AICA celebrates its 60th anniversary with event ‘Digital, driver of social innovation’
On 15 April, AICA marked its 60th anniversary with the event ‘Digital, driver of social innovation’. Giovanni Adorni, President of AICA, presented the commitment, the vision and mission of AICA in Italy.
BCS’s new President prioritises inclusion in IT profession
The newly elected President of the British Computer Society (BCS), John Higgins CBE, has announced that his first priority will be “to make our profession more welcoming for all – regardless of gender, age or ethnic background”.
AI – trustworthy, explainable, fair: GI conference on 24 April
The annual conference of the Women’s group of the German Society of Informatics will take place on April 24, 2021 online. This year’s main theme will be Artificial Intelligence (AI). The conference will include lectures on trusted machine learning, discriminatory AI systems, awarding of a prize for the Best Bachelor or Master thesis by a …
BCS and Coding Black Females (CBF) announce inclusion partnership
As a part of BCS commitment to make IT more inclusive and engage with a greater diversity of people, BCS and CBF announced a joint bursary which will see over 70 individual members of CBF provided with BCS membership, as well as a range of mentoring and other career development benefits.
CMA invitation to comment on proposed ARM acquisition – BCS Response
The British Computer Society’s (BCS) survey last year found that 70% of BCS members agreed that the government should intervene in the sale of ARM to US Chip maker, Nvidia.
Train the Trainers webinars from Cyprus Computer Society
The Cyprus Computer Society is organising specific webinars for trainers on Python and C++ programming as well as PCB design.
9th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns – Call for Papers
The 9th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP 2021) is the 9th in the CAIP series of biennial international conferences devoted to all aspects of computer vision, image analysis and processing, pattern recognition, and related fields. It will be held in Cyprus from 27 September to 1 October 2021.
BCS works on international data transfer (IDT) and EU-UK data flow issues
According to Bloomberg, the UK now has six months to negotiate an adequacy agreement or decide its future arrangements for Keeping EU-U.K. Data Flowing. The British Computer Society (BCS) is continuing to work with their members and the BCS Law Specialist Group on this issue of adequacy and the issues of data flow relating to …
Talent and skills: BCS activities
BCS has developed a web resource in relation to the UK Government’s Plan for Jobs. It has been clear that at least part of the BCS’s response to the challenges posed by Covid-19 is in reskilling the UK workforce towards digital technologies.
VDE releases position paper on digital sovereignty
VDE has released a new position paper entitled ‘Technological Sovereignty: Methodology and Recommendations. The aim of the paper is to discuss the concept of technological sovereignty and analyse how Europe can recover technological sovereignty, and to define specific recommendations. The paper argues that fostering training and boosting research are key for warranting technological sovereignty in …
