IFIP Congress '96 Held in Canberra
The Future of IFIP Congresses
General Assembly Meets in Australia
New Committee for Strategic Planning
Membership Matters Discussed at GA
New Officers
Long-Time Officers Leave IFIP
Outstanding Service Awards
Publications Discussed at GA
Conference on Electronic Publishing
36-Year Book Now Complete
Who's Who in IFIP: Mr. Geoff Fairall
Personal Wireless Communications
IT Security in Research and Business
Integrated Network Management
Culture and Democracy Revisited
Autonomous Decentralized Systems
Calls for Papers
Future IFIP Meetings
National Abbreviations
Small Attendance Is a Disappointment
IFIP Congress '96, the 14th World Computer Congress began on 2 September in Canberra,
Australia, on a lovely "note," with several musical selections by the young, talented Canberra School
of Music Wind Quintet. Their pieces ranged from the serious to an irreverent number that might well
have been entitled "Apologies to Beethoven." Prof. Ashley Goldsworthy (AUS), chairman of the
Congress Organizing Committee, opened the proceedings by pointing out that delegates from 40
nations were in attendance. He then introduced the Governor General of Australia, Sir William
Deane, who officially opened the Congress and applauded the fact that social issues were a
significant component of the Congress discussions. (Australia's Prime Minister had also been
scheduled to speak; however, he was called away to a South Pacific Leaders Forum at the time of
the opening.) Prof. Kurt Bauknecht (CH), president of IFIP, who was recovering from a broken
leg, left his crutches behind in order to welcome the delegates. He stressed the goal that IFIP be
continually involved in new activities. Dr. Prem Gupta (IND), chairman of the International Program
Committee, spoke briefly. (His co-chair, Prof. Egon Hoerbst (A), was not able to attend the
opening session.)
Goldsworthy to Lead Task Force
The next speaker, The Hon. John Moore, Australian Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism,
pointed out the importance of information industries in Australia. He said that Australia's per capita
use of PCs was second only to that of the U.S. He announced the appointment of an Information
Industries Taskforce to review the Australian information industries strategy, with Prof.
Goldsworthy, an IFIP vice-president, as chairman. Mr. Tom Worthington, president of the
Australian Computer Society, which hosted the Congress, thanked all who worked for the
Congress and welcomed all the delegates.
Two keynote speakers began the technical program. Mr. Hajime Sasaki (J) spoke on Trends of
Flat Displays in the Multimedia Age. Among his prognostications was that the size of transistors will
approach that of smoke particles. The second speaker, Prof. Luc Steels (B), spoke on Artificial
Life and Real World Computing.
A Union of Conferences
Following the keynotes, the parallel technical sessions began. This was the first IFIP Congress
organized as a union of individual conferences: Advanced IT Tools, Mobile Communications, and
Teleteaching. For the first of these, two parallel streams were held during the four full days of the
Congress; for the second, one stream was held; and for Teleteaching, a variety of events took
place, but none was in the form of a traditional session, with the presentation of technical papers.
Delegates registered for one of the three conferences and received printed proceedings for that
conference only, although they could attend whatever sessions they wished. (No proceedings were
printed for Teleteaching, whose delegates are receiving a CD-ROM containing excerpts from the
conference events.) In addition to these conferences, the Congress Organizing Committee held a
conference on IT and Business Practice at the same site for two days, but with a separate
registration fee.
The first social event of the week was the welcome reception and exhibition opening, held the first
evening. As he cut the ribbon in front of the exhibition area, Mr. Neville Roach, chairman of the
Australian Information Industry Association, reminded the audience of another Australian
ribboncutting, in 1932, at the opening of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, when a member of a
conservative, paramilitary organization galloped, on horseback, past the Premier of New South
Wales and slashed apart the ribbon with his sword. Once the Congress exhibition was open, the
delegates could view the displays from 47 corporations and other organizations.
Tuesday saw the first full day of the Congress, highlighted by the keynote speech of Dr. Wolfgang
Wahlster (D), Towards Speech-to-Speech Translation for Mobile Telecommunications. He
described the development by an international consortium of a speech-to-speech translation system.
Such a system might operate as follows: A German woman speaks into a telephone. Her speech is
recognized and translated into English. Synthetic English speech in a woman's voice is sent over the
telephone to a male American listener. The listener responds in English, and the German hears the
response in German synthetic speech in a male voice.
The main activity of the Teleteaching conference Tuesday afternoon was a Virtual School Visit. For
this program, the participants went to a group of elementary schools in Canberra, in order to hear
about the Travel Buddy Project, which involves the students in a class preparing a package of
information about themselves, their school, and their country, along with a stuffed animal (a koala).
These packages were exchanged with similar packages from other schools around the world. The
diaries for the Travel Buddies are being maintained, transmitted by e-mail to those interested, and
made available on the WorldWide Web (WWW). Most Buddies have their own home pages.
Pervasive Themes
As the Congress proceeded, one could discern several themes that transcended the specific topics
of the individual conferences. It became apparent that many of the talks concerned international
projects, in which components were designed and produced in different countries. Going beyond
this, some talks described distributed systems in which one part of the information processing is
performed by a computing system in one country, after which the results are passed for further
processing to a system in another country, and so on. We hope that the international collaboration
fostered in IFIP has been responsible for some of this activity. Object oriented systems were also
discussed to a great extent. Finally, the Internet was mentioned frequently -- as a tool for
communication among scientists, as a repository of information, and as an object of research and
development activity.
Tuesday afternoon, a panel on the Internet attracted considerable attention. Among the issues
addressed were the concern that the "voice industry" dominates data transmission, concerns over
security of Internet sites and security of data transmissions, and the question of who has legal
jurisdiction over the Internet: countries, states, municipalities?
Another special event was the well attended Pioneer Event, at which each of four invited speakers
summarized the history of computing during a specified era. In addition, some historical computer
equipment was on display. Prof. J.A.N. Lee (USA) spoke at the Pioneer Dinner.
One of the most popular spots during the Congress was the Internet Cafe, where delegates had
access to terminals for e-mail and other purposes. Two delegates who had been communicating
with each other for over two years, but never met face to face, happened to be sitting at adjacent
terminals in the Internet Cafe and quite by accident discovered each other's identity.
