IFIP NEWSLETTER Vol 10, no. 4, December 1993 TENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE CONTENTS Hamburg -- Ideal Site for Congress '94 GA Makes Major Decisions in Tokyo IFIP Awards New IFIP Position: Secretary General Telecommunications and IT in Education Fourot Retires from IFIP Women, Work, and Computerization Publications Policy Shorter GA Meetings in the Future Health Informatics in Africa Autonomous Decentralized Systems Newsletter Celebrates 10th Anniversary Visualization in Education National Abbreviations Calls for Papers Future IFIP Meetings Changes in IFIP Calendar of Events ************************* GREETINGS At this time of holidays and the new year, we send greetings to all our IFIP friends and wish all of you joyful holidays and a year of health, happiness, and peace. ************************* NEW ADDRESSES FOR NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND SECRETARIAT Please see the masthead on page _ for the new address of the Editor of the IFIP Newsletter and the new e-mail address for the IFIP Secretariat. ************************* IFIP NEWSLETTER Editor: Dr. Jack L. Rosenfeld IBM Journal of Research and Development T.J. Watson Research Center P.O. Box 218 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598-0218 U.S.A. telephone: 1 (914) 241-4170 facsimile: 1 (914) 241-4204 Internet: rosenj@watson.ibm.com Bitnet: rosenj@yktvmh Published quarterly by IFIP Secretariat 16 Place Longemalle CH-1204 Geneva, Switzerland telephone: 41 (22) 310 26 49 facsimile: 41 (22) 781 23 22 Bitnet: ifip@cgeuge51 (following effective 1 January 1994) Internet: ifip@uni2a.unige.ch CORRESPONDENTS TC2 R.K. DeBry TC3 B. Samways TC6 D. Khakhar TC7 P. Kall TC8 B. Glasson TC9 F. van Rijn TC10 R.N. Ibbett Printed for IFIP by the courtesy of Elsevier/North-Holland. Please apply to the IFIP Secretariat, at the address given above, for copies of the IFIP Newsletter and to be added to (or removed from) the mailing list. The Secretariat can also answer inquiries about IFIP. 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The Secretariat is the clearinghouse for all such information; it will forward it to the Newsletter. ************************* HAMBURG -- AN IDEAL SITE FOR IFIP CONGRESS '94 The IFIP General Assembly (GA) received reports in September from the International Program Committee and Organizing Committee of IFIP Congress '94, to be held in Hamburg 28 Au- gust to 2 September 1994. One aspect stressed was the ap- pealing locale. We include in this article some information about Hamburg. Hamburg is not only a business and trade center, port, and university city -- it is also a tourist's delight. With 1.7 million inhabitants, it is the second-largest city in Germany, after Berlin. Hamburg is Germany's greenest city, full of parks, woods, canals, rivers, and the Alster -- a 182-hectare (450-acre) lake in the heart of the city and a popular place for sailors, windsurfers, joggers, and strollers. The Alster is a very short walk from the Congress Center (CCH), where the majority of Congress '94 events will take place. (A few will be held at the adjacent University of Hamburg.) The CCH, in the center of Hamburg, is one of the world's largest and most modern convention venues. The beautiful old Botanic Garden is just adjacent. The weather in Hamburg at the end of August is usually quite good: 17~C (63~F) average temperature, some wind, some sun- shine, and some showers. Hamburg is home to several universities and colleges, as well as private sector research institutes. They employ, in all, some 5000 academics and have a total student population of nearly 64 000. During the Congress, visits to the most interesting research institutions in and near Hamburg will be arranged. Tourist Attractions Hamburg is a vibrant city, where water is never far away. With the Port, Alster, and numerous canals, Hamburg has more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam, combined. Trips around the Port include the world-famous Speicherstadt (Warehouse City), where spices, carpets, coffee, cocoa, and other com- modities have been stored and traded for over a century. Inseparably linked to the Port and the city itself is St. Pauli, Hamburg's "sinful mile." Nowadays, one can find mu- sicals, cabaret, satire, variety, and comedy performed there. Undoubtedly, one of the district's biggest at- traction is the traditional Fish Market, which takes place around the restored Fish Auction Hall 5-10 a.m. every Sun- day. Cultural Attractions In addition to the renowned Hamburgische Staatsoper (the oldest opera in the world founded by ordinary citizens), Deutsches Schauspielhaus, and Thalia Theater, Hamburg has more than 40 private theatres and several concert halls, open-air venues, and musical theatres. With some 50 state- owned and private museums, including the Kunsthalle, the Mu- seum for Arts and Crafts, the Museum of Hamburg History (containing the Historic Emigration Office), and Hamburg Ethnology Museum, the city has many interesting collections. When it comes to shopping, Hamburg can offer its visitors extraordinary attractions, from the exclusive shopping bou- levards of Jungfernstieg and Neuer Wall to glass-roofed shopping arcades. Accommodations Bistros, restaurants, and cafes abound in Hamburg, renowned for its wide selection of fish restaurants. It also pre- sents an international cuisine, especially in the neighbor- hood of the CCH, where one finds many restaurants of all styles and sizes, in particular many small ones, with quaint, intimate atmospheres, frequented by students. In general, the hotel situation is very good. Within walking distance of the CCH are many low-priced hotels and pensions, as well as some of the most elegant hotels in Hamburg. Moreover, the extensive public transportation system (under- ground, city trains, and buses) will allow delegates to reach hotels or pensions in other parts of Hamburg easily and quickly. For those who register in June or earlier, there probably will be inexpensive pensions for $35 U.S. and hotels for as little as $70. Since IFIP Congress '94 will take place during university vacation time, quite a few of the 4000 student dormitory rooms in Hamburg will be avail- able for Congress participants. The region of Germany surrounding Hamburg is very interest- ing and worth visiting: the old Hanseatic cities of Lubeck (home of marzipan and Thomas Mann), Stade, and Kiel. One can also cruise the Elbe river from Hamburg to Dresden. Hamburg can be reached quickly and easily in a few hours by car or train from all parts of Germany, Denmark, southern Sweden, the Netherlands, and Belgium. High-speed trains connect all major cities; trips between Hamburg and Frankfurt or Berlin take only 31/2 hours by train. Hamburg is only a few hours by plane from any city in Europe. One may also take an overnight ferry from London, Stockholm, or Helsinki to Hamburg. More information about Hamburg and the Congress may be ob- tained from Congress Secretariat IFIP '94 Congress Centrum Hamburg Congress Organisation P.O. Box 30 24 80 D-20308 Hamburg, Germany fax: +49.40.3569.2343 Telex: +212609 Reports to the General Assembly The Congress