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1 Sammanträde med styrelsen
Linneaus Center ACCESS Autonomic Complex Communication nEtworks, Signals and Systems Sammanträde med styrelsen Tisdag den 25 september 2007, kl Osquldasväg 10, plan 8

2 Sammanträde med styrelsen Dagordning
Föredragningslista Utseende av justeringsman Föregående mötesprotokoll , bifogas Information Nya styrelsemedlemmar Co-director, Karl-Henrik Johansson Bakgrund och målsättningar Projektförslag, 6 förslag bifogas Uppföljning ekonomin Postdoc tjänster Industrial Partnership Program – Status Diskussion om uppföljning/utvärdering/scientific advisory board Övrigt Nästa möte, 20 nov, 15-17

3 3. Föregående mötesprotokoll
ACTION ITEMS (AI): New board member Sigrun Hjelmquist - Flodström Potential board member Staffan Truve - Karlsson Board member Ericsson - Ottersten Postdoc decision - Ottersten Hiring of assistant - Ottersten Communicate Center affiliation decision - Ottersten Mobility policy, post on homepage - Ottersten Initiate project proposals - Ottersten Review contracts for industrial partnership program - All Contract with Ericsson - Ottersten Update website with thematic areas - Ottersten/EC Meeting schedule for Fall - Ottersten

4 4. Information Nya styrelsemedlemmar Mikael Höök, Ericsson Research
Staffan Truve, SICS Co-director, Karl-Henrik Johansson

5 Bakgrund och förutsättningar
VR Linnestöd om 20 MSEK med tillhörande forskarskola 2,3 MSEK kronor för perioden Bidragets totala längd kan uppgå till 10 år ( ). Skolan för Elektro- och systemteknik medfinansierar centret med 2,2 MSEK/år Första utvärderingen av VR efter 2 år. Forskningsprogrammet ACCESS med tillhörande forskarskola ska drivas inom ramen för ett center vid skolan för elektro- och systemteknik. Centret skall även kunna utgöra en plattform för samverkan med industripartners. Ordinarie styrelseledamot Personlig Suppleant Anders Eriksson, rektor ordf Gunnar Landgren vice rektor Bastiaan Kleijn, vice-ordf Mikael Skoglund Mikael Höök, Ericsson Staffan Truve, SICS Bo Wahlberg Anders Lindquist Gunnar Karlsson Rolf Stadler Director: Björn Ottersten Co-director:Karl-Henrik Johansson

6 Short Term (2 year) Objectives
Results and Dissemination: Joint Projects: Several joint projects will be initiated. Provide a platform for entering into and extending our EU project portfolio. We will be partners in at least three new EU projects within FP7. Joint Publications: More joint journal publications will be added to our already strong publication record. Invited Sessions and Special Issues: Organize special sessions at the main conferences and to be guest-editors for special issues in the main scientific journals. Graduate Education: Graduate education will be restructured providing students with a broader expertise as outlined in the ACCESS graduate school application. Interaction with Applied Research: Industrial research projects (some of these may be EU projects) related to ACCESS will be initiated with two or three test-bed activities demonstrating key technologies.

7 Short Term (2 year) Objectives
Renewal: Faculty Positions: At least two new faculty positions in the field of the proposal. Hiring of Post-docs: These positions will be openly announced, and the best candidates will be hired independent of group structure. We will focus on candidates that complement our current research competence. Mobility Program: An exchange program for guest researcher to KTH as well as funding of sabbaticals at international top universities for our faculty will be initiated. All graduate students in ACCESS will have the opportunity to spend three to six months at an international research laboratory (in academia or industry). This effort will be coordinated by corresponding STINT proposals. Workshop & Lecture Series

8 ACCESS Graduate School Courses
Linear Stochastic Systems, VT 07 – Per Enqvist, Math A geometric approach to modeling, estimation and identification. Specialized course Combinatorial Optimization, VT 07 – Anders Forsgren, Math Statistical Mechanics of Distributed Information Systems Intensive course, Summer 2007 With support from NORDITA, which recently moved to Stockholm, and the Academy of Finland Wireless Sensor Networks – Lang Tong, Cornell Short course Spring 2007

9 ACCESS Graduate School
Intellectual Property - Marianne Levin, SU Summer School jointly with GST, June, 2007 Intellectual Property and related issues (legal, commercial, technical, modern media, etc.) Course held by Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt (IFIM) SU Modelling and analysis of security protocols, HT 07 – Mads Dam, CSC Networked Control Systems, HT 07 – Magnus Egerstedt, CSC Wireless Autonomic Networks HT John S. Baras University of Maryland Intensive course

10 Organisation Management Center board Center director and co-director
Researchers, External members, KTH rector/management Center director and co-director Executive committee Director, co-director and research leaders for thematic research areas Center administration Minimal admin and dedicated office requirements Professional PR assistance to add visibility Partnership program, graduate school, website etc.