A Major Hoax
The Congress dinner, held in Parliament House in Canberra, was one of the week's highlights. The
speaker, introduced as Dr. Lawrence Tibbs, Associate Director for Technology and advisor to the
President and Vice-President of the U.S., gave a lively and very humorous talk. He addressed the
audience as, "Ladies, gentlemen, and Australians." He stated, "You can tell an American IT expert
... but you can't tell him much." Although most of the attendees were amused, some were upset or
surprised at his lack of diplomacy. After his talk, which had some thoughtful moments, he removed
his hairpiece and revealed himself as Mr. Campbell McComas, a professional comedian, who
fooled virtually everyone in the audience.
The keynote speaker on the final morning was Dr. Dale Spender (AUS), who delivered a
provocative talk, Creativity and the Computer Education Industry. Excerpts from her address will
be printed in a future IFIP Newsletter.
The closing ceremony, Friday afternoon, began with a showy videotape with digitally generated
animation and digital video that was recorded during the Congress. The main speaker of the
afternoon was Prof. Geoffrey Blainey, one of Australia's foremost historians, whose topic was
Exploding Information and Shrinking Globe: a Forecast. He discussed three major "gateways": the
Neolithic revolution, which involved the domestication of animals and the beginning of farming, the
industrial revolution, and the information revolution, which will give us improved eyes and ears
(perhaps brains and memory) in the same way that the industrial revolution gave us improved arms
and legs. He claimed that in the information revolution, the first one to evolve within the lifetime of a
single generation, we are laying a chief cornerstone of the world to come. Next, President
Bauknecht thanked the International Program Committee and all speakers and participants.
The presentation of the Isaac L. Auerbach Award was made by Mr. Howard Funk (USA), an IFIP
vice-president. Because of health problems, the award recipient, Prof. Dr. Lubomir Iliev (BG), was
unable to attend the Congress. In his stead, Prof. Kiryl Boyanov (BG) read his words of thanks to
IFIP, in which he said,
The cooperation amongst countries that was done with the help of IFIP played a major role not only
in the development of Computer Science and Informatics but also in improving the atmosphere and
mutual relations between our countries and scientists. I hope that the role and influence of IFIP will
grow further and further and that the organization will be able to influence the emergence of new
achievements for the good of mankind. I would like to express my deepest gratitude, once more,
and to assure you, dear friends, that I am with you in my thoughts and I am proud that I was one of
you.
This was followed by a video on IFIP Congress '98, narrated by the co-chairs of the Organizing
Committee, Dr. Walter Grafendorfer (A) and Mrs. Maria Toth (H). Prof. Bauknecht closed by
thanking the very friendly Organizing Committee and asking the delegates to "join us in reality" at
IFIP Congress '98 in Vienna and Budapest.
All in all, the delegates had a very pleasant experience. The National Convention Centre, the locale
of the Congress, is a new, modern, comfortable facility and proved to be an excellent site for the
Congress and exhibition. The staff members were helpful and friendly. A lively daily newsletter was
prepared by the hosts. (Copies, along with photographs, can be found on the WWW at
http://www.acs.org.au/president/1996/ifip96/dlyexp.htm) Foreigners were impressed with the honor
system in effect: nobody checked badges at the entrance to Congress sessions, and nobody
collected tickets to social events. Also, Canberra was beautiful.
Added Information
The two volumes of Congress proceedings, published by Chapman & Hall, are Advanced IT Tools,
edited by Dr. Nobuyoshi Terashima (J) and Dr. Edward Altman (J), and Mobile Communications,
edited by Prof. Jose Encarnacao (D) and Prof. Jan Rabaey (USA).
The Principal Sponsors of the Congress were Apple Computer Australia Pty. Ltd., Australian
Department of Industry, Science and Tourism, Hitachi Data System, IBM Australia Ltd., and
Wizard Information Services Pty. Ltd. There were also other categories of sponsors.
The following attendance figures have been provided by Prof. Goldsworthy:. 243 people outside of
Australia attended, not all of whom paid the full registration fee, and over 300 Australians
registered. The fifteen workshop sessions, in Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney, attracted 75
participants. The following countries sent the largest numbers of delegates to Australia:
Japan (45) Netherlands (9 Germany (32) U.K. (9) Norway (20) China (8) U.S.A. (18) Korea (8) Sweden (8)
Only one delegate came from a country of the Former Soviet Union (Ukraine). Few delegates came
from major corporations in the information technology sector.
It is believed that just one individual, Mr. William Olle (GB), has attended all fourteen IFIP
Congresses. Will anyone who knows of any other such participant please inform the IFIP
Newsletter.
In his remarks at the closing session of IFIP Congress '96, Prof. Kurt Bauknecht (CH), president of
IFIP, pointed out that this Congress had the lowest attendance in many years and that the IFIP
Executive Board was beginning an analysis of why this happened. He asked these questions: Are
Congresses still the right thing to do? Is the format appropriate? Since important decisions must
soon be made for the Congresses to be held in 1998 and 2000, it is vital that the IFIP community
be aware of the issues concerning IFIP Congress '96 and the future of IFIP Congresses.
Very little discussion of the Congress took place at the IFIP General Assembly in Canberra, which
followed the Congress. Only 20 minutes were allocated for discussion, and no written reports were
prepared by the International Program Committee (IPC) or Organizing Committee (OC). No
numbers regarding attendance or financial outcome were presented, because the OC wanted more
time to analyze the results. Although only 300 Australians attended this Congress, 1222 Australians
attended the 1980 Congress in Melbourne. (That Congress was split between Tokyo and
Melbourne.) Also, only 19 of the 35 IFIP General Assembly members present in Canberra
registered for the Congress.
Considering the vast amounts of volunteer effort expended on the Congress by members of the
IPC, OC, and other bodies of IFIP, and the large amount of money involved in registration fees and
travel and accommodation expenses, and donations from sponsors, some feel that that it is
unreasonable to hold such Congresses for such a small number of participants.
Some Minuses
Unfortunately, there were some minuses. With only three or four parallel streams at a time, this
Congress did not offer the breadth provided by previous IFIP Congresses and was not of significant
interest to anyone not specializing in the topics covered by the three component conferences. None
of the keynote speakers or invited speakers had the renown of such speakers at prior Congresses,
who were known well beyond their fields of specialty. Some delegates found the Teleteaching
program weak.
The registration fee ($950 Australian, or over 950 Swiss francs, for registration at the Congress
site) was much higher than is customary for conferences similar to the three held under the IFIP
Congress '96 umbrella. Additional fees were charged for many activities that have been included in
the registration fee in the past.
Other complaints heard from delegates included the following. There was a geographic imbalance of
authors: for example, over one third of the papers in the Mobile Communications conference were
from Germany, and very few papers were presented from the U.S. Several speakers did not attend.
