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

2. 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

3. 5. Förutsättningar samt diskussion om styrelsens roll och arbete
VR Linnestöd om 20 MSEK med tillhörande forskarskola 2,3 MSEK kronor för perioden
Bidragets totala längd kan uppgå till 10 år
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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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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, 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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)

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

15. 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

16. Post doctoral postions
Post-docs - status
500 kkr/year (not fully funded) – 1+1 year commitment
Up to 4 positions
March 30, 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)

17. 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?

18. 11. Industrial Partnership Program Existing Cooperation in Consortium

19. 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.

20. 8. ACCESS hemsida