organizers reported to the GA that they expect an attendance of at least 1000 participants. They requested a loan of 50 000 Swiss francs from IFIP (to ameliorate cash- flow problems), which was approved by the GA. The Congress International Program Committee (IPC) announced that many invited and keynote speakers have already accepted invitations to participate in the Congress. Their report stated, "When participants register for the Congress, they will be given the option to sign up to participate in one of the issues 'workstreams' on days 3-5, or they will have the option to 'freelance.' If they want to sign up for a 'workstream,' they will be given a list of sessions they should attend to prepare them to participate intelligently in the discussions and Action Agenda formulation....Participants will be able to meet with 'ex- pert' and 'specialist' invited speakers during lunch, for the duration of the Congress." Further details of the pro- gram can be found on page 1 of the June 1993 IFIP Newsletter. ************************* IFIP GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAKES MAJOR DECISIONS IN TOKYO GA Votes on Secretary General, New Publications Plan, Con- gress '98 Site, and Auerbach Award The IFIP General Assembly (GA) met 6-9 September (including committee and Technical Assembly meetings) in Tokyo and dealt with several difficult, far-reaching issues. The GA established the position of IFIP Secretary General (an arti- cle about this matter is on page _). At the same time, it was announced that Mme. Gwyneth Roberts, Administrative Man- ager of the IFIP Secretariat, will reach retirement age and retire in February 1995. Another major issue was the plan for IFIP publications (article on page _), which is still unsettled. The GA voted to hold IFIP Congress '98 in Vienna and Budapest. It also established the Isaac Auerbach Award (page _). New Member societies were admitted. Difficult decisions were made regarding IFIP finances. New officers and trustees were elected. In addition, many other issues were addressed and decisions taken. Dr. Yukio Mizuno, president of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), welcomed the GA. He noted the tre- mendous growth of IPSJ since its founding 33 years ago and pointed out its increasingly international viewpoint. He observed that as the influence of information technology on society grows, so does the importance of the wisdom and leadership of IFIP. Technical Activities The primary consideration during the meeting of the Techni- cal Assembly (TA) and GA was IFIP's technical activities. The highlights of the discussions are reported here. Sev- eral new Working Groups (WGs) were formed: WG2.9, Require- ments Engineering (in the Technical Committee on Software: Theory and Practice, TC2); WG11.9, Crime and Information Technology (in TC11 on Security and Protection in Informa- tion Processing Systems); and WG12.5, Knowledge-Oriented De- velopment of Applications (in TC12 on Artificial Intelligence). Their Scopes and Aims will be published in a future issue of the IFIP Newsletter. In addition, the Tech- nical Committee on Computer Systems Technology (TC10) an- nounced new activities planned in the areas of computer animation, (in conjunction with TC5 on Computer Applications in Technology), virtual reality, computer-aided system the- ory, and microsystem technology (related to the combination of several technologies on one multi-layer module). TC8 (Information Systems) is planning new WGs on Technology Transfer/Diffusion in Information Systems, and on Require- ments Engineering. WG9.2 (Social Accountability) proposed that work in the area of Computing and Disability be con- ducted under its aegis rather than in a new WG. TC11 is planning activity related to the certification of individ- uals in the information security profession. In addition, WG11.8 (Information Security Education) announced plans for the development of the curriculum for a university course at the graduate level in information-system security. TC3 (Ed- ucation) announced plans for the seventh World Conference on Computers in Education, to be held in Copenhagen in the year 2001. Three thousand participants are expected. TC9 (Relationship between Computers and Society) proposed a resolution, which the TA adopted, that all IFIP events should encourage the participation of people from developing countries, financially and by other means. IFIP's president, Prof. Asbj×rn Rolstadas (N), suggested a means to encourage younger members of the information pro- cessing community to participate in IFIP activities: the formation of "Special Interest Groups" (SIGs) within IFIP WGs, with membership open to all those interested, upon pay- ment of a nominal membership fee. At present, membership in many IFIP WGs is very selective, with only the most well- known and experienced professionals in their fields invited to participate. The SIG concept would open IFIP technical activity to a much wider group. TCs 9 and 10 agreed to es- tablish pilot SIGs in order to test this concept. Discussions were held concerning the increasing use of e- mail within IFIP and Member societies. An article about this will appear in a future Newsletter. Other discussions centered on ways in which IFIP currently consults for other organizations and governments and ways it might do more consulting in the future. Consulting can as- sist the recipients, bring credit to IFIP, and provide in- come. The TA concluded with a "brainstorming" session concerning innovative activities in IFIP. Congress Three future IFIP Congresses were considered by the GA. Plans for IFIP Congress '94 are discussed in an article on page _. Preliminary plans for Congress '96 were discussed by the chairman of its International Program Committee, Dr. Prem Gupta (IND), and its Organizing Committee chairman, Prof. Ashley Goldsworthy (AUS). Dr. Gupta solicits sug- gestions from all parties. The Congress will take place in Canberra 2-6 September 1996. Finally, the GA accepted the uncontested joint proposal of the Austrian Computer Society and the John von Neumann Com- puter Society of Hungary to hold Congress '98 in Vienna and Budapest and on Danube cruise boats between those cities. The Congress will be preceded by tutorials and an exhibition in Vienna on 23 and 24 August; one day of Congress sessions will be held in Vienna on the 25th; further Congress ses- sions will be held the following day on Danube cruise boats between the two sites; the third and last day of the Con- gress itself will take place in Budapest, followed by two more days of workshops and an exhibition. Planners of Congress '96 and '98 are considering organizing each of these Congresses as a collection of relatively inde- pendent conferences sharing the venue, plenary sessions, so- cial events, and Congress organization (registration, reservations for accommodations and other activities, etc.), but maintaining separate Program Committees. Finances IFIP's treasurer, Mr. Aage Melbye (DK), reported that the net financial result for 1993 is anticipated to be a deficit of 90K CHF (ninety thousand Swiss francs) ñ 25K CHF. (The budget for 1993, as revised in