Dansk IT launches new tool for security awareness
The Danish Computer Society Dansk IT has created the digital tool ‘HackerStop’, which is designed to ensure online safety at the digital workplace. HackerStop is a security monitoring platform, where organisations can register to measure the level of IT-security awareness of their staff.
Informatics Association of Türkiye receives DiversIT Charter Gold Certificate
On 24 November 2022, the Informatics Association of Türkiye (IAT) received the Gold level certificate of DiversIT Charter. The Gold level certificate recognises the recipient as being a leader in achieving gender equality in IT professions. IAT had obtained the Bronze level certificate in November 2019. Now, after 3 years, they have recertified for Gold.
CEPIS welcomes new affiliate member
At the Council meeting on 24 November 2022, CEPIS Council voted to accept the application of the Informatics Society of Kosovo (SHPIK) to join CEPIS as an affiliate member.
CCS hosts first RE-EDUCO in-person project meeting
RE-EDUCO project partners from Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Greece and Finland met in person for the first time at the 4th Translational meeting of the project, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, hosted by Cyprus Computer Society. The meeting was held on 7 and 8 November 2022.
Women in tech in focus at the GI Annual Conference
The 52nd Annual conference of the German Informatics Society (GI) took place from 26 until 30 September 2022 in Hamburg, Germany. The role of women in IT was a topic of several events during the conference. A workshop organized by members of GI’s special interest group “Women in Informatics” with the title “More women in IT – How do we get there?” took place on 26 September 2022, a session on “More women in informatics!” on 28. September 2022.
Learning from each other: NJSzT forum on Robotics in School
Robotics is a fast-growing field of IT, and teaching it is a major challenge for public education. This is also the case in Hungary. During the online forum “Robots in Competition!” in September, activists of “the teaching with robot” presented methodological advice and showed concrete practical examples.
CCS participates in Researcher’s Night in Cyprus
The Cyprus Computer Society participated in the “Researcher’s Night” event, organized by IDEK on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Eleftherias Square in Nicosia.
Inclass: Transnational Project meeting in Riga, Latvia
The Cyprus Computer Society participated in the meeting that took place at the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia from 19th to 20th of September, with the active participation of the different partners of the InClass Erasmus+ project. The meeting was also joined by robot manufacturers from Denmark and Germany, whose input has been …
ALL DIGITAL Summit in Prague, Czech Republic
The new project manager of the Cyprus Computer Society Mrs. Alexandra Faka attended the 3-day ALL DIGITAL Summit in Prague that took place from 28th to 30th September 2022. The Summit included several workshops, panel discussions, keynote sessions, marketplace as well as several opportunities for networking.
Atilim University team wins 2nd place in Teknofest competition
At the University Students’ Research Project Competitions of the Aviation, Space and Technology Festival 2022, the project team, which consists of graduates of the Computer Engineering Department, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Eryilmaz, achieved the second place in the “Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship” category.
