Sammanträde med styrelsen Linneaus Center ACCESS Autonomic Complex Communication nEtworks, Signals and Systems Sammanträde med styrelsen Fredag den 11 maj 2007, kl. 09.00 Osquldasväg 10, plan 8

Sammanträde med styrelsen Dagordning Föredragningslista Utseende av justeringsman Föregående mötesprotokoll Förutsättningar samt diskussion om styrelsens roll och arbete (för nya styrelsemedlemmar) Additional board members Verksamhet - tematiska forskningsområden, ledningsgrupp Postdoctoral positions Association of researchers to the Center Mobility support policy Project funding Industrial Partnership Program – Status ACCESS hemsida Nästa möte

5. Förutsättningar samt diskussion om styrelsens roll och arbete VR Linnestöd om 20 MSEK med tillhörande forskarskola 2,3 MSEK kronor för perioden 2006-07-01 - 2008-06-30. Bidragets totala längd kan uppgå till 10 år (2006-07-01 - 2016-06-30). 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 Flodström, rektor ordf Gunnar Landgren vice rektor Bastiaan Kleijn, vice-ordf Mikael Skoglund Bo Wahlberg Anders Lindquist Gunnar Karlsson Rolf Stadler Föreståndare: Björn Ottersten

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.

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

ACCESS Graduate School Planned activites Statistical Mechanics of Distributed Information Systems ACCESS PhD School Intensive course With support from NORDITA, which recently moved to Stockholm, and the Academy of Finland we organize a meeting in Mariehamn Åland, July 15-18, 2007. Linear Stochastic Systems, VT 07 – Per Enqvist, Math A geometric approach to modeling, estimation and identification. Combinatorial Optimization, VT 07 – Anders Forsgren, Math

ACCESS Graduate School Planned activites Wireless Sensor Networks – Lang Tong, Cornell Short course in the spring Intellectual Property - Marianne Levin, SU Summer School jointly with GST, 25-29 June, 2007 Intellectual Property and related issues (legal, commercial, technical, modern media, etc.) Course held by Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt (IFIM) SU VINNPRO planning application approved/final proposal submitted Partner: KTH Executive School

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.

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

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 - 560 kkr per researcher according to

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

6. Verksamhet och Budget 2007 Income VR 11.15 x 1.5 = 16.725 KTH 2.200 18.925 Expenses TRA 10.080 Grad school 1.725 Post-docs, 4x500 (1+1 year commitment) 1.000 Mobility 1.000 Project funding 2.545 Co-funding of partner projects (15%-20%) 1.000 Management and Admin 1.575

6. 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)

Executive committee Björn Ottersten, director Bastiaan Kleijn, (backup Gunnar Karlsson) Erik Aurell, (backup Rolf Stadler) Mikael Skoglund (backup Erik Larsson) Håkan Hjalmarsson, (backup Xiaoming)

7. Post doctoral postions Post-docs 500 kkr/year (not fully funded) – 1+1 year commitment Open call during spring 2007 Priority to joint appointments (supported financially by more than one group) Decision by director after consultation with executive committee Mobility Visiting faculty (ACCESS visiting professor) Mobility for researchers and PhD students? Details must be defined

Post doctoral postions Post-docs - status 500 kkr/year (not fully funded) – 1+1 year commitment Up to 4 positions March 30, 2007 - Open call May 15, 2007 – Application deadline May 22, 2007 – First screening June 30, 2007 – decision by director after consultation with executive committee Priority to joint appointments (supported financially by more than one group)

10. Project Funding Project funding Complement to Thematic research funding Should span multiple groups and/or thematic areas Duration approx. 2 years Could be a way to associate researchers/expertise not currently associated with ACCESS – renewal aspect Solicit projects or ”call” - evaluation? Decision by board after recommendation by director and executive committee Co-funding of third party projects Incentive to create more research activity in ACCESS area Could take the form of “No center OH” + percentage Different categories?

11. Industrial Partnership Program Existing Cooperation in Consortium

11. Industrial Partnership Program Status report partnership discussions Ericsson – Ottersten SonyEricsson – Ottersten Saab Systems – Wahlberg GIPS – Kleijn Skype – Kleijn TeliaSonera – Ottersten Venture Capital firms as potential partners should be identified. Other potential partners are ABB, Nokia, Philips, Huawei.

8. ACCESS hemsida