(No figures are available on the number of "noshows.") Also, some papers in the proceedings were
in the form of extended abstracts.
Did Something Go Wrong?
It behooves us to determine why the Congress was not the success we would have liked it to be.
Certainly, hard work went into it. The OC mailed almost a quarter of a million pieces of promotional
material. The IPCs of the individual conferences were large and should have been able to draw
many attendees: 29 members on the committee for Advanced IT Tools, for which 61 papers were
presented, 27 members on the Mobile Communications committee, with 33 papers, and 21 on the
Teleteaching committee.
These issues were raised at a meeting of the IFIP Executive Board with chairs of Congress
committees, past, present, and future, held the Wednesday afternoon of the Congress.
Unfortunately, there was little agreement. One participant suggested soliciting many more invited
papers and paying expenses for some of the speakers, while another expressed the opinion that
there should be more opportunity for young Ph.D.s to present papers. Perhaps the problem was
with the venue. Canberra is not considered a major Australian tourist site, and the beginning of
September is a chilly time there. The time of year may also be wrong for Europeans. An explanation
of the very small attendance from developing countries is that no support for delegates from these
countries was received from UNESCO this year. An IFIP officer said that the name "IFIP
Congress" is tarnished and that a new name is needed. Someone called for the formation of a
Congress steering committee that would be responsible for all Congresses, have control of the IPCs
and OCs, and manage the funds. Perhaps IFIP Technical Committees and Working Groups should
be offered incentives to organize parts of the Congresses. Maybe people cannot afford any longer
to take off an entire week from work. The chair of one of the conferences said, "If you have a good
product, people will come." One concern, not mentioned at the meeting, is that IFIP receives an
average of 50 000 Swiss francs annually from Congress organizers, money that it uses to support its
technical activities. Dr. Bruce Shriver, chairman of the board of the U.S. Member society of IFIP
and newly appointed vice-chair of the IPC of Congress '98, called attention to the Supercomputing
series of conferences, which have an international attendance in the thousands, charge low
registration fees, and are profitable.
What to Do?
The discussion group was reminded that the new format of this Congress (as an umbrella for a
number of individual conferences) was an experiment, to see whether this was the direction that
future Congresses should take. The experiment was obviously not successful, yet the 1998
Congress is also planned to be an umbrella of individual conferences. Perhaps the General
Assembly should set some reasonable number of paying delegates as a target for that Congress. If
that number is not reached, despite everyone's best efforts, the GA should decide that IFIP
Congresses are relics of the past and should be abandoned. (Of course, IFIP must honor any
commitments already made to the host societies for future Congresses.)
Without the Congresses, IFIP would still be a vital federation, responsible for a large number of
technical conferences and publications annually. And IFIP does this very well. Discontinuing the
Congresses might allow IFIP to focus more on these activities and serve to revitalize the
organization.
The IFIP General Assembly (GA) met in Canberra, Australia, 8-10 September, preceded by IFIP
Congress '96 and various committee meetings. There was good news and bad news. The good
news concerned the present financial situation and the thriving technical activity; the bad news
concerned the just-completed Congress and the stagnant membership. Processes of developing a
long-term strategy for IFIP and restructuring the Technical Assembly (TA) were begun. A new
initiative was undertaken with respect to electronic publishing and publishing low-volume
proceedings. Four new Working Groups (WGs) were formed. New officers were elected, and
IFIP said farewell to several long-time officers. It was a busy GA.
The GA was welcomed by Mr. Tom Worthington, president of the Australian Computer Society
(ACS), who urged IFIP to provide more on-line information. His message to the GA can be found
on the ACS WorldWide Web page at http://www.acslink.net.au/~tomw/ifipad1.htm. Among his
on-line exploits was taking digital photographs of Canberra from a hot-air balloon, in order to
promote IFIP Congress '96.
In reporting on the GA, we start with the good news: Mr. Aage Melbye (DK), then the IFIP
treasurer, estimated a surplus of 200K-250K CHF (thousands of Swiss Francs) for 1996. The net
assets at the end of 1995 were 1460K CHF. The anticipated 1996 income includes 100K CHF
due from the Australian Computer Society, for the Congress. Additional explanations for the surplus
are satisfactory income from IFIP events and from royalties, and efficient operation of the IFIP
Secretariat. The prediction that the move of the Secretariat from Switzerland to Austria would save
significant funds for IFIP has been justified. However, Mr. Melbye cautioned the GA not to be
overconfident of the continued financial well-being of IFIP and noted that the previous three years
have seen small losses. He urged the GA to be very careful in initiating any significant, continuing
fixed expenses. A disturbing aspect of his report was the description of the difficult relationship with
the new accounting firm and the unexpectedly large fees charged. The budget that the GA approved
for 1997 is quite similar to that for 1996, calling for a deficit of approximately 20K CHF, essentially
a balanced budget. An additional expense item is approximately 30K CHF added to the President's
Reserve, which is to be used for unanticipated Secretariat expenses, the possible hiring of a
marketing consultant, and funds required to put into place the strategic plans for IFIP that are
discussed here. A disappointment was that certain budgeted funds were not spent. In particular,
when the Developing Countries Support Committee does not spend moneys available to it, IFIP
fails to fulfill its responsibility to support developing countries.
Technical Activity
One proof of the technical vitality of IFIP is the creation of four new WGs: Information Technology
in Educational Management (WG3.7), Intelligent Networks (WG6.7), Wireless Communication
(WG6.8), and Informatics in International Business Enterprises (WG8.7). Their Aims and Scopes
will be printed in a future IFIP Newsletter. The merging of WG12.1 on Knowledge Representation
and WG12.3 on Reasoning Techniques was also announced.
Members of the Technical Committee on Education (TC3) were heavily involved in running the
UNESCO Congress on Education and Informatics held in Moscow, Russia, in July. The president
of IFIP, Prof. Kurt Bauknecht (CH), spoke in the opening session, and many IFIP people gave
presentations during the week. Two workshops, The UNESCO /IFIP Curricula and Educational
Policies in Information Technologies, were prepared and conducted by IFIP people. The
recommendations from this Congress included the following: a) "UNESCO should encourage the
organization of workshops (seminars) in developing countries based on the UNESCO/IFIP
curriculum on Informatics for Secondary Education," b) "UNESCO is urged to consider
co-operating with concerned nongovernmental organizations and professional associations such as
IFIP in order to stimulate research on the improvement of computer interfaces for learning...," and
c) "It is recommended that UNESCO considers commissioning IFIP ... to prepare a report on
'National Policies on Information and Communication Technologies in Education.' Although the
report should cover the widest spectrum of policies, it should also specifically address the needs of
developing countries."
