by Givi Kochoradze

Within the framework programs of the European Commission there exist particular projects that make tangible contributions to the development of European science and technology. One such project is “IDEALIST”. IDEALIST, which actually encompasses a cycle of projects, has, since its inception in 1996, established itself as a strong and efficient learning network for the ICT National Contact Points (NCPs). IDEALIST is open to all ICT NCPs and ICT specialists, regardless of their individual status within the network.

by Desislava Dimitrova and Torsten Braun

The 7th ERCIM Workshop on eMobility, held for the second time together with the MobiSense workshop, took place on 4 June 2013, in St Petersburg, Russia. The workshop venue was the former imperial palace with its fantastic decor and view to the Neva River, which set a special atmosphere for the participants. Like previous editions the workshop was co-located with the 11th edition of the International Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications (WWIC 2013) and was co-funded by ERCIM. The workshop targets research related to the impact of user and device mobility on multiple technical areas in communications such as network architecture, communication protocols and algorithm performance but also on more user-oriented areas such as application development and quality of service/experience. The workshop focused on two major research topics, namely, localization and communication solutions for wireless sensor networks.

by Rafael Accorsi and Silvio Ranise

ERCIM’s Working Group “Security and Trust Management” (STM) is responsible for organizing the annual “International ERCIM STM Workshop”, which provides an exciting setting to catch up with the state-of-the-art in this area. The ninth edition of this workshop took place in Egham, UK, in September 2013, in conjunction with ESORICS 2013, the “European Symposium on Research in Computer Security”.

Julien Mairal from Inria has received the 2013 ERCIM Cor Baayen Award. Honorary Mentions are given to Alexander Bertrand, KU Leuven and Ben Glocker, Microsoft Research Cambridge. The Cor Baayen Award is awarded annually by ERCIM to a promising young researcher in the field of Informatics and Applied Mathematics.