Commissions and Committees
The Director relies on the input of Committees and Working Groups to coordinate the institutional activities of the Department.
Teaching Commission
Responsibilities
It has tasks of coordination, planning, guidance, monitoring and quality supervision in education.
Components
La commissione è composta dal Delegato e dal Vice delegato per la Didattica, e da tutti i coordinatori dei Corsi di Studio del DISI.
Research Commission
Responsibilities
The tasks of the Research Commission can be summarized as follows:
- To bring together all areas of expertise of the Department in a single collegial discussion table, providing all the information support and internal coordination in order to facilitate the knowledge and the interchange of skills and participation in national and international research projects (PRIN, FIRB, HORIZON2020, PON etc.) and ensuring interactions with GTAs.
- Evaluate research products and results under the guidance of the Department's members for Panel 1-9 of the University Research Assessment Committee (VRA) (also constituting the Departmental Research of Departmental Research) and propose the relative distribution of research funds to the Council and the Department.
- Monitor and analyze, also with the support of appropriate data collection, the research activity of the groups of the Department, on the basis of appropriate indicators consistent with the objectives of the Department and the University or other relevant bodies at national and international level (e.g. ANVUR, Ranking Agencies).
- Organize annual initiatives for the enhancement of research in the Department, scientific dissemination and technology transfer, science dissemination initiatives in schools, participation in the Night of Researchers and other public engagement events.
Components
The Commission is chaired by Professors Paolo Bellavista and composed by Franco Callegati, Paolo Ciancarini, Ivan Lanese, Davide Maltoni, Vittorio Maniezzo, Michela Milano, Mirko Viroli
Commission for the Evaluation of Research in the University (VRA Commission)
Responsibilities
The VRA Panel Area 1-9 Informatics assists the VRA (Evaluation of Research in the University) Commission for area 01-09 Informatics. It is formed upon the proposal of the DISI Director with the consent of all directors of departments that have members from the Computer Science area.
Components
Members of the Area 01-09 Computer Science Panel are Professors Paolo Ciancarini, Davide Maltoni, and Marco Patella. The VRA Component for Area 01-09 Computer Science, Prof. Gianluigi Zavattaro, chairs the panel.
Computer Services Commission
Responsibilities
It aims to rationalize and enhance the IT services offered and the resources and equipment available,removing logistical obstacles, in an attempt to optimize the research and teaching activities of the Department.
It should be noted that the technical computing staff of DISI is mainly of high specialization that, in addition to common services, is involved in the management of research laboratories and advanced teaching.
Components
The committee is coordinated by Dr. Marco Giordani, Head of Laboratory Technical Services and it is composed by professors Renzo Davoli, Marco Di Felice, Vittorio Ghini, Andrea Omicini, Marco Prandini and all technical staff.
Scientific Committees of Interdepartmental Libraries.
DISI belongs to the Interdepartmental Library of Engineering and Architecture (with branches in Bologna and Cesena) and the Interdepartmental Library of Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, and Computer Science. The users of these libraries are students of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs who use them mainly for in-depth study and elaboration of theses, term papers, and projects, as well as faculty, researchers, and assignees of the Department for research purposes.
Components
Representatives of DISI in the Scientific Committee of the Engineering and Architecture Library are Professors Samuele Salti and Alessandra Lumini.
Representing DISI on the Scientific Committee of the Library of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science are Professors Roberto Amadini and Fabio Vitali.
Faculty-student Joint Commission:
Components
The commission is chaired by Prof. Marco Patella, and it's composed by following professors: Elena Loli Piccolomini, Davide Rossi, Antonella Carbonaro, Andrea Roli, Claudio Sartori.
And it's composed also by following students: Arianna Arruzzoli, Issa Eyad Lorenzo, Mathieu Linty, Edoardo Merli, Alessandro Monticelli, Manuel Andruccioli.
Department's Staff Commission
Responsibilities
The Personnel Committee keeps a constantly updated representation of the department's personnel allocations and acquisitions, and shares this with the Departmental Council and Council when planning personnel schedules. In addition, the committee keeps explicit track of the principles and criteria used by the department over the years for the allocation of faculty and researcher resources, so that all planning is always done with as much transparency as possible.
Components
The commission is composed by following professors: Anna Ciampolini, Davide Maltoni, Silvia Mirri, Gianluigi Zavattaro
QA (Departmental Quality Assurance) Committee
Responsibilities
The QA Committee chairs and monitors all quality processes in the department.
Components
- Prof. Andrea Omicini, Director
- Prof. Luciano Bononi, Vice-director and Delegate for VQR
- Prof.ssa Silvia Mirri, UOS Manager
- Dr. Teresa Maria Libonati, Administrative Manager
- Dr. Marco Giordani, Head of Laboratory Technical Services
- Prof. Marco Patella, President of Faculty-student Joint Commission
- Prof. Paolo Bellavista, Delegate for Research
- Prof. Claudio Sacerdoti Coen, Delegate For the Teaching
- Dr Catia Prandi, Delegate for Third Mission
- Prof. Davide Sangiorgi, Delegate for Doctoral
- Prof. Davide Maltoni, Delegate for Open Science and Intellectual Property
- Prof. Luca Foschini, Delegate for Internationalization
- Manuel Andruccioli, student representative in CdD