IFIP is involved in a record seven events at this week’s WSIS (World Summit for the Information Society) Forum in Geneva.
IFIP has contributed to WSIS over many years, gaining formal recognition as a “Supporting Partner”. WSIS is co-organised by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD and the Swiss Confederation.
On Monday, IFIP President Anthony Wong welcomed the ITU […]
IFIP President Anthony Wong has congratulated WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and its leader Daren Tang on the first WIPO Treaty to address the interface between intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge with provisions specifically for Indigenous Peoples and communities.
“This is a great breakthrough after a journey of 25 years,” said Mr Wong, who is a technology […]
ACM has named Avi Wigderson as recipient of the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation, and for his decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science.
Wigderson is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the School of Mathematics […]
Thank you to the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and CIPS Chair of the National Board Trevor McDonald for hosting the IFIP Board in Toronto, Canada on 26-27 March 2024.
For two days, IFIP Board Members discussed a wide range of strategic points including:
IFIP Strategy
Future income ideas
IP3 activities
Standing and Domain Committees reports
IFIP Task Force on Digital […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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