March, called for a deficit of 50K CHF.) Additional, unanticipated expenses were en- tailed, however, in adjusting the pension fund for the Ad- ministrative Manager. In order to avoid the third deficit year in a row, the Finance Committee and Mr. Melbye care- fully went over an initial draft of the 1994 budget to find areas where expenses could be reduced and income increased. This was especially difficult because of the costs of 60K CHF associated with the new position of Secretary General (see page _). The major source of new revenue included in the budget is 30K CHF from "sponsorships" -- that is, do- nations from corporations or other entities, which IFIP will acknowledge in an appropriate manner (e.g., by printing the sponsors' names on the cover of the IFIP Bulletin). The Fi- nance Committee has the responsibility for raising these funds. Despite all efforts, however, the net result called for in the '94 budget is a deficit of 60K CHF. Membership Five memberships in IFIP were approved by the GA. The Thai Federation for Information Processing was accepted as a Full Member, representing Thailand. The Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics and the Slovak Society for Com- puter Science were accepted as Full Members, representing the Czech Republic and Slovakia, respectively, and replacing the membership of Czechoslovakia. Articles about these Mem- bers will appear in future issues of the Newsletter. The GA voted to accept the Russian Academy of Sciences as a Full Member, representing Russia and replacing the membership of the U.S.S.R. It is anticipated that other republics from the former Soviet Union will be accepted as Members, with equal status. The South East Asia Regional Computer Confed- eration (SEARCC), formerly a Full Member, was accepted as an Affiliate Member (see the article on page 4 of the June 1993 Newsletter). Representatives of Taiwan and China are ex- pected to meet to discuss the possible admission of Taiwan as a Full Member. Cuba expressed its intention to pay past dues owed; thus, its membership may eventually be rein- stated. The Developing Countries Support Committee reported that the West African Regional Computer Society and the African Regional Computer Confederation, both regional Mem- bers, are encountering difficulties remaining active and may not be IFIP Members much longer. Elections. The GA elected new officers and trustees. Since the nomi- nating committees named only one nominee for each vacant po- sition, and no other individuals were nominated from the floor, the elections were uncontested. Those elected are Maj. Gen. A. Balasubrahmanian (IND), reelected vice- president, Mr. Graham Morris (GB), elected secretary, Mr. Aage Melbye (DK), reelected treasurer, Dr. Dipak Khakhar (S) and Mr. Masanori Ozeki (J), reelected trustees for 3-year terms, and Dr. Walter Grafendorfer (A), elected trustee for a 2-year term. Since Mr. Morris is retiring as represen- tative of the U.K., the GA elected him as an Individual Mem- ber, in order that he may serve as secretary. Two TC chairmen who have served IFIP well for many years were missing from the Tokyo GA: Mr. Marco Tomljanovich (I), of TC5 and Prof. ir. Gerard Reijns (NL) of TC10. Since they had completed six years in office, they were no longer eli- gible for reappointment. Their service to IFIP and their warm companionship will be missed. Their successors, Dr. Toru Mikami (J) and Dr. Egon Hoerbst (D), were welcomed by the TA and GA. (The resignation of Mr. Jacques Fourot (F) is discussed on page _.) Mrs. Patricia Glenn (CDN), the first woman GA representative since 1978, and Mrs. Jane Hammond (AUS), vice-chairperson of TC13, were welcome new faces at the otherwise all-male GA table. Other Actions Dr. Khakhar, a member of the Marketing Committee, presented to the GA a prototype of a catalogue of IFIP Member socie- ties, which will be printed and distributed to the societies within the next few months. The information has already been placed in the on-line IFIP databases. One to two pages are devoted to each Member (all categories). There is in- formation on addresses, top officers, goals, membership, ac- tivities, publications, affiliations, and IFIP representative. The data should be invaluable to Member so- cieties needing information about other Members, as well as to other organizations. Once again, Dr. Khakhar demon- strated his ability to rapidly carry out a major project. The following significant activity also occurred: o Outstanding Service Awards were approved by the GA. (See the article on page _.) o The trend away from large conferences and toward work- shops was discussed. In part, this is because of the fi- nancial risk of large conferences. o The IFIP Statutes and Bylaws (S&BL) were amended to per- mit a "territory" to become a Full Member of IFIP. (This makes IFIP regulations consistent with those of ICSU, the International Council of Scientific Unions.) The S&BL Com- mittee, however, opposed making formal in the S&BL the pro- posal made by the March Council that Full Members that resign should not be permitted to rejoin IFIP as Associate Members for 3 years. The GA retains the freedom to so re- strict membership. o The Executive Boards of IFIP and the International Med- ical Informatics Association (IMIA), an Affiliate Member of IFIP, met one evening during the GA. Further contact is expected o Dr. Salah H. Mandil of the World Health Organization and Dr. Aram Akopov of UNESCO attended several of the week's meetings. o The Executive Board decided to hold future Council and GA meetings for 4 days and to reduce the social programs. (See the article on page _.) The GA was adjourned by President Rolstadas, with many thanks to the IPSJ hosts for excellent organization and de- lightful hospitality. ************************* IFIP AWARDS Isaac L. Auerbach Award Instituted The IFIP General Assembly (GA), meeting in Tokyo in Septem- ber, approved the creation of a prestigious award in the name of its founder, Isaac L. Auerbach (USA). (An obituary of Mr. Auerbach is on page 3 of the March 1993 IFIP Newsletter.) This award will be presented every other year, at the opening sessions of IFIP Congresses, beginning in 1994. The award is to be given to those individuals whose service in support of IFIP in its mission is deemed by their peers to be extraordinary. The president of each IFIP Full Member society is invited to submit a nomination for the first award, to the IFIP presi- dent, by 15 February 1994. The candidate must be a member of the nominating society. The nomination, not to exceed 5 pages, should specify how the nominee's efforts have fur- thered the fulfillment of IFIP's mission in the interna- tional community. The nominations will be kept confidential. The selection will be made by the IFIP Execu- tive Board. Each award recipient will be provided a grant to cover the cost of travel to the site of the Congress and will be pre- sented with a medal and an honorarium. Presentation of the first award will be made on 29 August 1994 in Hamburg at IFIP Congress '94 by Mrs. Carol Auerbach, Mr. Auerbach's widow. The General Assembly also voted to grant the following