Call for Research Group Leader (2015)
The Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) has made its selection for its internal call for research group leaders to promote its activity. The selection is the result of the assessment of 17 candidates by a scientific selection committee composed of researchers of international prestige. Of these candidates, 10 were preselected in a first phase and, eventually, the following five proposals and those in charge of them were selected:
- Care and Preparedness in the Network Society (CareNet), leader: Dr Israel Rodríguez (associate professor), field: psychology.
- Gender and ICT (GenTIC), leader: Dr Milagros Sáinz (senior researcher), field: multidisciplinary (sociology, psychology, economy, political science, antropology, and humanities).
- Internet Computing & Systems Optimization (ICSO), leader: Dr Ángel A. Juan (associate professor), field: computer engineering.
- Urban Transformation and Global Change Laboratory (TURBA Lab), leader: Dr Ramon Ribera(associate professor), field: multidisciplinary (economy, political science, geography, urban planning, environmental studies).
- Wireless Networks (WiNe), leader: Dr Xavier Vilajosana (associate professor), field: computer engineering and telecommunications.
The proposal were assessed by a scientific selection committee composed of the following international experts:
- Dr Carles Boix: Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at the Department of Political Science and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
- Dr Catarina Calsamiglia: Research Professor at the Center of Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI).
- Dr Maxi San Miguel: Professor of Physics at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and Director of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Physics and Complex Systems (IFSIC), a mixed centre of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
- Dr Markus Rabe: Professor at the Technical University of Dortmund.
- Dr Núria Sebastián: Chaired Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and vice president of the European Research Council.
In addition, IN3 had previously selected the following four proposals from other external assessment processes:
- Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC), leader: Dr Manuel Castells (chaired professor of sociology), field: sociology.
- Digital Commons (Dimmons), leader: Dr Mayo Fuster (Ramon y Cajal researcher), field: multidisciplinary (political sciences, anthropology, economy, philosophy, computer science and arts).
- K-ryptography and Information Security for Open Networks (KISON), leader: Dr David Megías(associate professor, director of IN3), field: computer engineering and telecommunications.
- Systems, Software and Models (SOM Research Lab), leader : Dr Jordi Cabot (Senior ICREA researcher), field: computer engineering.
Still pending are the results for a group leader in the field of complex systems, which must carry out interdisciplinary research on knowledge society.
The persons selected will lead the centre's groups by developing a strategic plan, defining a work plan and establishing goals and indicators. These groups will work with the goal of participating regularly in calls for acquiring competitive resources, especially in the international arena, and establishing alliances with other groups, institutions or companies. Furthermore, they will develop a plan for recruiting talent; design a policy for the transferring and enhancing the activity; and establish its social impact and a plan to improve it. These groups must respect and fulfil the ethical aspects of research as well as participate in the international scientific networks relevant in their field.