The department of Computer Science at NTNU is 50 years old. We are celebrating with speeches about the history of Computer Science. Amazing people like 93 years old Norman Sanders, Kjell Bratbergsengen, my dear Geir Høydalsvik (Clustra, Sun, Oracle), Øystein Torbjørnsen (Microsoft), Knut Risvik (Fast), Borgar (Falanx), Agnar Aamodt, Birgit Krogstie, and Jon Atle Gulla have shared their story, that is the story of Computer Science, from the mainframe, to relational databases, PC’s, internet, mobile phones, AI, and not least software engineering. Together with Anna Szlavi, Claudia Cutrupi and Leif E. Opland we shared our IDUN story. About the future nobody knows. I am grateful to IDI and mainly to my professor Reidar Conradi from whom and with whom Iearnt the importance of recruiting clever people who will show the path ahead. Gratulerer med dagen kjære IDI!

• that hard work will be premiated
• that International cooperation is important (from PhD – go abroad! to professor – recruit Internationally)
• that even the best relations can be challenging some days, but again, hard work in term of managing emotions and relations well, will be premiated
• that I am motivated to work for the younger generations and to get prepared for new adventures (by the way we delivered a bid for ICSE 2027, stay tuned)

Takk for maten. I am Letizia Jaccheri, a normal professor, as I like to call myself after I finished my period as department head. I want to tell you a poem in Italian that is about food, wine, and sea and the shift between joy and worries. You can follow the poem at my blog letiziajaccheri.org - I hope I manage to tell it by heart.

La nebbia a gl'irti colli
piovigginando sale,
e sotto il maestrale
urla e biancheggia il mar;

ma per le vie del borgo
dal ribollir de' tini
va l'aspro odor de i vini
l'anime a rallegrar.

Gira su' ceppi accesi
lo spiedo scoppiettando:
sta il cacciator fischiando
su l'uscio a rimirar

tra le rossastre nubi
stormi d'uccelli neri,
com'esuli pensieri,
nel vespero migrar.

San Martino, Giosue’ Carducci (1835-1907)

We have eaten delicious food from the region of Trøndelag and the wine also made our souls more joyful.

It is a joy to be here with the most intelligent persons I can imagine. Thanks Patricia for sharing your knowledge and time and attentionwith us at NTNU. Thanks Erik for sharing with us your interesting path, I am inspired to learn more about you and your work.

I would like to remind that our department of computer science IDI is now 50 years old. Computer science is like magic, can make extraordinary changes for the better and for the worst. Let us use magic in a way other people will be thankful to us and experience joy.

link to cooperative document

link to ACM womENcourage conference

For many years I was afraid to speak too much. I was not talking too much, I was speaking to the wrong persons 🔊❤️

the first goal should be mental and physical health in this order. then it comes, in the order one chooses, family, work, friends, sport, volunteering work, etc.. I am surprised it took me 57 years to understand this first goal of health. Good vacation to those who start vacation and good back to work to those like me who opens the PC today or even go back to office or factory.

LetiziaJaccheriITICSE2022.pptx from Letizia Jaccheri

Libro Concita De Gregorio Nella Notte https://www.feltrinellieditore.it/opera/opera/nella-notte/

Recensione: Ho letto tutti i libri di Concita e mi sono tutti piaciuti, ma questo non lo capisco e mi sono fermata.

Libro Federica Brunini La Circonferenza dell’Alba

Recensione: noioso, scontato ma qualche volta ci si puo’ anche rilassare

Film La pazza gioia

Recensione: salta al vertice dei miei film preferiti. I luoghi sono Viareggio, la campagna Toscana, il mare a Livorno. Le attrici sono meravigliose e la storia e’ bella e intelligente. Ho piano e riso.

Film Almodovar Madres paralelas

Recensione: si bello, certo e’ Almodovar, ma paragonato alla pazza gioia e’ peggio.

Film Con il sole negli occhi

Recensione: bello, bravi gli attori, allo stesso tempo scontato e insolito.

Film Tre piani

Recensione: bello come una tragedia greca e un film di Fellini insieme. Bravo Nanni Moretti bravi tutti.

Film La Figlia Oscura

Recensione: a parte l’Amica Geniale, i libri e i film Starnone e Ferrante mi lasciano con un senso di vuoto. Piu’ che la figlia oscura, siamo per due ore con una madre depressa, una donna che potrebbe fare una passeggiata, una corsa, o meglio cercare di coltivare dei legami, invece gioca con una bambola e col passato. C’e’ da dire che mi sono addormentata un paio di volte.

In questo post voglio collezionare le frasi e le immagini della Toscana dei maledetti toscani, che ridono e un po’ ti offendono. La prima immagine certo non è bella, ma il cartello, e che cartello “Avete rotto i coglioni sudici!!!!”, ce la rende sopportabile e ci fa schiantare dalle risate. Seguitemi in questa estate 2022, vi prometto rime, proverbi e risate e spero di non rompervi i coglioni.

dear students, when writing thesis and papers, I encourage you to use “I” and “we” instead of the passive form or even referring yourself as “the researchers”.

see this thread on twitter

Academic conventions about writing in the passive voice are absolute nonsense. I stopped doing this, 30+ years ago. Had a couple of criticisms which I ignored. I advise reading what you have written out loud. If it sounds stilted, rewrite it.

— Ian Sommerville (@IanSommerville) June 23, 2022