indi- viduals the IFIP Outstanding Service Award, for services rendered to IFIP by Technical Committee and Working Group members: Dr. I. Stanchev (BG) (TC3) Prof. C. Beardon (GB) (TC9) Ms. P. Michel (D) (WG10.5) Mr. J. Beatson (NZ) (TC11) Prof. H. Highland (USA) (TC11) Congratulations and thanks to them for their work in behalf of IFIP! Criteria for the Silver Core, the other IFIP internal award, were strengthened by the Executive Board in September. At- tendance at a larger number of meetings is now required. Also, the recommendation of certain officers is necessary. ************************* GA VOTES TO CREATE NEW POSITION: IFIP SECRETARY GENERAL The IFIP Executive Board surprised the Council and General Assembly (GA) at their meetings in Tokyo in September by proposing the creation of a new position -- Secretary Gen- eral -- "with the responsibility of implementing, on a con- tinuous basis, the decisions taken by the GA, Executive Board, and Standing Committees. This position will not re- place the Administrative Secretariat or the Administrative Manager, but will be an extension of IFIP Management." After expressing displeasure at the suddenness of the proposal (neither Council nor GA had been informed in advance), both Council and GA supported it. During discussion in the GA, it was concluded that the position would have these three major roles: o to promote IFIP and enhance its image outside the Feder- ation o to direct the IFIP Secretariat, study its operations, and propose and implement economies o to facilitate the execution of decisions taken by the ma- jor IFIP bodies The first role will involve interactions with external or- ganizations (e.g., UNESCO) and Member societies, to market IFIP effectively. This activity will also include the so- licitation of funds. The second role, directing the Secretariat, will include studying the feasibility of relocating the Secretariat to less costly facilities elsewhere in Geneva, or even in an- other country. A task force consisting of Mr. Jacques Fourot (F), then the IFIP secretary, and Mr. Aage Melbye (DK), the IFIP treasurer, had prepared a report for the Executive Board on potential changes in the Secretariat. Some 400 000 Swiss francs are now budgeted for the Secretariat (2/3 of all IFIP expenses). Half of that is as- sociated with the 25 000 mailings performed annually, and with other communication. It is believed that significant savings, at least 15% of the Secretariat budget, can be achieved in this area and others, which might very well pay for the new costs of the Secretary General position. Other Secretariat functions could be enhanced: e.g., valuable ad- ditions in capability to the address database, automatic production of reports now produced by IFIP officers, in- creased use of e-mail, and integration of all systems. It is expected that the Secretary General will relieve the IFIP secretary and treasurer of much of their routine activities, including managing the IFIP budget. The third role, implementing decisions, is intended to make IFIP a more effective organization, operating continuously rather than in spurts. One often hears the complaint that all IFIP work seems to occur within the two-week periods preceding the March Council meeting and the September GA. Although hyperbole, this charge carries an element of truth. It is anticipated that the Secretary General will assist IFIP volunteers to carry out their work throughout the year, reminding them of tasks that require attention and providing assistance in completing the tasks. An added job, and a major one, for the Secretary General is to manage IFIP publication activities The Executive Board is proceeding to hire someone as Secre- tary General. The position is to be part-time (approxi- mately 40%) and filled by January 1994. The GA decided that a two-year contract should be offered, with an option that permits cancellation after six months. The Council will make that decision in March 1994. (At the time of the Coun- cil meeting, the new Secretary General is expected to pres- ent the results of her or his study for reorganization of the Secretariat and other economies.) It was pointed out that because of the excellence of contemporary international communication, it is not essential that the Secretary Gen- eral live in the vicinity of the Secretariat. It was also announced to the GA that Mme. Gwyneth Roberts, who has served with acclaim as Administrative Manager of the Secretariat since January 1975, will reach retirement age and retire in February 1995. This development lends urgency to the steps now being taken with regard to the Secretariat. ************************* TELETEACHING 93 Conference on Telecommunications and IT in Education by Mr. Jan Wibe (N)* TeleTeaching 93, the third in a series of IFIP conferences on distance learning, was held in Trondheim, Norway, Au- gust 20-25, 1993. The Norwegian Computer Society was organizer on behalf of the IFIP Technical Committee on Edu- cation (TC3). The objective of the conference was to demon- strate how telecommunication and information technology are used in education, distance education, and distance working, and to highlight the social consequences this has on soci- ety. Because of the long distances and scattered population in Norway, distance education and teleteaching are very impor- tant and given high priority. Challenges facing the commu- nication sector include bringing television to the Arctic and expanding communications in areas populated by the Sami (Laplander) minority and in communities situated along the rugged and deep fjords. The headquarters of the Interna- tional Council for Distance Education are located in Oslo. The conference programme consisted of nearly 200 contribu- tions, with keynote and invited speakers, paper and poster sessions, workshops, projects, and demonstrations. The wide variety of contributions gave a very good presentation of the use of technology on a world-wide scale. TeleTeaching 93 was not, however, a conference for technology experts; most presentations and participants came from the user side. The Participants The 500 participants came from 42 different countries. All inhabited continents were represented, though very few came from Africa and South America. Most participants came from Norway, of course, but the U.K., the U.S.A., Canada, and Australia were also very well represented. These countries are also in the forefront of using technology in education and distance education. Although many contributions from Russia were accepted for presentation at the conference, not a single participant arrived in Trondheim -- because of fi- nancial problems. Funding for attending the conference seemed to be a problem all over the world. Remote Keynote Speech The keynote speech in the opening session was delivered by Prof. Jaques Perriault (F). Only two days before the con- ference started, we received a message from him saying that he could not come because of health problems. Nevertheless, he offered to present his speech on two-way TV from France. Because of satellite problems, we didn't know until the last minute whether the connection could be established. We