1. Sammanträde med styrelsen
Linneaus Center ACCESS Autonomic Complex Communication nEtworks, Signals and Systems
Sammanträde med styrelsen
Torsdag den 15 maj 2008, kl
Osquldasväg 10, plan 8

2. Sammanträde med styrelsen Dagordning
Föredragningslista
Utseende av justeringsman
Föregående mötesprotokoll, bifogas
Information
Nya projekt
Workshops - ACCESS Industrial Workshop, EU-US workshop
DLS
Forskarskolan
VR utvärdering
Scientific advisory board
Gästforskare
Postdoc tjänster - nuvarande tjänster samt ny utlysning
Övrigt
Nästa möte

3. 3. Föregående mötesprotokoll
ACTION ITEMS (AI):
Invite SAB members Ottersten
VINNOVA call Ottersten
Postdoc policy Ottersten
VR evaluation Ottersten
Distribute evaluation report to board Ottersten
Post agreement on intranet Ottersten

4. 4. Information – New Projects (2008)
VINNOVA
Banbrytande IKT, 100 MSEK – 2 projects to ACCESS (4 to KTH)
reSENSE – 7.5 MSEK, 3 years – M. Johansson together with SICS
NECS – 10 MSEK, 3 years – K.H. Johansson, M. Skoglund
Branschforskningsprogrammet
SERAN – 4.3 MSEK, 3 years – M. Johansson
Multi-antenna Transmission and Scheduling in IMT-Advanced – 3 MSEK, 3 years – M. Bengtsson
Övrigt
WINNER+ CELTIC/Vinnova – 4.2 MSEK, 3 years – B. Ottersten, M. Skoglund
DiSC – 1.35 MSEK, 2 years – R. Stadler together with SICS

5. 4. Information – New Projects (2008)
EU/FP7
4WARD – 1 MSEK, 2 years – M. Dam
SENDORA – 4.3 MSEK, 3 years – M. Skoglund
FeedNetBack – 4.5 MSEK, 3 years – K.H. Johansson, M. Skoglund, U. Jönsson
WIDE – 3 MSEK, 3 years – M. Johansson
VIKING – 3.5 MSEK, 3 years – K.H. Johansson, G. Karlsson
Vetenskapsrådet
INFLOW – 2 MSEK, 3 years – M. Dam
MIMO – 4.5 MSEK, 3 years – B. Ottersten
Scalable robust control – 2.25 MSEK, 3 years – U. Jönsson

6. 4. Information - Workshops
ACCESS Industrial Workshop 2008
Launch partnership program
Exciting program with industrial and academic speakers
>150 participants
>40 poster presentations
Talks available online at

7. 4. Information - Workshops
EU – US workshop 16 June, 2008
Theme: Networked information and control systems
Mobility and autonomy in cyber-physical systems
Robustness and security of large-scale infrastructures
Wireless sensing and control for embedded networks
Aim: Gather key researchers - research challenges and emerging industrial trends
Jointly organized with CITRIS (UC Berkeley) and EC ICT FP7
Keynote presentations:
Ruzina Bajcsy, UC Berkeley
Björn Gudmundsson, Ericsson
Steven Glaser, UC Berkeley
Open problem discussions with short position statements
Target about 30 participants
More info at

8. 4. Information Distinguished Lecture Series
March: Richard M. Murray, CalTech,
April: Graham C. Goodwin, Univ. of Newcastle,
May: Ozalp Babaoglu, Bologna
June: Vikram Krishnamurthy,  

9. 4. Information – Graduate School
Spring 2008
Nonlinear Systems: Analysis and control, Preparatory course
Xiaoming Hu
Physics of distributed information systems, Intensive course/workshop
Erik Aurell (coordinator)
Stochastic Estimation and Control, intensive course
Vikram Krishnamurthy
Summer School on Entrepreneurship (with the GST)
Fall 2008
The generalized moment problem and rational measures, Intensive course
Christopher Byrnes
Introduction to model order reduction, specialized course
Henrik Sandberg

10. 4. Information - VR evaluation
Evaluation report – submitted 29 Feb
Hearing 15 April
Participants:
Gudmundson, rector
Ottersten, director
Johansson, co-director
Skoglund, director graduate school
Wahlberg, board member
Focus on Organization and Leadership

11. 4. Information – Scientific Advisory Board
P.R. Kumar, University of Illinois
Martin Vetterli, EPFL Infrastructure, Signals and Systems Theory
Radia Perlman, Sun Fellow and honorary doctor of KTH
waiting approval from Sun
Proposed meeting date in early fall

12. 4. Information – Guest Researcher
Longer visits (supported with 40kkr/month)
Beom Jun Kim – 12 months, 6 months supported by ACCESS, host computational biology
T.V. Sreenivas – 3 months, host SIP
Ana Perez – 6 months, host signal processing (decision by EC pending)
Shorter visits (supported by giving short courses)
Christopher Byrnes – 2 months, host sys. & opt.
Vikram Krishnamurthy – 2 months, host control

13. 5. Postdoc Positions 18 April – Call opened
30 May – Application deadline
13 June – Labs forward candidates
17 June – decision by EC
Renewal of existing postdocs
Decision by EC on 17 June based on CV
Publication list including working papers, please indicate research that has been initiated at KTH.
Short research statement (1-2 pages) with short description of KTH activities and plans if the position is extended.

14. Sammanträde med styrelsen Dagordning
Föredragningslista
Utseende av justeringsman
Föregående mötesprotokoll, bifogas
Information
Nya projekt
Workshops - ACCESS Industrial Workshop, EU-US workshop
DLS
Forskarskolan
VR utvärdering
Scientific advisory board
Gästforskare
Postdoc tjänster - nuvarande tjänster samt ny utlysning
Övrigt
Nästa möte, tisdag 25 november