by Keith Jeffery

With the jointly edited special theme of this issue on 'Mathematics for Everyday Life', ERCIM and the European Mathematical Society are publicly launching a relationship that is expected to evolve into a joint programme of activities, and also to strengthen the 'M' in ERCIM.

by Tom Mens and Lionel Seinturier

In February and March 2008, two ERCIM member institutes, INRIA and FNRS, organized a doctoral research seminar on software evolution and adaptive middleware. The seminar, held under the auspices of the ERCIM Working Group on Software Evolution, was targeted at Belgian and French PhD students with a strong interest in software engineering.

ERCIM is participating in the 'Euro-India ICT Cooperation Initiative' (EuroIndia), a European project addressing strategic goals to identify and sustain European Union and Indian research and technology development (RTD) potential. Key objectives include the mapping of ICT research and innovation activities across India, a survey of Indian ICT R&D players, and the dissemination of European funding opportunities to Indian ICT players through information days.

by Marc Thiriet

The annual workshop of the ERCIM Working Group 'IT and Mathematics applied to Interventional Medicine' (IM2IM) was held on 21-25 October 2007 at the National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taipei, Taiwan.