suc- ceeded, however, and Perriault made his presentation and could answer questions from the auditorium. From our point of view, this was a very good start to the conference, show- ing in practice the use of telecommunications in education. In the closing session, we had a genuine diagnosis by a med- ical expert in Trondheim of a heart patient 2000 km away, in northern Norway, demonstrating, in addition, how an expert can educate doctors in remote areas, using two-way TV. The Contributions Many of the contributions showed how data communication is in widespread use in education all over the world. Elec- tronic mail is frequently used in international projects be- tween schools, and electronic conferences and e-mail seem to be in widespread use at all levels of education and for varied purposes. International projects on the theme "The local and global environment, our common concern" seem to be very popular and give hope for the future. Within distance education, the majority of the presentations came from the university level, but a substantial number were from secondary schools. They showed that schools can deliver education to adults in need of competence in many different areas. The services used were mainly data communi- cation, TV, and two-way TV. Further Activity We received many questions about the next TeleTeaching con- ference. IFIP's Working Group on Distance Learning (WG3.6) has future responsibility. The next major event of IFIP's TC3 will be a world conference in Birmingham, U.K., in 1995. We expect to have many presentations on teleteaching at that conference. The conference was very well documented by a 1000-page vol- ume of proceedings published by Elsevier/North-Holland. Gordon Davies (GB) was Managing Editor and Brian Samways (GB) Co-editor. The abstracts of the papers are available on a listserver in Trondheim, with address info@tt93.tih.no. Send a message to this address and write only "help" in the Subject field to receive the necessary help on how to use the server. The server also contains information about WG3.6. Another useful address is janwi@ifi.unit.no. Jan Bredeveien (N) was chairman of the TeleTeaching 93 Or- ganizing Committee, and Bj×rn Ranum (N) was chairman of the Steering Committee. * Chairman of WG3.6 and of the International Program Commit- tee of TeleTeaching 93 ************************* FOUROT RETIRES FROM IFIP The 1993 IFIP General Assembly in Tokyo marked the end of the IFIP career of Mr. Jacques Fourot, who has been sec- retary since 1981 and representative of France since 1980. IFIP's president, Prof. Asbj×rn Rolstadas (N), commended him on his long, dedicated, and invaluable service to IFIP. We shall miss his friendship and his extensive contributions to IFIP. ************************* FIFTH IFIP CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, WORK, AND COMPUTERIZATION by Dr. Alison Adam (GB)* The fifth IFIP conference on Women, Work and Computerization (WWC) will take place 2-5 July 1994 in Manchester, U.K. It will provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and users to present their experiences and research in an area of increasing international interest. As with previous WWC conferences, it will provide an opportunity for women work- ing in computing to meet and share experiences. The confer- ence is sponsored by IFIP's Working Group on Computers and Work (WG9.1). The conference is titled "Breaking Old Boundaries: Building New Forms" and includes themes on Information Technology and Work, Information Systems Design, Education, and Theoretical Perspectives. There has been a good response to the call for abstracts, with over 90 submissions from around the world. Full papers should be submitted by January 15, 1994 to the address given in the Calls for Papers column on page _. Participants may now register. The joint chairs of the International Programme Committee are Dr. Alison Adam (GB) and Dr. Jenny Owen (GB). Ms. Sue Williams (GB) is chair of the Organizing Committee. * co-chair of WWC International Program Committee ************************* IFIP IN THROES OF PLANNING PUBLICATIONS POLICY New Processes Sought As announced previously (see page 5 of the June 1993 IFIP Newsletter), Elsevier/North-Holland, the primary IFIP publisher, has notified IFIP that it will not renew the present publications contract between the two organizations. Consequently, the March 1993 Council requested the Publica- tions Committee (PC) to conduct an exhaustive review of the IFIP publication policy. Many issues are involved: dissem- ination of IFIP technical papers, quality, cost, availabil- ity, media (paper books, computer networks, CD-ROMs, etc.), preprints, income to IFIP, new publication routines, etc. The volume of material involved is extensive; during the past year, IFIP and Elsevier published 30 volumes in the IFIP Transactions series, which comprised nearly 12 000 pages. Because the publication of books for IFIP events that occur after August 1994 is involved, it was essential for the PC to act rapidly. During the Council meeting, Prof. Asbj×rn Rolstadas (N), the IFIP president, urged the PC to prepare its report well in advance of the September 1993 General As- sembly (GA), so that GA members would have ample opportunity to study the proposals and engage in fruitful discussion. Mr. Graham Morris (GB), chairman of the PC at that time, subsequently wrote to certain IFIP Member societies, re- questing their suggestions. Eleven responses were received. Executive Board Decisions No report from the PC was available to GA representatives prior to the GA. On the basis of a preliminary report, how- ever, the IFIP Executive Board made the following decisions: o There will be an agreement with a single publisher for all IFIP books. o Higher quality will be achieved for all books. o "Preprints" containing abstracts (l-2 pages each) of all papers will be available for all IFIP events. o A series of 3-5 IFIP journals will be established, edited by well-respected specialists, who will be paid. The PC agreed with these requirements, except for some res- ervations with regard to preprints. The PC believes in the advantages of publishing conference proceedings in time to be available at the conference. Requirements for Publishers A "Publications Contract Statement of Requirements" was de- veloped at the time of the GA and sent to potential publish- ers at the end of September. Despite its title, the document contains little in the way of requirements. The overall tone of the document is expressed as follows: "IFIP wishes to be associated with the best of practical ideas in exploiting information technology while being well aware of the difficulties and pitfalls which may beset technological pioneers." It mentions as possibilities distribution of IFIP technical papers over computer networks (accessed by index and search facilities), in the form of paper books, and on CD-ROMs. It mentions the need for higher standards of qual- ity in IFIP publications. It also requests proposals from potential publishers for widespread electronic distribution of all IFIP abstracts. It calls attention to the need for flexibility as follows: "It is important