The GA approved the transformation of the Specialist Group (SG) on Foundations of Computer
Science (SG14) into TC1, thus recognizing the solid basis of its activity. This was an appropriate
recognition of Prof. Jozef Gruska (SK), through whose efforts this SG was founded seven years
ago. (The original TC1, on Terminology, was dissolved in 1974. It seems quite appropriate,
because of the significance of theoretical computer science to IFIP, that the new TC have number
1.) The membership of the TC must now be adjusted to conform to the rule that each IFIP Member
society may have only one representative on a TC.
The GA discussed the increase in the number of events held jointly with other organizations
(especially the U.S. ACM and the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers <IEEE>). Holding joint events is viewed as positive by some, since collaboration is
frequently beneficial and gives greater visibility to IFIP. Others are concerned about competition
and feel that IFIP should sponsor only its own events. Prof. Egon Hoerbst (A), chairman of TC10,
pointed out the global nature of IFIP with an analogy to global corporations, which are worldwide
and are based in no specific country. Local companies, on the other hand, do business only locally,
and international companies do business worldwide but have a base in one country.
TC reports to the GA varied in length from a four-line report from TC10 (Computer Systems
Technology) to quite extensive, informative reports from other TCs. Among the technical activities
that were reported are the following:
Other Items
Recognizing the excellent work of Mr. Plamen Nedkov (BG), the Executive Board conferred the
title Executive Director on him.
The book Thirty-Six Years of IFIP by Prof. Heinz Zemanek (A) has been completed (click here).
A new version of the IFIP Information Bulletin was printed in November. This abbreviated version
is supplemented by additional on-line data, which can be found at the address
http://www.ifip.or.at/bulletin.htm
No progress was reported in the effort to have IFIP admitted to membership in ICSU, the
International Council of Scientific Unions (see the article on page 10 of the December 1995
Newsletter). Some GA members felt that IFIP should attempt to persuade ICSU that IFIP is the
proper organization to represent theoretical computer science within ICSU. Others expressed the
opinion that IFIP should support the formation of the proposed International Union of Computing
Science and Informatics and cooperate with it, since IFIP's aims and those of the Union would be
complementary and not competing. President Bauknecht will attend the next ICSU General
Assembly to discuss this matter.
Other significant actions include the following:
The GA was not without its light moments. Commenting on the formation of a committee, Mr.
Martin Jones (AUS), representative of Affiliate Member FACE (International Federation of
Associations of Computer Users in Engineering, Architecture and Related Fields), said, "A
committee is a group that keeps minutes but wastes hours." At another point in the meeting, a GA
member's notebook computer began playing music and couldn't be turned off.
The GA was adjourned, with many thanks to the Australian hosts. The excellent facilities provided,
in the National Convention Center, were among the best the GA has ever had, and the Australian
friendliness was greatly appreciated.
The Future Form of the Technical Assembly Is Not Clear
An effort to restructure the IFIP Technical Assembly (TA) has resulted in the creation of a Strategic
Planning Committee but no change, so far, in the organization of the TA. The process began
because complaints were voiced in 1995 that there was too much duplication in the reports by the
Technical Committee (TC) chairmen in the TA and Council or General Assembly (GA) meetings.
(When we mention TCs here, we also include Specialist Groups.) This resulted in the creation, at
the 1995 GA in Calgary, Canada, of a task force to study this matter.
The TA was originally created to formulate long-term plans for IFIP's technical activities and to
facilitate and promote cooperation among IFIP's TCs and Affiliate Members (AMs). It was also
envisioned that the TA would be the means by which IFIP might serve as an "umbrella" organization
for all societies related to information processing. As the TA has evolved, since its first meeting in
1988, more and more topics have been discussed there. Two or three years ago, it was suggested
that all GA members attend the TA meetings (which have typically been held the day before the
GA), in order that they understand the issues discussed in the TA and that the TC chairs need not
repeat these discussions during the GA. Nonetheless, some believe that there is still too much
overlap.
Restructuring Proposal
The major recommendations of the task force, chaired by Prof. Martti Tienari (SF), then TA
chairman, are as follows:
General:
Scope of agenda:
Composition:
Difficulties of this proposal include the following. It would not provide new TC chairs any forum in
which to ask advice, discuss problems, air concerns, and become familiar with IFIP. TC chairs and
AM representatives would have no opportunity to discuss matters that they would be reluctant to
discuss before the entire GA. It would not provide AM representatives the opportunity to
participate in discussions that would be of value to them.
Strategic Planning
After a great deal of debate, the September GA in Canberra resolved 1) to establish a Strategic
Planning Committee, for making recommendations to the GA on issues concerning the future
strategic directions of IFIP, and 2) to invite the TC chairs to propose an appropriate revision of the
TA. IFIP's president, Prof. Kurt Bauknecht (CH), named Prof. Ashley Goldsworthy (AUS), a
vice-president, to chair the Strategic Planning Committee, which is to be a small body. At the close
of the GA, no proposals had been received for a revision of the form of the TA. President
Bauknecht appointed Prof. Wilfried Brauer (D), a vice-president, to chair the TA, which will meet
again at the March Council meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia.
In order to move forward in the direction of strategic planning, a "brainstorming" session was held in
the GA the afternoon of 9 September. First, a long list of visions of the future of IFIP was compiled
by those present, from realistic (such as "the world's conscience on the use of information
technology <IT>") to hopeful (e.g., "the leading international publisher of IT") to humorous ("a social
club for retired IT practitioners"). The GA then chose five of the visions to analyze:
IFIP is the most desirable international body, to which all computer societies desire to belong. IFIP
has the most desirable structure for international IT working groups. IFIP is the leading international
IT conference organizer. IFIP is the international bridge between science and business. IFIP is
recognized as the peak international umbrella body for IT issues.
The GA then formed five groups, each of which derived a set of "objectives" (conditions to be met
before the vision is realized) and "goals" (steps to be taken in order to achieve the vision). These
were then reported to the following plenary session of the GA. The Strategic Planning Committee
will take these reports into account during its future deliberations.
More than One Member per Country Is a Possibility
Two aspects of IFIP membership arose during discussions at the IFIP General Assembly (GA) in
Canberra in September: the possibility of multiple members from one country and the present
stagnant membership.
