Congratulations to Inria, the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, which this year celebrates its jubilee.
Inria marked the occasion with a series of activities, culminating in a two day event in Paris from 7-8 November that encompassed meetings, presentations and strategic discussions on topics ranging from algorithms and privacy to artificial intelligence […]
IFIP has announced the winners of its 2018 awards program, naming six long-serving members who have made significant contributions both to IFIP and to their professional discipline. All six were unanimously endorsed for the awards by the IFIP General Assembly.
Silver Core Awards have been presented to:
Nathan Clarke (TC11)
Sara Foresti (TC11)
Tom Gross (TC13)
Wanda Orlikowsky (TC8)
Gilbert Peterson (TC11)
Mary Webb (TC3)
IFIP has also […]
IFIP TC3 and its working groups will meet in Linz, Austria in June next year for OCCE.2018 to explore the challenges and opportunities in education emerging with the societal impact of digital technologies.
OCCE.2018 will be hosted by the Austrian Computer Society and people interested in presenting at the conference are invited to submit papers for […]
It’s been a momentous month in Zimbabwe, and we’re not just talking about the political coup. From 15-18 November, the Computer Society of Zimbabwe (CSZ) staged its annual Summer School, one of the biggest events on the local ICT calendar.
While the Zimbabwe army was moving to place former President Mugabe under house arrest, the nation’s […]
Knowledge engineering and management applied to sustainability & innovation.
IFIP Working Group 12.6 is seeking papers for a special issue of the Journal of Information & Knowledge.
The objective of this special Issue is to gather contributions from both researchers and practitioners to discuss methodological, technical and organizational aspects, feedback from application of knowledge engineering and management […]
The year and location of the next IFIP World Computer Congress (http://wcc2018.org) are an opportunity to consider the history of computing in its international context. Working Group 9.7 will take advantage of this with a workshop that reflects on how computing and informatics rely on the international community for innovation.
The 24th congress will be held […]
In October, the Irish Computer Society marked the culmination of its 50th anniversary celebrations with a very special black-tie event at Clontarf Castle. ICS CEO, Jim Friars said, “we are very proud that this year we welcome our 10,000th member to the society and look forward to the next 50 years and the next 10,000 members as […]
The first cross-domain IFIP Internet of Things (IoT) Conference has issued a Call for Papers.
The IFIP IoT Conference will be held from 18-20 September 2018, as one of the streams within the World Computer Congress (WCC2018).
IoT is hot. Experts and organizations are addressing the topic in policy statements, papers and conferences.
While early developments focused […]
IFIP IP3 Board Director Stephen Ibaraki presented at the United Nations earlier this month on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies will dramatically change the world in which we live.
Mr Ibaraki, who is a key decision-maker on the professionalism arm (IP3) of the global federation of ICT societies (IFIP) and who also founded […]
Last month’s SEARCC/NITC Conference in Colombo presented a valuable opportunity for delegates from across Sri Lanka and around the world to come together and share their knowledge and insights.
Here are a few of the lessons and ideas discussed by the event’s keynote speakers.
Saving the CIO
The first speaker of NITC 2017 was Dr Nick Tate – […]