to be able to tai- lor the mode and style of a publication, its marketing and its pricing, in relation to its potential customers." The Executive Board (not the PC) will review the bids sub- mitted by publishers and select one in January 1994, so that a contract can be signed by the end of that month. IFIP Journals Technical Committee chairmen were requested to make pro- posals for IFIP journals by December 1993. The journals are to be either new, IFIP-only publications or perhaps sections of existing journals. The editors, to be paid, must be well-known professionals. Although rapid action with regard to journals is desired, President Rolstadas told the GA that he would try to defer action, so that the March 1994 IFIP Council could participate in the discussion. Once more, appreciation was expressed for the fine job done by Mrs. Stephanie Smit, of Elsevier. Prof. Wilfried Brauer (D) was appointed as the new PC chairman. ************************* SHORTER GA MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE Following the September 1993 meeting in Tokyo, the IFIP Council and General Assembly (GA) decided to continue the practice, begun at the March 1993 Council meeting, of holding 4-day meetings. The meetings were reduced from 5 to 4 days because of complaints from many attendees (especially Council members, TC chairmen, and others who attend both Council and GA) that they could ill afford the time these meetings take. In Tokyo, the GA itself was less than 11/2 days long. Many attendees felt that insufficient time was available to debate the many important issues presented. Also, some par- ticipants were unable to take advantage of low-cost air fares that impose a minimum length of stay. On the other hand, it was possible to conduct IFIP business within the 4 days scheduled for all the meetings, and most participants seem to be satisfied with the shorter session. The generous social program provided to participants in the September 1993 Tokyo GA may also be the last of its kind. The hospitality -- cocktail party, excursion, and dinner party -- was funded in part by several Japanese and interna- tional corporations. Because many smaller Member societies cannot afford to organize a social program for the GA or even the Council, they are reluctant to invite IFIP to meet in their countries. To deal with this problem and to in- crease the time available for IFIP work in a 4-day meeting, the Executive Board established these guidelines for future meetings: o there should be at most one social event o that event should be modest o there should be no excursion Reducing the social program, however, has some disadvan- tages. Much IFIP work is actually carried out at these events (debating issues, meeting IFIP colleagues, and so on), work that cannot be done over dinner with a handful of IFIP co-workers. In addition, reducing the number of social events reduces the opportunity for members of the host soci- ety and IFIP people to meet. The excursion is the only oc- casion that many of the participants in the GA or Council have, during their business trips, for exposure to the cul- ture of the host country. (Most hotels where IFIP meetings are held are totally international.) Losing this exposure is a pity for both attendees and the hosts, who generally wish their guests to have some experience with the local culture. ************************* CONFERENCE ON HEALTH INFORMATICS IN AFRICA IMIA Sponsors HELINA 93 in Nigeria Dr. Salah H. Mandil * Dr. A.D. Akinde ** Mr. Mikko Korpela *** The first international conference held in Africa concerning the uses of information technology in the health sector took place in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 19-23 April 1993. It was the International Working Conference on Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA 93), organised under the auspices of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), an Af- filiate Member of IFIP. The Local Organising Committee was established by the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Computer Science Department and the OAU Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. An Overseas Bureau was run by the Comput- ing Centre, University of Kuopio, Finland. HELINA 93 was co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), IFIP, and several other organisations. Of the 124 participants, 79 were from Nigeria, 35 from other African countries, and 12 from elsewhere. The delegates were equally divided between health/medical-care and computing/communications professionals. The exceptional ge- ographical coverage of the Conference was matched by an equally fine coverage of health informatics topics. A keynote address, 7 tutorial lectures, and 31 scientific papers formed the core of the programme. In addition, there were 5 parallel workshops for practical discussions and hands-on sessions. The proceedings have appeared as Infor- matics Support to Healthcare in Africa -- HELINA 93, edited by S.H. Mandil, P. Byass, D. Forster, M. Korpela, and K. Moidu and published by Elsevier/North-Holland, as one of its prestigious International Congress series. The organisation of HELINA 93 was not without some major difficulties. Nearly all African participants outside of the host country needed full financial sponsorship in order to be able to attend. This made fund-raising the main con- cern throughout the three-year period of organisation. Ex- treme austerity, and even personal sacrifices, enabled all but a few of the African countries that intended to send participants to do so. A Pioneering Conference The closing session included an evaluation of the Conference organisation and content. Participants unanimously regarded the Conference as very timely and a big success and urged that a HELINA 96 be planned. The atmosphere of enthusiasm and pioneering was particularly noted. HELINA 93 shed light on the geographic and substantive spread of informatics in health care in Africa, which was beyond what was believed before. A typical comment was, "I didn't know there was so much health informatics in Africa -- and carried out mainly by Africans." It was also appreciated that, contrary to the situation in most scientific conferences, the presentations in HELINA 93 were not just academic treatises but oriented towards a social objective: Health for All. The combination of a training event and a scientific event, through tutori- als and submitted papers, was appreciated and recommended to be followed in the future. The future HELINAs are to in- clude more hands-on sessions and demonstrations, possibly preceded by national workshops and symposia. It can be confidently stated that one of the most tangible long-term outcomes of HELINA 93 was the establishment of in- formal links within a clearly evident health informatics community in Africa. Good and bad experiences were ex- changed, common concerns identified, and contacts and plans for collaboration created. The participants unanimously stressed that HELINA 93 would be recalled as a major cata- lyst for the development and sharing of improved policies, procedures, systems, facilities, and human resources for the relevant informatics