The first of these topics, discussed at a number of meetings in Canberra, was whether IFIP should
change its statutes in order to permit more than one organization in a country to join IFIP. At
present, the Full Members represented in IFIP include the unique computer societies of countries,
the national academies of science, confederations of computer societies, and organizations formed
solely to provide representation in IFIP (e.g., FOCUS in the U.S.).
At present, only one organization per country is permitted to join IFIP, generally the first one to
apply for membership. Once that organization has been admitted, it cannot be replaced -- even if
another organization later becomes the predominant information processing society in the country.
This may result in a situation that is bad for the country and bad for IFIP. In order to eliminate such
problems, it has been proposed that more than one Full Member per country be admitted. Many
practical questions arise, such as
It was pointed out that because of the expenses entailed in dues and sending representatives to GA
and TCs, there would probably be very few countries from which additional membership
applications would be coming. It was also suggested that IFIP continually evaluate the contributions
of its Members and attempt to weed out those not substantially furthering the Federation's activities.
IFIP's president, Prof. Kurt Bauknecht (CH), has sent a letter to all Members, in order to solicit
their advice on this subject, in preparation for bringing the matter to a vote in the 1997 GA (in
Gramado, Brazil).
Static Membership
It was observed that the IFIP membership has been stagnant for a few years, as illustrated by the
secretary's report to the GA. The report stated that the Brazilian Computer Society has now fulfilled
the requirements for Membership in IFIP and is a Full Member. Unfortunately, Belarus, admitted at
the same time as Brazil, has not been able to pay the prescribed dues and has been forced to
withdraw. Similarly, since no representative from Armenia has attended a GA meeting, Armenia is
not able to assume Membership. Greece has been suspended for failure to pay dues. Voting rights
have been suspended for four other countries. At present, there are only 38 Full Members with a
vote in the GA. Furthermore, some major countries have not sent representatives to the GA in
years.
This disappointing situation is in contrast to the optimism felt at the time of the dissolution of the
Soviet Union, when it was anticipated that several states from the former Soviet Union would be
applying for membership. Although the IFIP dues are affordable for most countries, taking
advantage of membership entails sending representatives to the GA and the Technical Committees.
The required travel expenses are often significantly greater than the dues.
The following officers were elected by the September General Assembly in Canberra:
Treasurer: Dr. Dipak Khakhar (S)
Secretary: Mr. Graham Morris (GB)
Vice-President: Mr. Geoff Fairall (ZW)
Trustee: Prof. Ricardo Reis (BR)
Prof. Xiaolang Yan (PRC)
Mr. Jose Granado (P) (for a one-year term)
Mr. Morris's term as Individual Member was also extended for another three years.
Also, these changes in chairs were made by IFIP's president, Prof. Kurt Bauknecht (CH):
Technical Assembly: Prof. Wilfried Brauer (D)
Strategic Planning Committee: Prof. Ashley Goldsworthy (AUS)
Finance Committee: Mr. Jose Granado (P)
Marketing Committee: Mr. Chris Guy (ZA)
Admissions Committee: Prof. Xiaolang Yan (PRC)
Nominations for Officers: Mr. Graham Morris (GB)
Nominations for Trustees: Prof. Ricardo Reis (BR)
With sadness, the General Assembly said farewell to four long-time officers who are resigning from
their positions in IFIP.
Mr. Aage Melbye served as Danish representative for 19 years, on the Council for 16 years, on the
Executive Board for 10 years, and as treasurer for 6 years. He brought order out of the chaos that
previously existed in the IFIP accounting system. Mr. Melbye was one of the few people still active
in IFIP who had attended the first IFIP Congress (in Paris in 1959).
Mr. Masanori Ozeki was Japanese representative for 9 years, trustee for 8 years, and most recently
chairman of the Admissions Committee.
Prof. Martti Tienari served as Finnish representative for 9 years, as trustee for 7 years, and most
recently as chair of the Technical Assembly.
Prof. Jozef Gruska (SK) initiated the formation of the Specialist Group on Foundations of
Computer Science (now Technical Committee 1) in 1989 and has been its chair since then.
These four have served IFIP with great devotion and will be sorely missed for their contributions to
IFIP as well as for their comradeship.
In September, the IFIP General Assembly (GA) voted the Outstanding Service Award to the
following IFIP workers:
TC10/WG10.5: Prof. Carlos Delgado-Kloos (E)
TC10: Dr.ir. Erik Dirkx (B)
Prof. Claude Girault (F)
WG10.5: Dr. Takayuki Yanagawa (J)
WG14.3: Prof. Hans-Jorg Kreowski (D)
Outstanding Service Awards are granted for services rendered to IFIP by Technical Committee
(TC) and Working Group (WG) members, on recommendation of TC chairmen and approval by
the Internal Awards Committee. Eligible for nomination are TC and WG members not normally
eligible for the Silver Core Award.
Plans Are Put Forward for Publishing Low-Volume Proceedings and for Electronic Publication
IFIP publications were a major topic of discussion at the September IFIP General Assembly.
During 1996, 36 IFIP books are being produced by Chapman & Hall (C&H), our publisher. Sales
are close to the expected levels. Some books, in fact, have exceeded projected sales to such an
extent that they are being reprinted. The leading revenue producers among the Technical
Committees are TC6 (Communication Systems) and TC5 (Computer Applications in Technology).
Mr. Mark Hammond, representative of C&H, reported that the publisher is contacting abstracting
services in order to have abstracts of the papers from IFIP proceedings included in their databases.
He informed the Publications Committee (PC) that the new journal of the TC on Education (TC3),
Education and Information Technologies, is behind schedule, in need of manuscripts, and far from
meeting the projected number of subscriptions. We plan to include an article about this journal in a
future issue of the IFIP Newsletter.
Low-Volume Proceedings
Publication of conference proceedings that are deemed by the publisher to have sales insufficient to
cover the costs of marketing was a major topic of discussion at the PC meeting. Publication of these
low-volume proceedings is highly desirable, in order to provide the authors with a publication
vehicle and to promulgate the work of IFIP. The PC arrived at the following plan.
There was a discussion concerning how to ensure that these low-volume proceedings be of high
technical quality, maintaining IFIP standards. It was noted that only the proceedings editor monitors
the process after the papers have been reviewed and selected for presentation. Neither the
publisher, the TC chair, nor the International Program Committee is involved. In many cases,
however, the editor merely collects the papers and forwards them to the publisher.
