it is the key conference in the intersection of industrial applications and Formal Methods.
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Valencia, Spain, 22–25 September 2026
The 45th edition of the International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SafeComp 2026), to be held in Valencia in September 2026, will focus on the theme “Engineering safe and sustainable computing systems”, addressing the challenge of combining safety, security and sustainability in computing infrastructures. Founded in 1979, this conference brings together experts to share advances, experiences, and trends in the safety, reliability, and sustainability of critical systems.
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Valencia, Spain, 22–25 September 2026
The DECSoS Workshop continues an initiative of the ERCIM-DES Working Group and has been successfully sustained over the years. Held in conjunction with SAFECOMP 2026, it follows a well-established tradition dating back to 2006. Originally focused on embedded systems and their dependability properties, the workshop evolved to emphasise cyber-physical systems, reflecting closer links to physics, mechatronics, and interaction with partly unpredictable environments.
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Position Paper
A joint Informatics Europe / ERCIM Working Group on Software Research has published the position paper “Reclaiming Software Engineering as the Enabling Technology for the Digital Age.” The paper argues that software engineering must be recognised as a foundational enabling technology underpinning advances across artificial intelligence, data-driven systems, cyber-physical systems, and digital infrastructures.