support to health care in Africa. * Director-Advisor on Informatics, WHO, Geneva, and Chairman of HELINA 93 Scientific Programme Committee ** Head of Computer Science Dept., Obafemi Awolowo Univer- sity, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and Chairman of HELINA 93 Local Organising Committee *** Senior Researcher, Univ. of Kuopio, Finland, and Chair- man of HELINA 93 Overseas Bureau ************************* INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AUTONOMOUS DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS by Dr. Kinji Mori (J)* The First International Symposium on Autonomous Decentral- ized Systems (ISADS) 93 was successfully held in Kawasaki, Japan, March 30-April 1, 1993. It was 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 and the Inter- national Federation of Automatic Control. There were 286 participants from 15 countries. ISADS 93 was the first international symposium devoted to the subject of Autonomous Decentralized Systems (ADS) and their applications. ADS is a system concept in which each component works independently while cooperating with the other components in order to function as a total system. ADS ensures on-line properties: on-line expansion, on-line maintenance, and fault tolerance. ADS is based on the indi- vidual intelligence of each component; there is no master- slave relationship among the components. As in a living organism, the functions of a system are determined by the cooperation of all components. Therefore, the functions can be modified by adding, modifying, or deleting components while the whole system is operating. The purpose of this Symposium was to provide a forum for re- searchers, developers, and users around the world to present their latest results and experience and to discuss the fu- ture trends of ADS and their applications. The program consisted of three keynote addresses, three plenary panel discussion sessions, and 18 technical paper sessions that included 13 invited papers and 41 submitted papers (chosen from the 115 offered). In addition to the sessions at the Symposium site, there was a plant tour show- ing two ADS applications: the Shinkansen (bullet train) Gen- eral Control Center and a major automated steel production system of the Kawasaki Steel Corporation. The Symposium was chaired by Stephen Yau (USA), who served as chairman of the Organizing Committee of IFIP Congress '89, Masanori Ozeki (J), an IFIP trustee, and Atsunobu Ichikawa (J). The Program Committee was chaired by Domenico Ferrari (USA). The proceedings were edited by Doo-Hwan Bae (USA) and published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. The Operation Committee chair was Singi Domen (J), and the Exec- utive Secretary was Kinji Mori (J). At a meeting for future ISADS, it was decided that ISADS will be held every two years. The United States, Europe, and Asia will host this international symposium in turns. ISADS 95 is planned for the San Francisco Bay area of California, April 10-12, 1995. For more information on ISADS 95, please contact Stephen S. Yau (yau@cis.ufl.edu) or Kinji Mori (kmori@sdl.hitachi.co.jp). * Executive Secretary of ISADS 93 ************************* IFIP NEWSLETTER CELEBRATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY by Dr. Jack Rosenfeld (USA), Editor With this issue, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the IFIP Newsletter, which first appeared in November 1983. Today, the Newsletter is a 16-page quarterly publication, with 4500 copies mailed to the IFIP community and additional copies distributed to participants at IFIP events. It be- gan, however, with more modest goals. Early in 1983, Prof. Herbert Freeman (USA) was given a mission by the IFIP Council to approach me to determine whether I would be interested in creating a new newsletter for IFIP. A need was felt for a newsletter to keep the IFIP community informed of events taking place in the Federation and to let others know what IFIP was doing. Since I had ex- perience as an editor and prior connection with IFIP, it was thought that I might be able to do the job. I had served on the U.S. Committee for IFIP Congress '71 (Prof. Freeman was chairman), had been Editor of the pro- ceedings of IFIP Congress '74 (Prof. Freeman was chairman of the International Program Committee), and had been Associate Editor of the proceedings of Congress '71. I had also at- tended all IFIP Congresses since 1965, except for 1980. I willingly agreed to prepare a proposal for a newsletter. With considerable help from Mr. George Glaser (USA), then a vice-president, and Mme. Gwyneth Roberts, Administrative Manager, I proposed a newsletter to the September 1983 IFIP General Assembly in Paris. At that time, Prof. Ashley Goldsworthy (AUS), then chairman of the Activities Planning Committee, cautioned that the newsletter should not contain substantive technical articles, only news. That warning has been heeded. Prof. Asbj×rn Rolstadas (N), then chairman of TC5, cautioned that the size should be no more than 8 pages, lest nobody read it. Unfortunately, over the years, the size has crept up to 16 pages. The GA accepted the pro- posal, the first issue was published that November, and we were "off and running." I'm grateful for the support I've received in this endeavor: from my employer, the International Business Machines Corpo- ration, which encourages my participation in many signif- icant ways; from Mrs. Stephanie Smit of Elsevier/North-Holland (they print the Newsletter gratis), who has labored to ensure that my interface with the printer is free of problems; from Mme. Roberts and Mrs. Ruth Lawson of the IFIP Secretariat, who provide extensive support; and from the IFIP GA and the Newsletter readers, who give me continual encouragement. Prof. Rolstadas, now president of IFIP, kindly invited IFIP Member societies to celebrate this anniversary by sending their pins or other society mementoes for presentation to me at the Tokyo GA this past September. Many did so, and I was very touched and delighted to receive their letters and gifts. To all those who responded: I am grateful to you for your kind wishes. ************************* VISUALIZATION IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING USED IN UNIVERSITY ED- UCATION by drs. Tom J. van Weert (NL)* Visualization in Scientific Computing: Uses in University Education was the title of a Working Conference spon- sored by IFIP's Working Group on Informatics Education at the University Level (WG3.2), held 28-30 July 1993 in Irvine, California. Approximately 45 attended. The presen- tations fell into either the category of computer science (Informatics) or the category of scientific computing in an- other discipline, often a computing discipline (Informa- tional Discipline). This dichotomy between Informatics and Informational Disciplines (computer science and computing sciences) has developed over the years and is now quite ap- parent. Scientific visualization is an important part of both fields. Informatics plays a role in Informational Dis- ciplines in the areas of modelling, data structures, pro- gramming, software engineering, and human interfacing. Scientific