In an increasingly dynamic world, where disruptions have become the norm, the WSIS (World Summit of the Information Society) Forum has become a natural platform to exchange ideas and develop powerful collaborations.
To be held in Geneva from 6-9 April 2020, WSIS Forum 2020 represents the world’s largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for development’ community. […]
The Finalists for the 2019 ACS Digital Disruptor Awards have been announced with 52 nominees across 13 categories.
Winners will be revealed at a gala dinner following the Reimagination Thought Leaders’ Summit 2019 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday, 4 December 2019.
More than 1,000 tech business leaders and industry professionals from across Australia’s […]
The revamped WG 9.5: From ‘Virtuality & Society’ to ‘Our Digital Lives’
We are Petros, Brad and Kathrin — a diverse team of academics interested in digital technologies and their influences on different aspects of everyday life. We took over the leadership of WG 9.5 a year ago at HCC13 in Poznań, Poland and we are happy to announce that […]
The 10th edition of the South African ICT Skills Survey has found that the Fourth Industrial Revolution has not yet had a significant impact on the South African ICT skills landscape. However, the report’s authors say it’s only a matter of time before digital disruptors spark a revolution.
The survey was carried out by the Joburg […]
Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg officially launched the ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse 2019 earlier this month. The Melbourne Innovation Hub was packed with technologists who heard the Treasurer speak of growing demand for more tech workers.
Key findings from the report include:
Three policy priorities for driving the growth of Australia’s digital economy are boosting skills, start-ups and investment. The […]
A new version of the European IT Professional competence standard EN16234-1, commonly known as the e-CF (the European Competence Framework) is targeted for publication by the end of this year.
To address the needs of existing and future e-CF users, you are invited to participate in an e-CF implementation survey. The survey is relevant to “e-CF” users […]
Recognising the need for its governance and activities to involve people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, ACM has created a new Diversity & Inclusion Council, a cross-cutting group charged with coordinating and promoting diversity and inclusion efforts throughout the organization. ACM invests in a number of programs that focus specifically on different aspects of diversity and […]
Dr Yannic Maus has received the dissertation award of the Swiss Informatics Society (SI), the Australian Computer Society (OCG) and the German Informatics Society (GI), receiving an endowment of €5,000.
Dr Manus, from the University of Freiburg, received the award for the best computer science dissertation of 2018 at an official ceremony at the GI Annual […]
ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate Yoshua Bengio delivered his Turing Lecture at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) on September 23. Bengio received the 2018 Turing Award with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing. The video of Bengio’s lecture is now available to view on […]
Seven women who are members of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT have featured in the top 50 list of the Most Influential Women in UK IT 2019. In addition, BCSWomen committee member, Maggie Berry, has been added to Computer Weekly’s Hall of Fame.
The Top 50 list, which is now in its eighth year, was […]
