[AISWorld] CFP - International Federation For Information Processing (IFIP)

[Anna Kobusińska]

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INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING
WORLD COMPUTER CONGRESS
Sep 17-21, 2018
Poznan, Poland
wcc2018.org
wcc2018.put.poznan.pl


INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING (IFIP)
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- The leading multinational organization in Information & Communications
  Technologies (ICT), established 60 years ago
- Recognized by United Nations and other world bodies
- Membership covers over 50 countries, with a total membership of over
  350 000
- Includes over 100 Working Groups organized in 13 Technical Committees

WORLD COMPUTER CONGRESS (WCC)
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The World Computer Congress is the main event of the International
Federation For Information Processing, being organized since 1959.
In the recent past, WCC was held in: Canada (2002), France (2004),
Chile (2006), Italy (2008), Australia (2010), the Netherlands (2012),
and Korea (2015).

MAIN TOPICS OF WCC: http://wcc2018.org/program
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- Security and Privacy
- Data Science
- Big Data Management and Analysis
- Enterprise Information Systems and Database Technologies
- the Internet of Things
- Entertainment Computing
- Social Aspects of Information Technologies
- the History of Computing

KEYNOTE TALKS
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- Prof. Wil van der Aalst (one of the most cited computer scientists in
  the world, top expert in workflow management, process mining, Petri
  nets, business process management, process modeling, and process
  analysis)
  Talk title: Responsible Data Science in a Dynamic World

- Dr. Jan Camenisch (a leading scientist in the area of privacy and
  cryptography, Principal Research Staff Member at IBM Research - Zurich)
  Talk title: The Pros and Cons of Blockchain for Privacy

- Prof. Leslie Valiant (world-renowned for contributions to complexity
  theory, Turing Award holder)
  Talk title: What Needs to be Added to Machine Learning?

- Shamika N. Sirimanne (world-renowned expert in disaster risk reduction)

CONTESTS
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- PhD Student Research Competition
- Cybersecurity contest: Capture-the-Flag

GRANTS
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- 7 participation grants for students presenting at PhD Student
  Research Competition
  (http://wcc2018.put.poznan.pl/PhD-Workshop)
- 2-3 travel grants for PhD students from developing countries
- 1 travel grant for a mature researcher from a developing country
  (http://wcc2018.put.poznan.pl/grants)