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26October, 2023

Swiss Informatics Society Celebrates 40 Years

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With the emergence of IT courses at Swiss universities in the 1970s, there emerged a clear need for an association to serve this new wave of IT professionals. Thereforein 1983, SI (Swiss Informatics Society) was formed from the existing Swiss chapter of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, to serve as the primary association for […]

26October, 2023

Australian Intelligence Boss Accuses China of Unprecedented IP Theft

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: Five Eyes leaders presenting a united front. Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Director-General Mike Burgess, Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director David Vigneault, FBI Director Christopher Wray, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Director-General of Security and Chief Executive Andrew Hampton, and MI5 Director General Ken McCallum pose for a group photo during the Emerging […]

26October, 2023

CCS Launches Cyprus ICT Market Report 2023

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The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) recently released the Cyprus ICT Market Report, which is part of the society’s contribution to the Cypriot ICT Industry as well as to Cypriot companies in general, aiming to support them in their digital transformation.
The 2023 report covers all sectors of the IT market, such as equipment, services, software and […]

26October, 2023

ACM News

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ACM CEO Vicki Hanson to Receive HCI Medal for Societal Impact

The HCI International 2024 Conference has announced that ACM CEO Vicki Hanson has been chosen to receive the 2024 HCI Medal for Societal Impact. The HCI Medal for Societal Impact was established in 2022 to be awarded to academics, researchers or professionals in recognition of […]

26October, 2023

HCC16 Issues Call for Papers

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The 16th IFIP Human Choice and Computers (HCC) Conference has issued a Call for Papers for its 2024 event, scheduled for next September in Thailand. 

To be held at Dusit Thani Laguna, Phuket, Thailand from 8-10 September 2024, HCC16 will take the theme of, “Humans, Technological Innovations and Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Consequences”.

In recent months, we […]

26October, 2023

IFIP WG8.3 Decision Support Open Conference 2024 

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IFIP Working Group 8.3 (Decision Support) invites both academic and practitioner community contributions either in-person or virtually to Elche, Spain for the 2024 Open Conference on 5-7 June 2024. 

Entitled, “Decision Systems and Analytics for the Common Good”, the conference is set to highlight “the Common Good” or shared benefit in the design and development of […]

26October, 2023

IFIP WG9.4 Calls for Papers for 2024 Conference on ICTs for Development

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The 18th IFIP WG9.4 Conference on the Implications of Information and Communication Technologies for Development will be held from 20-22 May 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.
With the theme, “Reshaping an Unequal World Through Social Justice and Digital Technologies”, the conference is seeking papers from interested speakers. 
Conference Tracks 

Artificial Intelligence, Inequalities, and Human Rights 
Technology & Social […]

26October, 2023

ACM Conferences & Events 

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SC23, 12—17 November

At the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, invited talks will show how translational research and technologies and their applications address some of the most complex challenges of our time. Tutorials and workshops include “High Performance Python for Science at Scale,” “Networking Technologies for High-Performance Computing: Principles and Solutions,” “Unlocking […]

26October, 2023

Cyprus Programming Challenge

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As part of EU Code Week, the “Cyprus Programming Challenge” is co-organised by Cyprus Computer Society and Neapolis University Pafos, sponsored by JetBrains Academy. 

The Cyprus Programming Challenge welcomes school students of all ages, embracing participants with varying levels of experience and expertise. The competition consists of two rounds: the qualifying and final rounds. Participants will be split into two leagues, […]

26October, 2023

What If …

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Randal Munroe writes funny books and has a website about all kinds of ‘What If’ scenarios. One of the questions in his book is about what the earth will look like in – say – 1 million years. In all fairness, it is then questionable whether there will be human life on earth. Surely that […]