by IFIP News | Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
South Africa’s team for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI2021) has emerged with a bronze medal and one award after the global event. IOI2021 is a prestigious international Informatics challenge held annually. While this year’s event was hosted by...
by IFIP News | Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Letizia Jaccheri, vice president of TC14, for winning the 2021 Norwegian ODA Prize, which honours exceptional women who have made concrete contributions to increase diversity in the technology industry. Winners of the award must be good ambassadors...
by IFIP News | Jul 29, 2021 | IFIP, Professionalism in ICT, Uncategorized
With just days remaining before the deadline, IFIP’s International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) is seeking final nominations for the prestigious David O’Leary Award. After a year in hiatus, this coveted award is once again up for grabs. IP3 welcomes...
by IFIP News | Jul 29, 2021 | ACM, Uncategorized
Chuchu Fan of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the recipient of the 2020 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation, “Formal Methods for Safe Autonomy: Data-Driven Verification, Synthesis, and Applications.” Fan’s dissertation makes...
by IFIP News | Jul 29, 2021 | Home Slider, Uncategorized
Automated systems need greater accountability. The Australian Government’s automated welfare debt recovery process, commonly known as ‘Robodebt’, was an unmitigated failure that exemplified the need to understand the ethics behind artificial intelligence...
