Mayank Prakash FBCS has been announced as the new President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, with a call for governments and businesses to use technology as a force for good.
As BCS’ first President from an Indian ethnic background, Mayank is a keen proponent of exploring the potential offered by technology and making the […]
Australia could soon recognise Indian degrees
Indian university graduates could soon be plugging Australia’s skills gap. Photo: Shutterstock
A mutual recognition agreement between Australia and India could prove critical for students in both countries, as Australia struggles to plug IT skills gaps and India fights to counter quality issues that have left nearly half of graduates unemployable.
Taskforce […]
Education and Information Technologies (EAIT) is the official journal of TC3 – the IFIP Technical Committee on Education. The first issue of EAIT was published in 1996, meaning that it has now been in publication for just over 25 years. EAIT is a research journal that covers the complex relationships between information and communication technologies […]
Informatics for All Releases its Informatics Reference Framework for School
The Informatics for All coalition recently released its Informatics Reference Framework for School. The new report advances informatics as a fundamental discipline for the 21st century, while also indicating how informatics may become a driver for renewal and innovation of other disciplines.
The Framework is designed to […]
NCS Holds Artificial Intelligence Summit
Over the years, the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has been consistently developing and promoting the adoption of emerging technologies for enhancing national development.
As part of the series of capacity building and developmental programs aimed at transforming Nigeria through digital innovations, NCS held its first edition of Artificial Intelligence Summits in collaboration […]
Earlier this month, IFIP Technical Committee 3 (Education) and the BCS Academy Board of Computing joined forces to host a workshop exploring ways to support academics new to Computer Science (CS) education institutions.
The objective of the March 3 workshop was to share challenges, reflect on the projects and activities that are underway, and to explore […]
The Chairs of IFIP Technical Committee TC12 (Artificial Intelligence) and its new Working Group WG12.13 jointly presented last week at ICCIDS 2022, the Fifth International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science, held in India.
The keynote, entitled “What AI for Global Security?”, represented the first action of the new Working Group 12.13 (AI for Global […]
On Thursday 17th March, 2022, TC13 (Human Computer Interaction) staged its annual Open Symposium for TC Committee members and representatives of the local host organisation to present their latest research.
This year was the first time the event has been held since the pandemic (the last one is in Milan in March 2020 was cancelled) and […]
AICA, the Italian Association for Computer Science and Automatic Calculation has elected Renato Salvatore Marafioti as its new President for a three-year term from 2022-2024.
Graduated in Law and specialising in criminal law, Dr Marafioti has extensive experience in cybersecurity and ICT vocational training (since 1995). He is the Founder and President of Format, a cultural […]
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has outlined a roadmap for the next federal government to boost the digital economy and improve Australia’s technology sector.
The ACS 2022 Election Platform features nine key policies aimed at making Australia a technology leader.
ACS President Dr Nick Tate launched the platform during this week’s ACS Reimagination Thought Leaders’ Summit in Sydney, saying […]