2010 Election Results

Four board members were elected. The results are as follows:

Terrance Burks: 7 votes
Olof Götberg: 3 votes
Katharina Rasch: 5 votes
Mohsin Saleemi: 3 votes

The next meeting of the council will take place in January 2011.

ICT PhD Council - December 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Natalja Nikitina

1) Constitution update
The revised constitution (2010-12-01) was approved by all board members. 

ICT PhD Council - November 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Christian Menne

1) Upcoming elections
Elections for the ICT PhD council will take place on the 1st of December. We will also announce it via the mailing list and on Facebook shortly. Baki Cakici will be performing the duties of the election committee.


2) Future social events
Chris suggested organising a monthly jam session for ICT PhDs. He will talk to the student unions active in the Forum to see if they have any space we can use for the event regularly. Magnus will check if there are other options available in ICT or in Kista.

Olof will send an email draft to the council to start an ICT PhD jogging group.
 
3) Revising the constitution
The council will discuss the revisions via email and meet again in November to approve the new document.

Orientation Day 2010 Slides

Slides from the ICT PhD orientation day 2010:

Welcome from the ICT PhD Student Council (Magnus Berntsen)

SULF & PhD student rights (Lars Abrahamsson & Fredrik Häggström)

ICT PhD Council - October 2010 Meeting

ICT PhD Council - October 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Stefano Bonetti
Terrance Burks
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Natalja Nikitina
Mohsin Saleemi


1) Kista BBQ - October 13th, 2010
The council will be organizing a BBQ for all ICT PhD students on the 13th of October at the Forum building (room Kistan). More information available here.

2) Orientation Day in October
Baki will send a doodle link to the council to set a date for the orientation day. We will try to have it in the second half of October. All responsibilities for the organization are listed in last month's meeting minutes.

ICT PhD Council - September 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Stefano Bonetti
Terrance Burks
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Mohsin Saleemi
Pamela Gonzalez Sanchez


1) Orientation Day in October
We will decide on a date based on when the invited speakers are available. Magnus will contact the speakers. Olof will arrange finances. As soon as we have decided on the date we will book the room and Baki will send the invitation letter to the mailing list. Magnus and Stefano will update the documents from last year.

2) BBQ 2010
Preliminary date is September 30th, depending on the availability of the locale.

ICT PhD Council - June 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg


1) Promoting Doktorandsektionen events
Doktorandsektionen is organising a BBQ on the 11th of June at 18:00. For more information, see the Facebook event. Magnus will send an email to the ICT list about the event.

2) Improving organization of courses
Final internal deadline for "program" submissions is in September. We will wait until then to see how the new PhD programs will be organised.

3) ICT BBQ in July
Olof will send an update about financing later this week, we will decide on date, time and location after that.

ICT PhD Council - May 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Stefano Bonetti
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Natalja Nikitina
Pamela Gonzalez Sanchez

1) Study Plans
Ex-DSV students that have moved to KTH can choose to stay with their old DSV study subjects (which determines the course credit requirements, among other things), or they can switch to one of the KTH subjects.

2) BBQ & Social Events
From now on, the ICT council will promote the events organized by the PhD student chapter (Doktorandsektionen). You can subscribe to the mailing list of the chapterby sending an e-mail to doktorander-request@dr.kth.se with the word "subscribe" in the message body. The new date for the ICT BBQ is July 2nd.

ICT PhD Council - April 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Stefano Bonetti
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Natalja Nikitina


1) Communication: How to reach all ICT PhD students?
Baki will set up a Facebook group for the ICT PhD council. Magnus will send the introduction email with both the Facebook group link and the blog link to the doktorander mailing list. News about the upcoming BBQ plan will also be included. We will also consider sending the meeting minutes every month to the mailing list. Stefano will contact the admin in order to add the blog link to the THS website.



2) Improving organization of ICT PhD courses
Currently there are 4 study plans that apply to ICT PhDs. It is not clear which student should follow which plan because the areas overlap. Council members will check their study plans & Ladok for relevant information and report back.


3) E-voting
Baki will contact IT to find a sustainable solution for hosting the elections.

4) Other Issues
Olof will clarify funding issues for student activities organized by the council. Preliminary date for the BBQ is May 21st.

ICT PhD Council - March 2010 Meeting

Participants 
Magnus H. Berntsen
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Natalja Nikitina
Liu Pei


1) E-Voting
We will prioritize moving the blog to the ICT domain and discuss e-voting after the move is complete. Two alternatives exist: an external voting system or a solution in cooperation with the IT department.

2) Moving the blog to the KTH domain
Magnus & Baki will work on it and report next month.

3) Improving course organization
We'll examine the current study plans that Natalja pointed out. Magnus will contact others and email with updates within the month.

4) Doktorander mailing list
The mailing list issue is solved and now includes all students at ICT that appear in Ladok. We will write a brief email to the list introducing the council.

ICT PhD Council - February 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus H. Berntsen
Stefano Bonetti
Baki Cakici
Olof Götberg
Liu Pei

1) Check funding promises: Scholarship students, minimum salary issues
Stefano informed the council of the agreements that took place in 2009.

2) Mailing list for ICT PhDs
Baki will start working on this by contacting IT and will report back at the next meeting.

3) Status of ex-DSV students
The council has received preliminary information about the status of these students. Baki & Natalja will cross-check the old DSV list to ensure no one is missing.

4) Improve organization of ICT PhD Courses
Magnus was contacted about a plan for future PhD programs. Everyone will check the current situation in their unit and report back.

5) List of events that require funding
Social activity (BBQ?) in May.
Orientation Day, October.
Lecture by invited speaker, late 2010.

6) Other Issues
More information on PhD salaries on the web site (Magnus).
Regulations for co-supervisors (Baki).
Sofia Jonsson meeting (Magnus).

ICT PhD Council - 2010 Planning Meeting

Participants
Magnus Hårdensson Berntsen
Olof Götberg
Baki Cakici
Natalja Nikitina

The calendar has been updated to include all ICT PhD Council meetings scheduled in 2010. A preliminary agenda for each meeting is available under event details.

ICT PhD Council - January 2010 Meeting

Participants
Magnus Hårdensson Berntsen
Stefano Bonetti
Baki Cakici
Natalja Nikitina
Liu Pei

1) The FA (Graduate Studies Committee) meeting
Magnus attended the meeting and reported on relevant issues.

2) DSV/KTH Separation
Baki and Natalja will find out how the DSV/KTH split will be resolved. A preliminary list of questions is as follows:

• What unit will the ex-DSV students belong to?
• Who is the administrator and/or head for the unit(s)?
• Will the students need to move their offices? If so, where?
• What will happen to KTH students with supervisors employed by SU?
• How will the salaries of moving students be decided?

3) Next meeting: February 3rd 2010, at 16:00 (preliminary).