By-Laws for Swiccomas

Swiss Community for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences www.swiccomas.ch   Name It is agreed between the funding members that a Swiss Association called Swiccomas (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”) is created following the articles 60 and followings of the Swiss Civil Code on January 11, 2016. The legal seat of Swiccomas is at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. The Managing Board and the General Assembly will decide the location and the rules governing the operational seat and secretariat.   Objectives Swiccomas is a non-profit association. Its aim is to foster discussions and collaborations within the Swiss
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Dr. Federico Negri (Switzerland) wins an ECCOMAS award

ECCOMAS PhD Awards – 2015 The meeting of the Evaluation Committee for the ECCOMAS award for the best PhD theses 2015 was held on April 1st, 2016 at CIMNE, Barcelona. As an answer to the call for tender, the ECCOMAS member associations nominated 17 theses. The Evaluation Committee was composed by Nils-Erik Wiberg (chairman), Claudia Comi, Harald Van Brummelen, Stefan Vandewalle and Pedro Díez (secretary). After a detailed discussion, a voting process was held in two phases. First, after a secret voting the number of theses was reduced from 17 to 7. In a second round, the number was reduced
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