Electronic Publication
Electronic publication was another topic of importance. The 1995 IFIP Technical Assembly
commissioned a task force to create a plan for action regarding electronic publication (see the article
on page 7 of the December 1995 IFIP Newsletter). Although no further action has been taken
within IFIP, C&H is considering electronic publication. Following are excerpts from Mr.
Hammond's proposal to the PC.
Chapman & Hall's journal publishing division is planning to launch 3 wholly electronic journals in
1997. Printed versions of the journals are made available at the end of each year, i.e., a complete
volume. This ensures that these journals are viewed as archival publications. Authors will submit
papers as PostScript files. After refereeing, revision, and acceptance, the papers are converted into
a usable format for the Internet....
With the help of the Publications Committee and TC Chairs, I would like to identify one or two pilot
projects for online publication. It may be that a print version will be published alongside the
electronic version. The aim, at this stage, is to address production issues associated with on-line
publication. Issues of pricing, sales and marketing can be dealt with in due course.
There is cost involved in converting the PostScript files. ... Consequently, the pilot projects must
have some market potential. In the long-run, it may be possible to capture electronically the output
of IFIP events. This information could be repackaged into new products, subject to demand, or
made available on a subscription basis.
I recommend that we identify one or two events taking place in the first half of 1997 that are suitable
for on-line publication and develop and publish at least one wholly online publication in 1997.
The PC, while recognizing potential difficulties for authors in providing their manuscripts in
satisfactory electronic format, endorsed this proposal and encouraged C&H to complete the pilot
project as soon as possible.
During the discussion of electronic publishing, it was pointed out that in some cases, making complete books available online has boosted the sale of the printed versions, when the prices were low enough. In a related activity, TC6, together with the International Council for Computer Communication, is planning a Conference on Electronic Publishing . It is hoped that this conference will generate a body of IFIP expertise and experience.
IFIP has a major interest in electronic publication -- both because IFIP is a publisher of scientific
information and because the technology upon which such publication depends is in IFIP's area of
concern. In an attempt to gain expertise in this field, IFIP and the ICCC (International Computer
Communications Council, an Affiliate Member of IFIP) are organizing a conference, Electronic
Publishing -- New Models and Opportunities, 14-16 April at Canterbury, U.K. There will be two
parallel streams -- one on technical issues and one on socio-economic issues. The technical stream
includes new developments in networking, possibilities of new technology, author/reader
requirements, and the need for standardization. The socio-economic stream includes the changing
roles of publishers, subscription agents, librarians, and others involved in information dissemination;
author/reader requirements; and economic/financial questions. There will also be plenary sessions
that cover the whole of electronic publishing.
A major underlying theme of the conference is the promotion of an "exchange of experience"
between the participants -- especially between academics performing research in the area and
publishers and others with practical experience.
Prof. Jack Meadows (GB), Chairman of the International Program Committee, said, "We intend
that this conference be a stimulating experience, with a great deal of cross-fertilization of ideas. The
combination of practical experience and the latest discoveries of academic research will
undoubtedly lead to new models of academic and other publication in the near future."
One can obtain further information from the WorldWide Web at
http://www.ukc.ac.uk/library/ICCC/index.htm
or by contacting
Fytton Rowland Department of Information and Library Studies Loughborough University Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, U.K. tel:+44 (0)1509 223039, fax:+44 (0)1509 223053
Zemanek Thanked
The completion of the book 36 Years of IFIP by Prof. Heinz Zemanek (A), a former president and
Honorary Member of IFIP, was announced to the September General Assembly in Canberra.
Copies of this major undertaking, summarizing all facets of IFIP and containing contributions from
many members of the IFIP community, have been sent to all Member societies and GA
representatives. The GA expressed its gratitude to Prof. Zemanek for a job well done. Although the
book will not be for sale, plans are afoot to make it available on the WorldWide Web.
Mr. Geoff Fairall, the IFIP representative of Zimbabwe and an IFIP vice-president, was born in
England but relocated at an early age to Southern Africa, where he received his education -- in
South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
He was one of Zimbabwe's first programmers, starting work on the government treasury computer,
the first machine in the country and approximately the fifth on the African continent. This was from
1960 to 1964, after which he joined NCR to manage the first service bureau, holding various senior
posts with that company and its South African counterpart for eleven years. Because of the trade
sanctions then in force, this was a particularly challenging period. In 1975, he moved to the
Zimbabwe Banking Corporation, where he also spent eleven years, overseeing the development
and operation of their computer systems throughout the country, eventually serving as a General
Manager. From there, he joined the Central Africa Building Society in a similar role. In 1989, he
formed his own information technology (IT) consultancy company, G. R. Fairall (Pvt.) Ltd., which
currently has five full-time consultants specializing in electronic funds transfer and banking, but also
assisting the medical and business sectors. The company was responsible for the recent
establishment of an inter-bank automatic teller machine switch in Zimbabwe and has been
commended by the International Monetary Fund for its work in managing the project to
re-computerize the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
Mr. Fairall is a founding member, past-president, and Fellow of the Computer Society of
Zimbabwe (CSZ) and is also a Member of the British Computer Society and the Computer Society
of South Africa. Currently, he is the Secretary and general factotum of CSZ. He received the CSZ
President's award in 1995. He has also written and presented numerous papers and articles.
He was introduced to IFIP in Dublin in 1986, where he attended the General Assembly (GA) as an
observer. Since the admission of CSZ to IFIP, the following year, he has attended all but one of the
GAs. In 1991, he organized the GA in Harare, Zimbabwe. He was elected an IFIP trustee at that
time and reelected in 1994. He chaired the Developing Countries Support Committee from 1992 to
1995, served as cognizant officer for Technical Committees, and organised a TC6 meeting at
Victoria Falls in 1987. In 1995, he was elected an IFIP vice-president and reelected in 1996. He is
currently the Organizing Committee chair for the CCDC/AFRICOM'96 conference being hosted in
Harare in October by CSZ, TC6, and the International Council for Computer Communications
(ICCC).
Mr. Fairall has lived in Zimbabwe since his early school days. He and his wife, Connie, have three
grown children, one of whom is in the IT industry. Visiting the wilder parts of Zimbabwe and
observing the country's animal and bird population is his chief form of relaxation.
Personal wireless communications are gaining importance around the world. The deregulation of
telecommunication enterprises as well as the increasing need for multi-service telecommunications in
areas with insufficient infrastructure have precipitated the demand for standardized technology to
enhance connectivity and competition through wireless local loops (connections between subscriber
and telephone company). Wireless data communication is also vital for mobile computing. Systems
based on existing standards are designed to interoperate with certain high-capacity services or with
cellular mobile systems and can provide a variety of communication services in a flexible and
economical way.
