CEPIS and EQANIE Seek Experts to Help Shape Informatics Education Quality Standards
On 25 February CEPIS President Dr. Luis Fernández Sanz participated in a crucial preliminary meeting with a technical committee from the European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education (EQANIE). The discussion, initiated at EQANIE’s request, focused on obtaining expert feedback from CEPIS regarding the alignment of its quality label criteria for informatics university centres.
Computer Science in Education: By Humans, For Humans – Vienna, 13-14 May
The Austrian Computer Society (OCG), together with CEPIS, will be hosting an international symposium titled “Computer Science in Education: By Humans, for Humans” on May 13–14, 2025.
VIScon 2024: Empowering Innovation and Collaboration in Computer Science
VIScon 2024, ETH Zurich’s annual computer science fair, brought together 80 programmers, industry experts, and students for an inspiring weekend of innovation. The event featured lectures, workshops, and an intensive hackathon, offering hands-on learning opportunities and real-world applications.
Too many teenagers put off by ‘abstract and unmotivating’ Computing GCSE, Says BCS
Young people need a new digital literacy qualification focussed on AI and modern tech skills, as part of reform to the school curriculum, according to the professional body for computing. Pupils should be taught to get the best out of tools like ChatGPT, said BCS, The Chartered institute for IT.
Hungarian Team Achieves Two Gold Medals at CEOI
The Hungarian team has returned home with two gold medals from the Central-European Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI), marking a historic achievement. This year’s CEOI took place in Brno, Czechia, from June 23-29. Teams from the eight CEOI countries, along with five invited countries, competed in advanced algorithmic thinking tasks. All members of the Hungarian student …
Informatics Teachers Education Mini-Conference
A miniconference devoted to Informatics Teachers Education, Curricula, and Technology in Teaching Informatics, organised by the CEPIS Expert Group on Informatics Education, in cooperation with the Slovak Society for Computer Science, and the Department of Computer Science of Comenius University was held on May 31, 2024 in Bratislava, as one of the events organized at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Department of Computer Science.
CEPIS Appointed to Commission Expert Group on High-Quality Informatics
As part of the continuous work of CEPIS to build closer ties with the European institutions, CEPIS has been recently appointed by the European Commission to be a member in the new informal Commission expert group for the development of guidelines on high-quality informatics.
Save the Date: International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
The Slovak Society for Computer Science, in cooperation with the Comenius University, is organizing the 49th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS) on 26-30 August 2024 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Train the Trainers seminars from the Cyprus Computer Society
The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS), in collaboration with the University of Cyprus and the IET Cyprus Local Network, organised a ‘Train the Trainers’ seminar on the CCS’ robotics competitions.
Apply for the SMACITE pilot course!
The “SMACITE – Boosting the technical and non-technical skills and competences of Smart City technicians and engineers” project, of which CEPIS is an associated partner, has opened the application process for the pilot of their Smart Cities Training course. The training will consist of 2 parts and begin in February 2024.
