BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is partnering with EXIN, a leading international ICT certification body, to develop a new certification program on Service Integration and Management (SIAM).
As companies increasingly outsource their IT services to different vendors to optimise company processes, SIAM is providing a way of managing and coordinating these suppliers, leading to the […]
The Irish Computer Society recently hosted a Japanese delegation to explore European and Japanese competence frameworks. Eiji Hayashiguchi, Chief Advisory and Osamu Endo, Group Leader, represented Japan’s Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), an organisation affiliated with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). In keeping with IPA’s strong focus on growing quality ICT human resources, it […]
IFIP IP3 Chair, Brenda Aynsley visited South Africa last week to keynote at the IITPSA President’s Awards on 24th November.
Speaking at the Awards Breakfast, Aynsley said ICT is a vital part of doing business today and tomorrow, but globalisation in markets and qualifications, and work practices that ‘follow the sun’ will require changes.
“Our world is […]
Over the next several months, ACM will celebrate 50 years of the Turing Award, highlighting the impacts of the visionaries who have received it.
ACM’s most prestigious award, the A.M. Turing Award is presented annually to recognise major contributions of lasting importance to computing, and includes a $1 million prize funded by Google.
Since its […]
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Global ICT Profession Gathers in Australia
Monday 28 November 2016: Key leaders from across the world’s ICT profession will gather in Sydney this week to advise Australian Government Ministers on issues ranging from Cyber Security and Innovation to Professionalism in ICT.
The Australian Computer Society’s (ACS) Ministers Forum is timed to coincide with celebrations for […]
Serbia celebrated its first Day of Computer Experts on 18th November this year, marking the day with a conference on the premises of “Mihajlo Pupin” institute in Belgrade.
The Informatics Association of Serbia made the decision at its general assembly earlier in the year, choosing 18th November as the anniversary of the ETRAN conference in […]
The South East Asian Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC) has announced the finalists for the inaugural SEARCC International Awards, to be held in conjunction with the ACS Digital Disruptor Awards at ACS Reimagination Thought Leaders Summit in Sydney on December 1, 2016.
The Awards celebrate the outstanding contribution by ICT professionals internationally and recognise excellence in leadership, education and research […]
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) will stage its annual Reimagination Thought Leaders Summit in Sydney on 1 December 2016.
Keynoting the event is Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist at MIT Sloan School of Management and author (with Erik Brynjolfsson) of the best-selling book, “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of […]
Professor Valerie Shute to Present on Stealth Assessment at WCCE 2017
Professor Valerie Shute, an expert in the use of games to support learning outcomes, will be a keynote speaker at WCCE 2017, the world’s largest conference focused on the use of technology in education.
Professor Shute is the Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner Endowed Professor in […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems were the focus when IFIP President, Professor Mike Hinchey, presented at the ITU World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly (WTSA-16) in Tunisia.
Professor Hinchey, who has worked with AI systems for over 15 years in his capacity as a consultant to NASA’s Space Program, explored the question of, “How do we trust AI systems?”
Held […]
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