IFIP FULL MEMBER SOCIETY REPORT

-submitted by Korea Information Science Society

PART 1 : REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES

1.1 Short review activities of the Society for the last twelve months.
The following list shows domestic conferences, international conferences, workshops and tutorials sponsored by the KISS and major publications during the period of July '98-June '99

1.1.1 Conferences and Workshops
1.1.1.1 General Assembly and Biannual Joint Conferences

• Fall Joint Conference (Oct., '98)
• Spring Joint Conference (Apr., '99)

1.1.1.2 International Conferences

• IWFHR-VI(Handwriting Recognition area, Aug., '98)
• ISAAC '98 (Algorithms area, Dec., '98)

1.1.1.3 Workshops and Symposiums on

• Software Engineering
• Image Processing
• High-Speed Communications
• Information Networks
• Computer Science Education
• Computer Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Fuzzy Systems
• Information Processing Standardization
• Information Industry Review
• KISS-KOCSEA Workshop
• Neuro Computing
• Parallel Processing Systems
• Distributed Computer Systems
• Natural Language Processing
• Handwriting Recognition

1.1.1.4 Symposium Sponsored by Special Interest Groups(SIG) of the KISS

• Computer Science Education
• Database
• College Computer Science Education
• Artificial Intelligence
• Programming Language
• Information Networks
• Computer Systems
• Software Engineering
• Parallel Processing Systems
• Theoretical Computer Science
• Korean Information Processing
• Neuro-Computing
• Human and Computer Interaction
• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
• Computer Graphics

1.1.1.5 Tutorials

• Teach-the-Teachers
• Database
• VHDL
• Programming Language
• Computer Communication
• Software Engineering

1.1.1.6 Domestic Competitions sponsored by the KISS

• Excellent Paper Competition in Computer Science
• Personal Computer Competition
• PC Competition for the Handicapped
• Korea Olympiad in Informatics

1.1.1.7 Participation to International Competition

• Conducted Summer School for International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI '99)
• Conducted Winter School for IOI '98

1.1.2 Publications
1.1.2.1 Regular Publications:

• Journal of the KISS - A(monthly)
• Journal of the KISS - B(monthly)
• Journal of the KISS - C(bimonthly)
• KISS Review(monthly)
• Proceedings of the Fall and Spring Joint Conferences

1.1.2.2 SIG Newsletters

• There are 15 SIG's which publish newsletters
• 25 newsletters were published all together during the period

1.2 Review of TC membership and activities of the Member Organization including
(Attached)
Upon the request of the IFIP Ethics Task Group the KISS provided with the Codes of Ethics and Professional Conducts prepared by the Information Professional Association of Korea (IPAK-in Korean).

PART 2 : INPUT TO IFIP
2.1 Review of new initiatives taken during past twelve months within the member and of interest to other Member organizations (None)

2.2 Specific items as input to IFIP by the Member organizations, covering suggestions or firm proposals, criticisms of IFIP current practices, etc. for consideration and action by IFIP.
(None)

KISS Secretariat
August 1, 1999
Seung-Min Yang, Ph.D.
General Director of KISS
+82 2 820 0912