Governance

The ERCIM community is supported by a Consortium of two bodies:

  • ERCIM AISBL an international non for profit association under Belgian law, carrying on the activities of ERCIM concerning collaborative research, networking, and support.
  • ERCIM EEIG, the European Economic Interest Grouping, responsible for managing the ERCIM Office and hosting the W3C European Host.

The ERCIM association is managed by the Board of the Association composed of:

  • Keith Jeffery, STFC, UK: President
  • Domenico Laforenza, IIT-CNR, Italy: Vice-President:
  • Dick Broekhuis, CWI,The Netherland: Treasurer
  • Jerzy Tiuryn, University of Warsaw, Poland: Secretary

and in addition:

  • Dimitris Plexousakis, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) – Hellas, Greece
  • Patrick Furrer, Swiss Association for Research in Information Technology (SARIT), Switzerland, jointly responsible for scientific aspects (projects, working groups)
  • Claude Kirchner, INRIA, France, responsible for human capital
  • Andreas Rauber, AARIT, Austria, responsible for outreach.

The majority of these board members lead a task group consisting of ERCIM member representatives or substitutes.

The ERCIM EEIG is governed by the EEIG Board of Directors composed of:

  • Jos Baeten, CWI
  • Michel Cosnard, INRIA: President
  • Keith Jeffery, STFC
  • Matthias Jarke, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
  • Domenico Laforenza, CNR
  • Constantine Stephanidis, ICS-FORTH

and its activities are a carried out by an Executive Committee composed of:

  • Eckart Bierduempel, Thomas Bendig, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
  • Dick Broeckhuis, CWI
  • Michel Loyer, INRIA
  • Dimitris Plexousakis, FORTH
  • Fausto Rabitti, CNR
  • Michael Wilson (chair), STFC