In order to promote the evolution of wireless local access internationally, the IFIP Task Group on
Wireless Communications of the Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC6) is
sponsoring the second international workshop on Personal Wireless Communications, to be held
10-12 December in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The workshop will focus on technical aspects of
various applications in telecommunication networks, such as residential cordless telephony, cordless
PBXs, public access telepoints, and the wireless local loop. Original papers on the following topics
will be presented:
For further information, please contact
Prof. Dr. Oswald Drobnik Fachbereich Informatik (Telematik) Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat D-60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany tel: +49 69 798 28362, fax: +49 69 798 23340 e-Mail: pwc96@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de WWW: http://www.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/pwc96/
Within the last five to ten years, information technology (IT) has entered all important areas in
society, from food production to waging war. Our mere being and survival as social and biological
beings as well as civilizations depend strongly on well functioning, safe, and secure IT. We must
learn how to develop, operate, and manage IT structures so that individuals, companies, and
societies can continue to live in a changing but reliable, safe, and secure world. In order to address
these issues, the IFIP Technical Committee on Security and Protection in Information Processing
Systems (TC11) is organizing the 13th International Conference on Information Security,
IFIP/SEC'97. This conference, entitled IT Security in Research and Business -- Maturing Towards
the Future, will be held 14-16 May 1997 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It will comprise invited
lectures, refereed papers, student research papers, panel discussions, and workshops.
The conference general chair is Mr. Jan Carlsen (DK), and Prof. Louise Yngstrom (S) is chair of
the International Program Committee. For further information, please contact
International Conference Services A/S P.O. Box 41 Strandvejen 171 DK-2900 Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark tel: +45 39 46 05 00, fax: +45 39 46 05 15 e-mail: ifip97@ics.dk
or
Danish Data Association tel: +45 33 11 15 60, fax: +45 33 93 15 80 e-mail: ddf@sek.ddf.dk WWW: http://www.datasik.dk/SEC97/index.html
The Fifth International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM '97, will be held 12-16
May 1997 in San Diego, CA, U.S.A. The symposium is sponsored by the IFIP Working Group on
Network Management for Communication Networks (WG6.6) and by the U.S. IEEE
Communications Society Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management
(CNOM).
Since 1989, IM has provided a central technical exchange forum for the many communities
interested in network management. With the global information infrastructure growing at an
exponential rate, IM '97 promises to build on the successes of previous symposia and provide a
unique opportunity for exploring integrated management solutions with a diverse international
community.
The theme, Integrated Management in a Virtual World, challenges participants to contribute real and
virtual management solutions in a world filled with virtual corporations, virtual LANs (local area
networks), inter-enterprise inter-networking, real and virtual service management, outsourcing, and
electronic commerce. The speakers are expected to bring the buzz words down to earth and
present world-class solutions to the integrated management puzzle.
In addition to over 55 technical papers, the symposium will include 3 keynotes, 6 panels, 16
tutorials, birds-of-a-feather sessions, and vendor demonstrations. The chair of the Organizing
Committee is Dan Stokesberry (USA), and the program co-chairs are Aurel A. Lazar (USA) and
Roberto Saracco (I). For further information, please contact
Anne-Marie Lambert tel: +1 617 873 3819, fax: +1 617 873 3776 e-mail: isinm97@bbn.com
How can we cope with the sustainability of society if we are unable to understand and anticipate its cultural, social, political, economic, and technological developments? What happens to jobs and work-related skills when we face the rapid integration of information and communication technology unaccompanied by vocational retraining? What is the value of technological developments that do not meet the human needs of society? Are there not threats to civil rights from particular technologies and especially from the integration of what were formerly separate technologies?
These are the questions and anxieties that may arise when we reflect on the trends emerging from
uncertain and complex developments of today's technology.
In order to further explore these issues, the IFIP Working Group on Social Accountability
(WG9.2), with the support of WG9.5 (Social Implications of Digital Media and Virtual Worlds), is
organizing a working conference in Corfu, Greece, 8-10 May 1997. Corfu is the place where the
European Council accepted the "Bangemann Report," its official statement on the future of the
global information in 1994. Since that time, the preceding questions have emerged.
The Corfu Conference on Culture and Democracy Revisited in the Global Information Society will
be a true working conference. Papers will present insights and will outline issues, from which
participants will derive options, alternatives, solutions, and actions. The outcome of the Conference
will be recommendations for decision makers, computer scientists and professionals, consumers'
and users' associations, and others. These recommendations will be included by the editors in the
Conference proceedings.
The chairman of the International Program Committee is Prof. Jacques Berleur (B), and Mr.
Vassilios Laopodis (GR) is chair of the Organizing Committee.
To submit a paper, please contact Prof. Berleur: jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be
For further information, please contact
IFIP WG9.2 Working Conference Secretariat Greek Computer Society Mavromihali 16 GR-10680 Athens, Greece tel: +30-1-36.45.274, fax: +30-1-36.45.154 e-mail: corfu@ru.aegean.gr
Driven by the increasing power, intelligence, reliability, and openness of computer, communication,
and control technologies, a new generation of distributed systems is emerging, which will be able to
support distributed business and control applications with extreme efficiency, reliability, and security.
Such systems are expected to consist of mostly autonomous, decentralized, and geographically
dispersed components interacting via communication networks.
After the successful first and second International Symposia on Autonomous Decentralized Systems
(ISADS), held in 1993 in Japan and in 1995 in the U.S.A., the third ISADS will be held in Berlin,
Germany, 9-11 April 1997. ISADS 97 is sponsored by the Computer Society of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (U.S.A.), the Information Processing Society of Japan, and the
Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan, in cooperation with IFIP's Technical
Committee on Communication Systems (TC6) and others. It will focus primarily on advancements
and innovations in autonomous decentralized systems (ADS) platforms and applications. Integration
of telecommunication and computing into a uniform concept for providing an open distributed
processing environment is a key issue.
