January 2018 – No.48 Information Bulletin International Federation for Information Processing ( www.ifip.org ) IFIP SECRETARIAT HOFSTRASSE 3 A-2361 LAXENBURG AUSTRIA, EUROPE General Secretary: Eduard DUNDLER Administrative Assistant s: Brigitte BRAUNEIS Marion SMITH Telephone: +43 2236 73 616 Telefax: +43 2236 73 616 9 e-mail: [email protected] Internet-URL: http://www.ifip.org 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IFIP'S PAST PRESIDENTS ............................................................................................................................... 4 IFIP'S HONORARY MEMBERS ......................................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 5 IFIP'S MISSION STATEMENT ........................................................................................................................... 5 IFIP IN PERSPECTIVE ...................................................................................................................................... 6 ORIGINS ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 MEMBERSHIP .............................................................................................................................................. 6 ORGANISATION ........................................................................................................................................... 6 CONGRESSES AND MAJOR CONFERENCES ............................................................................................ 6 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................................................. 6 PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 7 IFIP NEWS .................................................................................................................................................... 7 RELATIONSHIPS .......................................................................................................................................... 7 IFIP SECRETARIAT ...................................................................................................................................... 7 STANDARD INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 8 IFIP COUNCIL ............................................................................................................................................... 8 IFIP GENERAL ASSEMBLY .......................................................................................................................... 9 Honorary Members .................................................................................................................................... 9 Country Representative Members ............................................................................................................ 10 International Members at Large ............................................................................................................... 16 Ex-Officio Members ................................................................................................................................. 17 Associate Members ................................................................................................................................. 18 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS .................................................................................. 19 TC 1 - FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ..................................................................................... 19 TC 2 - SOFTWARE: THEORY AND PRACTICE .......................................................................................... 25 TC 3 - EDUCATION ..................................................................................................................................... 34 TC 5 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS ............................................................................. 38 TC 6 - COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................... 46 TC 7 - SYSTEM MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION ..................................................................................... 52 TC 8 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................... 57 TC 9 - ICT AND SOCIETY ........................................................................................................................... 67 TC 10 - COMPUTER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................ 75 TC 11 - SECURITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION IN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS .............. 79 TC 12 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE .......................................................................................................... 88 TC 13 - HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION ............................................................................................. 93 TC 14 - ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING ................................................................................................. 101 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND WORKING GROUP - AIMS AND SCOPES ................................................. 106 TC 1 - FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE - AIMS AND SCOPES ............................................... 106 TC 2 - SOFTWARE: THEORY AND PRACTICE - AIMS AND SCOPES ..................................................... 112 TC 3 - EDUCATION - AIMS AND SCOPES ............................................................................................... 121 TC 5 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS - AIMS AND SCOPES ........................................ 124 TC 6 - COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - AIMS AND SCOPES .................................................................... 132 TC 7 - SYSTEM MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION - AIMS AND SCOPES ................................................ 138 TC 8 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS - AIMS AND SCOPES .......................................................................... 142 TC 9 – ICT AND SOCIETY - AIMS AND SCOPES ..................................................................................... 147 TC 10 - COMPUTER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY - AIMS AND SCOPES ................................................... 154 TC 11 - SECURITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION IN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS - AIMS AND SCOPES ........................................................................................................................................... 159 TC 12 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AIMS AND SCOPES ..................................................................... 168 TC 13 - HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION - AIMS AND SCOPES ........................................................ 174 TC 14 - ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING - AIMS AND SCOPES .............................................................. 180 IFIP STANDING COMMITTEES (DEC-31-2017) ............................................................................................ 186 TECHNICAL ASSEMBLY (TA) ....................................................................................................................... 186 IFIP PUBLICATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 187 NAME INDEX ................................................................................................................................................ 188 3 IFIP's PAST PRESIDENTS Isaac L. Auerbach U.S.A. 1960 - 1965 Ambros B. Speiser Switzerland 1965 - 1968 Anatol A. Dorodnicyn Russia 1968 - 1971 Heinz Zemanek Austria 1971 - 1974 Richard I. Tanaka U.S.A. 1974 - 1977 Pierre A. Bobillier Switzerland 1977 - 1983 Kaoru Ando Japan 1983 - 1986 Ashley W. Goldsworthy Australia 1986 - 1989 Blagovest H. Sendov Bulgaria 1989 - 1992 Asbjorn Rolstadas Norway 1992 - 1995 Kurt Bauknecht Switzerland 1995 - 1998 Peter Bollerslev Denmark 1998 - 2001 Robert Aiken U.S.A. 2001 Walter Grafendorfer Austria 2001 - 2002 Klaus Brunnstein Germany 2002 - 2007 Basie von Solms South Africa 2007 - 2010 Leon Strous Netherlands 2010 - 2016 IFIP's Honorary Members 1979: Dr. Richard Tanaka IFIP President 1974 - 1977 1989: Prof. Pierre A. Bobillier IFIP President 1977 - 1983 1997: Prof. Asbjorn Rolstadas IFIP President 1992 - 1995 1998: Acad. Blagovest Sendov IFIP President 1989 - 1992 1999: Prof. Ashley W. Goldsworthy IFIP President 1986 - 1989 1999: Mr Graham Morris IFIP Honorary Secretary 1996 - 1999 2001: Prof. Kurt Bauknecht IFIP President 1995 - 1998 2014: Prof. Sebastiaan von Solms IFIP President 2007 - 2010 2017: Mr Leon Strous IFIP President 2010 - 2016 4 INTRODUCTION This publication is an edited subset of a comprehensive database which is regularly updated and is accessible through international networks. In particular the “electronic Bulletin” contains detailed statements of aims and scope for every Working Group. A wide range of information is available electronically from the IFIP secretariat including the IFIP News, minutes of our General Assembly and Board meetings, IFIP documents and other valuable