Do you know an IFIP colleague who deserves greater recognition? If so, consider nominating them for an IFIP Award. The IFIP Executive Committee has extended the deadline to submit for IFIP Awards until 15 June 2024.
There are currently three awards open for nomination:
Auerbach Award 2024
IFIP Fellow 2024
IFIP Service Award 2024
All nominations must be […]
ACS (Australian Computer Society) has announced four Honorary Life Members (HLMs) and 18 Fellows for 2023.
Dr Rod Dilnutt, Professor Michael Johnson, Dr Ian Oppermann and Arnold Wong have been named Honorary Life Members for their contributions to the work of the ACS.
Dr Rod Dilnutt has contributed to ACS as an innovator and one who has […]
The Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) recently joined forces with IFIP IP3 and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7/WG20 for a workshop to discuss efforts towards an International Standard for Advanced IT Professionals. The event was staged during IPSJ’s 86th National Convention, which took place from 15-17 March 2024 at Kanagawa University.
ISO/IEC 24773 is an ISO standard that […]
Intelligent autonomous vehicles hold great promise for relieving the tedium of driving while simultaneously reducing the tragic injury and death toll on the roads. However, the headlong rush to be the first to market, without adequate safety and security considerations of life-critical control system design, could cause irreparable public harm and set back the promise […]
IFIP TC3 is delighted to announce that Dr Pieter Hogenbirk, a current member and past chair of IFIP TC3 WG3.1, has been awarded the honour of Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
The Royal honour was bestowed for his outstanding contribution to innovation in education and for his support in introducing digital technology, STEM and internationalisation […]
“Communications of the ACM” Relaunched as Web-First Publication
ACM has relaunched Communications of the ACM (CACM), the organization’s flagship magazine, as a web-first publication. The web-first model allows CACM to publish articles more rapidly than before so that readers can keep abreast of the lightning-fast changes in the computing field. At the same time, researchers can […]
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami struck a large coastal area of the northern part of the main island of Japan, including the coast of the Iwate prefecture, on Friday 11 March 2011. From our experiences in helping part of the affected area by using IT for crisis response and disaster management, we established […]
IFIP Working Group 12.13 (AI4GS) will stage the first of a series of conferences dedicated to AI for Global Security in Paris, France on 19th November 2024.
There are some very specific challenges that AI presents in the context of national defence and security that need to be addressed.
They include, without being exclusive:
Transparency and Interpretability,
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Time is running out to submit papers for the 13th IFIP (IEEE approval pending) International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks (PEMWN 2024). To be held in Agadir, Morocco from 25-27 September 2024, the event has a deadline for paper submissions of 31 May 2024.
PEMWN is a scientific forum for […]
On 21 March 2024, three generations of Working Group 2.6 chairs met at the Università degli Studi di Milano to share insights and ideas. In attendance were the first WG2.6 chair, Professor Ernesto Damiani, his successor, Professor Paolo Ceravolo, and the current chair, Professor Robert Wrembel.
They discussed the past and future activities of the group as […]