Monthly Archives: August 2014

Counting papers slows the rate of scientific progress

Posted on August 28, 2014 by APUL honorary secretary

Although already published in 2007, the following viewpoint of colleague David Lorge Parnas, Professor of Software Engineering at Limerick University, Ireland, remains ever more pertinent. “… The cause […] is the widespread policy of measuring researchers by the number of … Continue reading →

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Science bureaucracy is threatening the quality of doctoral education!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by APUL honorary secretary

A most pertinent hint from a CSC colleague. Wissenschaftsbürokratie bedroht Informatikforschung Eingriffe in die Wissenschaftsfreiheit und eine galoppierende Wissenschaftsbürokratie bedrohen nach Beobachtungen der Gesellschaft für Informatik die Innovationskraft der deutschen Informatik-Forschung. Eine zunehmende Dichte politischer und bürokratischer Vorgaben zu Forschungsprojekten, … Continue reading →

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Recent changes in the FNR funding structure

Posted on August 13, 2014 by APUL honorary secretary

Dear colleagues, Due to budget retrenchment the Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) has established a new structure for several of its funding lines: The AFR postdoc funding line will be stopped. The AFR PhD funding line will gradually be … Continue reading →

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