Major topics will include
The general chair of the symposium is Prof. Radu Popescu-Zeletin (D), and the chair of the
International Program Committee is Prof. Juergen Nehmer (D). For further information, please
contact
ISADS 97 GMD-FOKUS Hardenbergplatz 2 D-10623 Berlin, Germany tel: +49-30-25499-309/200, fax: +49-30-25499-202 e-mail: isads97@fokus.gmd.de WWW: http://www.fokus.gmd.de/ws/isads97/
Conf. on Management and Control of Production and Logistics -- MCPL'97 31 Aug - 3 Sep 97, Campinas, SP, Brazil papers due: 15 Jan 97 contact: Mr. Roberto de Oliveira Fundacao Centro Tecnologico para Informatica CTI-Rodovia D. Pedro I (SP-65) km 143,6 Caixa Postal 6162 13081-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil tel: +55 19 240 10 11, fax: +55 19 240 20 29 e-mail: MCPL97@ia.cti.br
IFIP WG9.5 Intl. Conf. on Virtual Worlds and Social Implications Aug 97, Santa Catarina, Brazil papers due: 15 Feb 97 contact: Guenther Cyranek CTAI/SENAI Rodovia SC-401, 3730 Saco Grande 88032-000 Florianopolis-Santa Catarina, Brazil tel & fax: +55 -48-238 51 77 e-mail: cyranek@ctai.rct-sc.br
Ninth IFIP TC10 Intl. Conf. VLSI'97 26-29 Aug 97, Gramado, Brazil papers due: 20 Feb 97 contact: Luc Claesen/VLSI'97 IMEC/Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Kapeldreef 79 B-3001 Leuven, Belgium tel: +32-16-281203, fax: +32-16-281501 e-mail: Claesen@imec.be
IFIP WG6.3/WG7.3 Intl. Conf. on Performance and Management of Complex Communication Networks 17-21 Nov 97, Tsukuba, Japan papers due: 28 Feb 97 contact: Prof. Yutaka Takahashi Graduate School of Information Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma Nara 630-01, Japan tel: +81-7437-2-5350, fax: +81-7437-2-5359 e-mail:yutaka@is.aist-nara.ac.jp
15th IFIP World Computer Congress 31 Aug - 4 Sep 98, Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary papers due: 16 Jan 98 contact: http://www.ocg.or.at/ifip98
Will event organizers please send calls for papers to both the IFIP Secretariat and the Newsletter
editor. Note that calls cannot be listed in this column until the events have been approved by IFIP.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND COUNCIL (AND RELATEDMEETINGS)
Council 2-6 Mar 97 (Sun.-Thurs.) Bratislava, Slovakia GA 31 Aug - 4 Sep 97 (Sun.-Thurs.) Gramado (Porto Alegre), Brazil Council 1-5 Mar 98 (Sun.-Thurs.) Manchester, U.K. GA 5-8 Sep 98 (Sat.-Tues.) Budapest, Hungary GA (contiguous to IFIP Congress '00) Beijing, China
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
WG1.3 Jun 97 Rome, Italy
TC2 30-31 May 97 Konstanz, Germany
WG2.1 17-22 Feb 97 Bischenberg, Alsace, France
WG2.2 97 Graz, Austria
WG2.3 27-30 Jan 97 Napa Valley, CA, U.S.A.
22-26 Sep 97 Alsace, France
WG2.4 22-26 Sep 97 Estes Park, CO, U.S.A.
Jun 98 Berlin, Germany
WG2.5 Oct 97 New Mexico, U.S.A.
WG2.6 28-30 May 97 Konstanz, Germany
7-10 Oct 97 Leysin, Switzerland
May 98 L' Aquila, Italy
15-18 Dec 98 New Zealand
WG2.7/WG13.4 19-21 Mar 97 Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
WG2.8 23-27 Sep 97 New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.
WG2.9 May 97 Haifa, Israel
Jan 98 West Indies
Jan 99 Dublin, Ireland
TC3 23-24 Aug 97 Harare, Zimbabwe
Sep 98 Vienna, Austria
99 Copenhagen, Denmark
TC5 8 Nov 97 Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
TC6 2-3 May 97 White Plains, NY, U.S.A.
3-4 Apr 98 Stuttgart, Germany
TC7 22 Jul 97 Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Jul 99 Cambridge, U.K.
WG7.3 Jun 97 Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
WG7.4 Jul 97 Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
TC8 27-29 Jun 97 Ambleside, U.K.
WG8.1 5-7 Nov 97 (with QSSE) India
15-17 Jul 98 Beijing, China
WG8.2 Jun 97 Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Dec 97 (with ICIS) Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Dec 98 Helsinki, Finland
Jun 99 St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
WG8.4 Oct 97 Perth, Australia, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.,
and Delft, the Netherlands
WG8.6 Jun 97 Ambleside, U.K.
Dec 98 Helsinki, Finland
WG8.7 11 Jan 97 Maui, HI, U.S.A.
TC9 11-12 May 97 Corfu, Greece WG9.2 17-19 Jan 97 Namur, Belgium WG9.5 97 Brazil
TC10 Sep 97 Gramado, Brazil
Sep 98 Vienna, Austria, or Budapest, Hungary
Sep 99 Toulouse, France
TC11 May 97 Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep 98 Austria or Hungary
TC13 Jul 97 Sydney, Australia WG13.4/WG2.7 19-21 Mar 97 Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
IFIP COUNCIL
Executive Board
K. Bauknecht President CH 95-98 H.L. Funk Vice-Pres. USA 94-97 A.W. Goldsworthy Vice-Pres. AUS 95-98 W. Brauer Vice-Pres. D 95-98 G.R. Fairall Vice-Pres. ZW 96-99 G.J. Morris Secretary GB 96-99 D. Khakhar Treasurer S 96-99
Trustees
W. Grafendorfer A 95-98 P. Glenn CDN 94-97 M. Gottlieb IL 95-98 R. Johnson GB 95-98 C. Guy ZA 95-97 R. Reis BR 96-99 X. Yan PRC 96-99 J. Granado P 96-97
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
TC1: J. Gruska SK 89-96 TC2: R. Kurki-Suonio SF 95-97 TC3: P. Bollerslev DK 91-96 TC5: G. Doumeingts F 96-99 TC6: O. Spaniol D 92-97 TC7: P. Kall CH 95-98 TC8: B. Glasson AUS 96-98 TC9: P. Jaervinen SF 96-98 TC10: E. Hoerbst A 93-96 TC11: B. von Solms ZA 94-98 TC12: L. Carlucci-Aiello I 96-98 TC13: J. Hammond AUS 95-98
A Austria AUS Australia B Belgium BG Bulgaria BR Brazil CDN Canada CH Switzerland D Germany DK Denmark E Spain F France GB or UK United Kingdom GR Greece H Hungary I Italy IL Israel IND India J Japan N Norway NL The Netherlands P Portugal PRC China ROK Republic of Korea S Sweden SF or FIN Finland SK Slovakia USA U.S.A. ZA South Africa ZW Zimbabwe