2017

31October, 2017

IFIP TC9 Announces Call for Papers for HCC13

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Submissions Invited to Address Question of “ICT and Climate Change – What Can We Do?”

IFIP Technical Committee 9 (TC9) has announced a Call for Papers for its biennial Human Choice and Computers (HCC) Conference, HCC13, to be held in Poznan, Poland on 19-21 September 2018.

With the theme, “This Changes Everything”, HCC13 will explore a broad […]

31October, 2017

IFIP’s Oliver Burmeister Chosen as 2017 Ethics Expert by Prominent Journal

By |October 31st, 2017|Ethics, IFIP, Professionalism in ICT|0 Comments

The Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society publishes one paper each year by an international expert, inviting 3-4 other experts to write a 1,500 word response.

Last year, Ethics authority Oliver Burmeister was invited to be the expert for 2017 and submit an article on the topic, “Professional Ethics in the Information Age”. […]

31October, 2017

CSSL Launches International epihack Project to Fight Dengue Fever

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Computer Society of Sri Lanka Facilitates Collaborative Hack Involving ICT and Health Experts

The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) is partnering on an international hacking project to develop a solution for dengue fever, which is currently being experienced at ‘unprecedented’ levels across Sri Lanka.

According to the Red Cross, over 100,000 cases of dengue fever have […]

31October, 2017

ACM India Celebration Explores Future of Women in Computing Research

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The ACM India Celebration of Women in Computing (AICWiC) http://www.aicwic2017.com held September 11-13 was hosted by the ACM-W Chennai Chapter and the School of Computing at SRM University. The Lady Ada Final Programming competition supported by ReliScore had more than 1,000 female participants across India. The winners were congratulated by Mukund Madhavan, President, ACM India […]

31October, 2017

Highlights of ACM Europe Conference in Barcelona

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Highlights of the ACM Europe Conference held in September are now available on video. Watch sessions from the High Performance Computing and Cybersecurity tracks, including panel discussions, a Turing Lecture by Silvio Micali and an HPC keynote talk by ACM Athena Lecturer Katherine Yelick. An album of photos from the event is also available.

On 7 September, a panel on […]

30October, 2017

IFIP TC9 Announces Call for Papers for HCC13

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Media Release

 
IFIP TC9 Announces Call for Papers for HCC13
Submissions Invited to Address Question of “ICT and Climate Change – What Can We Do?”
Monday 30 October 2017 – The International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) has announced a Call for Papers for its biennial Human Choice and Computers (HCC) Conference, HCC13, to be held in […]

19October, 2017

CSSL Launches International epihack Project to Fight Dengue Fever

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MEDIA RELEASE

 
CSSL Launches International epihack Project to Fight Dengue Fever
Computer Society of Sri Lanka to Facilitate Collaborative Hack Involving ICT and Health Experts
Thursday 19 October – The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) has announced an international hacking project to develop a solution for dengue fever, which is currently being experienced at ‘unprecedented’ levels across […]

11October, 2017

IFIP Thought Leader to Present to United Nations

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MEDIA RELEASE

 
IFIP Thought Leader to Present to United Nations
 

Wednesday 11 October 2017 – New York USA – IFIP IP3 Board Director Stephen Ibaraki will today present to the United Nations 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 […]

29September, 2017

NITC/SEARCC Conference and IFIP Meetings Wrap up Successfully in Colombo

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Nearly 1,000 people took part in this month’s highly successful NITC/SEARCC Conference and preceding IFIP/SEARCC meetings in Colombo.

IFIP, the global federation of national computer societies, and SEARCC, its SE Asian regional counterpart, both held annual general meetings for their key executives and decision-makers in the lead-up to the Computer Society of Sri Lanka’s (CSSL) […]

29September, 2017

Global ICT Professional Body Elects New Leader

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South African Moira de Roche Takes Over as Chair of IFIP IP3
The International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3), the ICT professionalism arm of IFIP, (International Federation for Information Processing), the global federation of national computer societies, has elected Moira de Roche as its new Chair.

Ms de Roche, who previously served as Vice Chair and has been […]