文档介绍：INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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IFIP – The International Federation for Information Processing
IFIP was founded in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO, following the First World
Computer Congress held in Paris the previous year. An anization for societies
working in information processing, IFIP’s aim is two-fold: to support information
processing within its member countries and to encourage technology transfer to developing
nations. As its mission statement clearly states,
IFIP’s mission is to be the leading, truly international, anization
which encourages and assists in the development, exploitation and application
of information technology for the benefit of all people.
IFIP is a non-profit anization, run almost solely by 2500 volunteers. It operates
through a number of mittees, anize events and publications. IFIP’s
events range from an international congress to local seminars, but the most important are:
The IFIP puter Congress, held every second year;
Open conferences;
Working conferences.
The flagship event is the IFIP puter Congress, at which both invited and
contributed papers are presented. Contributed papers are rigorously refereed and the rejection
rate is high.
As with the Congress, participation in the open conferences is open to all and papers may
be invited or submitted. Again, submitted papers are stringently refereed.
The working conferences are structured differently. They are usually run by a working group
and attendance is small and by invitation only. Their purpose is to create an atmosphere
conducive to innovation and development. Refereeing is less rigorous and papers are
subjected to extensive group discussion.
Publications arising from IFIP events vary. The papers presented at the IFIP World
Computer Congress and at open conferences are published as conference proceedings, while the
results of the working conferences are often published as collections of selected and edited
papers.
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