Ph.D. Council - December meeting

1. Participants
Stefano Bonetti
Baki Cakici
Natalja Nikitina
Dina Pamela Gonzalez Sanchez
Olof Götberg
Magnus Hårdensson Berntsen
Liu Pei


2. Role definitions for the Ph.D. Council 2010
After a unanimous vote by the participant of the Council meeting, the roles for the Ph.D. Council year 2010 are the following:

President: Magnus Hårdensson Berntsen
Vice-president: Natalja Nikitina
Treasurer: Olof Götberg
Secretary: Baki Cakici

3. Planning for 2o10
Despite some accomplishments this year, there are still several issues where the situation for the Ph.D. students needs to be improved. Here is a list of such issues where the Ph.D. Council plans to be active during the next year:

a) check that the promises about the funding of Ph.D. students are kept;
b) in particular, check the details of the funding of CSC and HEC scholars;
c) better organization of the Ph.D. courses;
d) obtain the funding of the Ph.D. Council, as promised by the ICT school, and organize activities to use that money (orientation day, workshops, social events);
e) solve eventual problem with the mailing list for ICT Ph.D. students;
f) communicate and guide (ex-)DSV Ph.D. students after the reorganization;
g) implement the electronic vote for the next ICT Ph.D. Council elections;
h) get the blog on ICT school domain.

4. Next meeting
Next meeting is planned on January 13, 2010, at 16:00, in Forum. (Room to be announced.)

Everyone is welcome to join!