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IFIP is the leading global professional association for people working in Information and Communications Technologies and Sciences. Established by UNESCO in 1960 and recognised by the United Nations, IFIP represents ICT professional associations from 56 countries and regions with a total membership of over half a million. It also brings together more than 3,500 scientists from industry and academia, organising them into over 100 Working Groups and 13 Technical Committees which conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing. Based in Austria, IFIP sponsors over 100 conferences each year, fostering the distribution of research and knowledge to academics and industry practitioners alike.
29April, 2025

Submit Now for AI & Sustainability Workshop

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Time is running out to submit papers for the AI & Sustainability Workshop being held in Montreal in August to coincide with IJCAI 25. The deadline for submissions is 9th May 2025.

AI has a potential to help and empower humans in many ways. However, AI and especially generative AI also produces some negative effects. Sustainability […]

29April, 2025

Report from ICCIDS 2025

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The IFIP Eighth International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science (ICCIDS 2025) was held from 12-14 February 2025 in Chennai, India.

Sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the event was organized by Dr J. Bhuvana, Dr R. Priyadharsini, Dr S. Angel Deborah, Dr J. Anusha and Dr R. Swarnalakshmi. The conference […]

29April, 2025

Navigating the DEI Backlash: Why Networks Like EUGAIN Matter More Than Ever

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Not long ago, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives were a top priority for leading software companies. However, in a short period, a wave of backlash has led many firms to reassess their DEI strategies. Once viewed as essential for innovation and fairness, DEI programs are now under scrutiny, and some are even being scaled […]

29April, 2025

The Challenges of Working with Specific Populations

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Free, One Day Online Course – 13 May 2025 

Two working groups of IFIP TC13 (Human Computer Interaction), WG 13.3 (Human Computer Interaction, Disability and Ageing) and WG 13.9 (Interaction Design and Children) are organising a series of free, one day online courses to introduce a number of topics in human-computer interaction. While particularly aimed at […]

29April, 2025

GIC Update – Fostering a Safe, But AI-Friendly Culture in the Workplace

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GIC director Robin Raskin explains how individual experimentation that graduates to a centralized vision for how AI will be deployed, is the secret sauce for insuring that a culture of AI inclusivity and creativity is fostered without wreaking havoc on the company’s mission. 
Years ago, when I was one of the early editors of PC Magazine, […]

29April, 2025

IFIP TC14 Forms a Collaboration Agreement with Play Story Press

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IFIP TC14 (Entertainment Computing) has approved a collaboration with Play Story Press, an open community publishing consortium of/by/for the field and our community. 

This is a diamond open-access academic publishing initiative in which contributors retain all their intellectual property, and neither contributors nor readers are charged fees. PSP works with its contributors in as timely a […]

29April, 2025

IFIP Events

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International Conference on Optical Network Design and ModellingDate/Location: 6-9 May 2025Pisa, ItalyContact information:ONDM 2025luca.valcarenghi@santannapisa.itTel. +39050882138IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management SymposiumDate/Location: 12-16 May 2025Honolulu, USAContact information:2025 IEEE/IFIP NOMS | IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium | 12–16 May 2025 // Honolulu, HI, USAs.cisneros@comsoc.orgTel. 212.705.895540th IFIP TC-11 SEC 2025 International Information Security and Privacy ConferenceDate/Location: 21-23 May […]

29April, 2025

ACM Conferences & Events

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CPS-IoT, 6—9 May 2025

CPS-IoT Week is the premier event on Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet-of-Things. It brings together five top conferences, HSCC, ICCPS, IoTDI, IPSN, and RTAS, and multiple workshops, tutorials, and competitions including “Foundation Models for Cyber-Physical Systems & Internet of Things,” “Security and Privacy of Sensing Systems,” “Real-time and IntelliGent Edge Computing,” “Computation-Aware Algorithmic Design for Cyber-Physical […]

25March, 2025

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton Win the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing

By |March 25th, 2025|1, Home Slider, IFIP|0 Comments

Award

ACM has named Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton as recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. Barto and Sutton introduced the main ideas, constructed the mathematical foundations, and developed important algorithms for reinforcement learning—one of the most important approaches for creating intelligent systems.

Barto is […]

25March, 2025

OCG Celebrates 50 Years

By |March 25th, 2025|2, Home Slider, IFIP|0 Comments

Congratulations to the Austrian Computer Society (OCG), which this month celebrated 50 years since its foundation on 4th March, 1975. 

The society held a special Open Day on 4th March this year to commemorate the anniversary and over 150 guests joined the festivities. A feature of the event was Heinz Zemanek’s Mailüfterl – the first fully […]