2016

22December, 2016

ICT Manager Wins Australia’s Young Professional of the Year Award

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A South Australian ICT manager responsible for projects which ensure the State’s safe supply of electricity was named ‘Young Professional of the Year’ by Professions Australia.

Presenting the award, Professions Australia’s Senior Vice President and IFIP IP3 Chair, Brenda Aynsley, said Yohan De Silva’s achievements as a young professional were outstanding and reinforced the major contribution […]

22December, 2016

CSSL to Host SEARCC Conference 2017

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Regional Event to be Held in Partnership with NITC and IFIP General Assembly

The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) has won approval to host the 2017 SEARCC Regional Conference and IFIP General Assembly in conjunction with its National IT Conference (NITC).

The events, to be held in Colombo in September 2017, will attract representatives from around […]

22December, 2016

IFIP Presents Eight Silver Core Awards

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IFIP, the global association for the ICT sector, has presented prestigious Silver Core Awards to eight members who have made outstanding contributions to the international profession.

IFIP President, Mike Hinchey, paid tribute to the award recipients, saying they have helped to shape the direction of ICT around the world.

“These individuals have each played an active role […]

22December, 2016

SEARCC Presents Inaugural Awards

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Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural SEARCC International Awards, which were announced in Sydney on 1 December as part of the annual SEARCC Conference. This was held in conjunction with the Australian Computer Society’s Reimagination Thought Leaders Summit and Digital Disruptors Awards.

Presented by SEARCC President, Dr Nick Tate, the awards recognised exceptional achievers in […]

22December, 2016

IFIP Stalwart Ricardo Reis Honoured by University of Monpellier

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IFIP Congratulates Professor Ricardo Reis, Chair of Technical Committee 10, on receiving the title of Docteur Honoris Causa de L’Université de Montpellier.

A professor in the Department of Informatics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre (Brazil), Reis is engaged in research around Physical Design Automation and Methodologies, CAD tools, Circuits […]

22December, 2016

IFIP IP3 Launches iDOCED Initiative

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The IFIP International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) – the body focused on professional standards for the global ICT industry – has launched iDOCED, the IFIP Duty of Care for Everything Digital Initiative. iDOCED is designed to remind and support both providers and consumers of digital products and services that they have a duty of care […]

21December, 2016

CEPIS Launches European Network to Boost IT Professionalism

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The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) has launched the IT Professionalism Europe (ITPE) network at a meeting in Amsterdam late last month.

Gathering employers, service providers and many others focused on IT, the round-table launch event highlighted the urgent need to improve IT professionalism, to empower European business and society, and ensure Europe benefits […]

21December, 2016

Artificial Intelligence 3.0 – Third wave of AI

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This year we celebrated 60 years of Artificial Intelligence, although there were many individual discoveries and prototypes conducted before 1956, such as the work of von Berthalanfy, Alan Turing (from 1936), artificial neural networks (Warren McCulloch’s and Walter Pitts 1943), Norbert Wiener’s cybernetics (1948) and many others. We are now in what many call the […]

20December, 2016

IFIP Presents Eight Silver Core Awards

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IFIP Presents Eight Silver Core Awards
 

Tuesday 20 December 2016: IFIP, the global association for the ICT sector, has presented prestigious Silver Core Awards to eight members who have made outstanding contributions to the international profession.

IFIP President, Mike Hinchey, paid tribute to the award recipients, saying they have helped to shape the direction of ICT […]

2December, 2016

IFIP IP3 Launches iDOCED Initiative

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Friday 2nd December 2016 – The IFIP International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) – the body focused on professional standards for the global ICT industry – today announced the launch of iDOCED, the IFIP Duty of Care for Everything Digital Initiative. iDOCED is designed to remind and support both providers and consumers of digital products and […]