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27March, 2024

BCS Announces Alastair Revell as New President

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BCS, The UK’s Chartered Institute for IT has named Alastair Revell as its new President. Alastair has held senior volunteer roles in BCS for a decade and runs a successful professional services and IT consultancy firm.

He takes over from Gillian Arnold FBCS, who remains an active leader at BCS as Immediate Past President. Daljit Rehal […]

27March, 2024

IFIP Honours Past President Mike Hinchey

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On behalf of IFIP President Anthony Wong and the broader IFIP community, General Secretary, Anatolii Marushchak presented a trophy to Mike Hinchey in recognition of his services as IFIP President from 2016 – 2022. 

Professor Hinchey served in various leadership roles within IFIP for more than two decades. 

The meeting on Sunday 3rd March 2024 coincided with […]

27February, 2024

ACM Names 2023 Fellows

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ACM has named 68 Fellows for transformative contributions to computing science and technology. All the 2023 inductees are longstanding ACM Members who were selected by their peers for groundbreaking innovations that have improved how we live, work, and play.

“The announcement each year that a new class of ACM Fellows has been selected is met with […]

27February, 2024

Informatics Association of Serbia Honoured on Statehood Day

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The Informatics Association of Serbia (IAS) was recognised by the Government with a gold medal on Statehood Day (15th February) for its continued efforts in encouraging the spread of information technologies over the past 50 years. 
IAS President, Nikola Marković, received the medal from the President of Serbia at a ceremony in the Presidency.
During its 50 […]

29January, 2024

ACM Names 2023 Distinguished Members

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ACM has named 52 Distinguished Members for significant contributions. All of the 2023 inductees are longstanding ACM Members and were selected by their peers for work that has advanced computing, fostered innovation across various fields and improved computer science education.   

The 2023 ACM Distinguished Members work at leading universities, corporations and research institutions in Australia, Belgium, […]

29January, 2024

Applications Now Open for Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2024

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The 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum will take place from 22-27 September 2024, bringing together some of the brightest minds in mathematics and computer science for an unrestrained, interdisciplinary exchange. During the weeklong conference, young researchers and other participants will have the opportunity to connect with scientific pioneers and draw from the rich body of experience […]

21December, 2023

IFIP President Christmas Message

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Dear IFIP colleagues,
As 2023 draws to a close, IFIP, the Executive Committee and I would like to extend Seasons Greetings and our warmest wishes to you and your loved ones.
We are grateful for your personal inputs and contributions to IFIP over the course of 2023 in:

promoting research and education with more than 4,000 scientists from […]

21December, 2023

IFIP & ACM Presidents Connect at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023

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IFIP President Anthony Wong and ACM President Yannis Ioannidis had the opportunity to connect in person at the recent SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 event held in Sydney, Australia.
Mr Wong offered his congratulations to Conference Chair, June Kim of the University of NSW, Aaron Quigley from CSIRO Data61 and the organising committee on the hugely successful event, […]

29November, 2023

Swiss Informatics Society Celebrates 40 Years!

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The Swiss Informatics Society (SI) just celebrated its 40th anniversary. We received our esteemed members and representatives from our partner organisations, among them IFIP’s General Secretary Anatolii Marushchak, on Friday 17 November at Hotel Schweizhof in Bern for an anniversary celebration. While looking back on our 40 years of history with IT in Switzerland, we […]

29November, 2023

Teach Children AI from Start of Secondary School, says BCS

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Pupils must learn to work with AI tools, like ChatGPT, understanding their strengths and limitations, so they can succeed in life and help Britain compete in the global marketplace, the professional body said.

To do this, young people need a new alternative digital literacy qualification with an emphasis on AI and other modern digital skills. BCS […]