11 Verksamhet Thematic research activities Project funding
Post-docs, Research visits (incoming/outgoing) Mobility programs academia/industry Workshops Distinguished Lecture Series Scalability is key, a single radio link is trivial. Creating coverage over a large area, accomodating many users, different requirements (data rates, latencies Interactivity, control

12 Verksamhet Research Organization Thematic research areas
Essential areas for the success of the center. 1-2 coordinator for each area. Evaluated every 2-3 years by center board based on indicators (research excellence, cooperation, renewal) and peer review. Funding redistributed and themes redefined based on evaluation. Thematic Research Area (TRA) funding 10 MSEK (5 MSEK from 2006 and 50% of 10 MSEK from 2007) 18 researchers kkr per researcher according to

13 Verksamhet – Tematiska Områden
1. Networked services Coordinator: Bastiaan Kleijn, (backup Gunnar Karlsson) 2. Distributed management Coordinator: Erik Aurell, (backup Rolf Stadler) 3. Communications infrastructure Coordinator: Mikael Skoglund (backup Erik Larsson) 4. Signals and systems theory Coordinator: Håkan Hjalmarsson, (backup Xiaoming)

14 Executive committee Björn Ottersten, director
Karl-Henrik Johansson, co-director Bastiaan Kleijn, (backup Gunnar Karlsson) Erik Aurell, (backup Rolf Stadler) Mikael Skoglund (backup Erik Larsson) Håkan Hjalmarsson, (backup Xiaoming)

15 Verksamhet ACCESS Distinguished Lecture Series Internal Workshops
Started fall 2006 One lecture per month during the semester Responsible: Bo Wahlberg Internal Workshops 1-2 per semester 2 mini-workshops during fall 2006 2 workshop scheduled during spring 2007

16 5. Projektförslag Traffic Control Wireless Sensing and Actuation
Active Estimation Radio Resource Management MOBBESKAJP MONITOR

17 6. Uppföljning ekonomin Budget 2007
Income VR x 1.5 = Faculty funding 18.925 Expenses TRA enligt budget Grad school Post-docs, 4x500 (1+1 year commitment) Mobility Project funding Co-funding of partner projects (15%-20%) Management and Admin

18 6. Uppföljning ekonomin Prognos Utfall 2007
Income VR x 1.5 = Faculty funding 18.925 Expenses TRA Grad school Post-docs, 4x500 (1+1 year commitment) Mobility Project funding Management and Admin 12.675

19 6. Uppföljning ekonomin Budget 2008
Income VR Faculty funding 19.600 Expenses TRA (18*525 kkr) Grad school Post-docs, 4x500 (1+1 year commitment) Mobility Project funding Management and Admin

20 Finansiering av Projektförslag 2 år, start 2007-10-01
Traffic Control Wireless Sensing and Actuation Active Estimation Radio Resource Management MOBBESKAJP MONITOR Total

21 7. Post doctoral postions
Post-docs 500 kkr/year (not fully funded) – 1+1 year commitment Open call during spring 2007 – 50+ applications Priority to joint appointments (supported financially by more than one group) – 16 on this short list Decision by EC – 5 offers, one reserve Tight time schedule was held. Hired post-docs Dimarogonas (automatic control host) Xiao (communication theory host) Shankar (signal processing host) Jurca (LCN host)

22 8. Industrial Partnership Program
VINNOVA CALL - Mobilitet, mobil kommunikation och bredband, deadline Aug 31. Two proposals from ACCESS with support from Ericsson SERAN - Enkla och Effektiva Radioaccessnät, Mikael Johansson MSEK Multi-antenna Transmission and Scheduling in IMT-Advanced, Mats Bengtsson – MSEK Workshop at TeliaSonera – date to be set

23 8. Industrial Partnership Program Existing Cooperation in Consortium Potential Partners

24 8. Industrial Partnership Program
Industrial Advisory Board Industrial projects Financial models

25 Sammanträde med styrelsen Dagordning
Föredragningslista Utseende av justeringsman Föregående mötesprotokoll , bifogas Information Nya styrelsemedlemmar Co-director, Karl-Henrik Johansson Bakgrund och målsättningar Projektförslag, 6 förslag bifogas Uppföljning ekonomin Postdoc tjänster Industrial Partnership Program – Status Diskussion om uppföljning/utvärdering/scientific advisory board Övrigt Nästa möte, 20 nov, 15-17