visualization is related to the areas of model- ling and human interfacing, and has a strong Informational- Discipline-based component. An example is the visualization of microscopic molecular worlds. Several examples of visualization (or multi-media presenta- tion) in different disciplines were presented at the confer- ence. Also several visualization tools in support of programming were presented. There were theoretical presen- tations as well as papers on visualizations in education. The conclusion was drawn that scientific visualization is a powerful tool in learning in many Informational Disciplines (computing sciences); however, the tool is only sparingly used in Informatics education (e.g., dynamic visualization of programming concepts). Visualization supports learning by students, enabling them to reflect on dynamic concepts. The most effective and motivating way is to let students in In- formatics design and implement their own visualizations. Visualization also has a role to play in Application Ori- ented Informatics education. It bridges the gap between In- formatics and Informational Disciplines. Applications-oriented informaticians need to develop visual- ization skills to be able to communicate with designers or users from other disciplines. The Conference began with a keynote presentation by Troy Nagel, President-Elect of the U.S. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), on the role of IEEE in a world dominated by technological change. The International Program Committee was chaired by Bernard Levrat (CH), chair of WG3.2, and the Organizing Committee by Stephen Franklin (USA). Proceedings, edited by Franklin and Alan Stubberud (USA), will be published by Elsevier/North-Holland by the end of the 1993. * WG3.2 vice-chair ************************* NATIONAL ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NEWSLETTER A Austria AUS Australia B Belgium BG Bulgaria CDN Canada CH Switzerland CZ Czech Republic D Germany DK Denmark E Spain F France GB United Kingdom GR Greece H Hungary HK Hong Kong I Italy IND India IRL Ireland IS Iceland J Japan MEX Mexico N Norway NL The Netherlands NZ New Zealand P Portugal PL Poland RUS Russia S Sweden SF Finland SGP Singapore SLO Slovenia SO Slovakia USA U.S.A. ZA South Africa ZW Zimbabwe ************************* CALLS FOR PAPERS IFIP Work. Conf. on Programming Concepts, Methods and Calculi -- PROCOMET'94 6-10 Jun 94, San Miniato, Italy papers due: 1 Dec 93 contact: Prof. Dr. E.-R. Olderog FB Informatik Univ. Oldenburg Postfach 2503 D-2900 Oldenburg, Germany IFIP WG9.3 Work. Conf. on Home-Oriented Informatics, Telematics and Automation 27 Jun-1 Jul 94, Copenhagen abstracts due: 1 Dec 93 contact: Kresten Bjerg or Bj×rn Nake Psychological Laboratory Univ. of Copenhagen 88 Njalsgade DK 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark tel: +45 31 54 18 56, fax: +45 32 96 31 38 e-mail: kresten@vax.psl.ku.dk IFIP TC5 & WG5.3 Intl. Conf. on Feature Modeling and Recognition in Advanced CAD/CAM Systems 24-26 May 94, Valenciennes, France papers due: 15 Dec 93 contact: M. Dominique Deneux Laboratoire d'Automatique et de Mecanique Industrielles et Humaines Universite de Valenciennes Le Mont Houy - BP 311 59304 Valenciennes Cedex, France tel: (+33) 27 14 13 55, fax: (+33) 27 14 12 88 e-mail: deneux@univ-valenciennes.fr Nineteenth IFAC/IFIP WG5.4 Workshop on Real Time Programming -- WRTP '94 22-24 Jun 94, Isle of Reichenau, Germany extended abstracts due: 31 Dec 93 contact: W.A. Halang Fern Universitaet Faculty of Electrical Engineering D-58084 Hagen, Germany tel: +49-2331-987-372, fax: +49-2331-987-375 e-mail: wolfgang.halang@fernuni-hagen.de Thirteenth World Computer Congress: IFIP Congress '94 28 Aug-2 Sep 94, Hamburg, Germany papers due: 14 Jan 94 contact: IFIP '94 c/o Congress Centrum Hamburg Congress Organisation P.O. Box 30 24 80 W-2000 Hamburg 36, Germany tel: +49 40/35 69-22 42, fax: +49 40/35 69-23 43 telex: +212 609 IFIP WG8.1 Conf. CRIS 94 -- Methods and Associated Tools for the Information Systems Life Cycle 26-28 Sep 94, Maastricht, The Netherlands papers due: 15 Jan 94 contact: CRIS 94 Conference Secretariat attn. Mrs. Mieke van Zutphen Univ. of Limburg Faculty of Economics and Business Administration P.O. Box 616 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands tel: +31-43-883656, fax: +31-43-258495 e-mail: cris94@be.rulimburg.nl Fifth IFIP WG9.1 Conf. on Women, Work and Computerization -- WWC5'94 2-5 Jul 94, Manchester, U.K. papers due: 15 Jan 94 contact: Alison Adam IFIP WWC5 Dept. of Computation UMIST P.O. Box 88 Manchester M60 1QD, U.K. e-mail: a_adam@mac.co.umist.ac.uk tel: +44 (0) 61 200 3330, fax: +44 (0) 61 200 3324 IFIP WG5.7 Workshop on Benchmarking -- Theory and Practice 16-18 Jun 94, Trondheim, Norway papers due: 1 Feb 94 contact: Solfried Sorensen SINTEF Prod. Eng. R. Birkelandsv. 2B N-7034 Trondheim, Norway tel. +47 7 592 799, fax: +47 7 597 043 IFIP WG10.3 and ACM Intl. Conf. on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques -- PACT '94 24-26 Aug 94, Montreal, Canada extended abstracts or papers due: 4 Feb 94 contact: Prof. Guang R. Gao McGill Univ. School of Computer Science 3480 University St. Montreal, Canada H3A 2A7 tel: 1 (514) 398-4446, fax: 1 (514) 398-3883 e-mail: PACT94@acaps.cs.mcgill.ca Third IFIP WG10.5 Intl. Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign -- Codes/CASHE '94 ? Sep 94, Grenoble, France papers due: Feb 94 contact: Alexander Sedlmeier Siemens AG, Corporate R&D Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 81730 Munich, Germany tel: +49 89 636 46882, fax: +49 89 636 45111 e-mail: codes@ztivax.zfe.siemens.de Eighth IFIP WG11.3 Work. Conf. on Database Security 23-26 Aug 94, Hildesheim, Germany papers due: 14 Mar 94 contacts: Matthew Morgenstern Xerox Design Research Institute Cornell University 5144 Upson Hall Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A. fax: +1 607 2544 742 in Europe: Joachim Biskup Institut f. Informatik Univ. of Hildesheim Samelsonplatz 1 D-3200 Hildesheim, Germany fax: +49 5121 883732 Eighth IFIP WG5.6 Intl. Conf. on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding -- ICCAS'94 5-9 Sep 94, Bremen, Germany papers due: 30 Apr 94 contact: ICCAS 94 Intl. Programme Committee c/o Kockums Computer Systems AB P.O. Box 505 55 S-202 15 Malmo, Sweden fax: +46 40 97 02 72 e-mail: iccas94@kcs.se Sixth World Conf. on Computers in Education 23-28 Jul 95, Birmingham, U.K. papers due: 31 Jul 94 contact: WCCE/95 Margaret St. Birmingham B3 3BW, U.K. tel: 44+(0)21-428 1258, fax: 44+(0)21-428 2246 Fifth IFIP TC5 Intl. Conf. on Computer Applications in Production and Engineering -- CAPE'95 22-24 Aug 95, Beijing, China extended abstracts due: 31 Aug 94 contact: Prof. Zesheng Tang Computer Dept. Tsinghua Univ. Beijing, 100084, China fax: 86.1.256768 ************************* FUTURE IFIP MEETINGS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND COUNCIL (AND RELATED MEETINGS) Council 28 Feb-3 Mar 94 (Mon.-Thurs.) Brussels, Belgium GA 3-6 Sep 94 (Sat.-Tues.) Hamburg, Germany GA (contiguous to IFIP Congress '96) Canberra, Australia GA (contiguous to IFIP Congress '98) Vienna, Austria, or Budapest, Hungary TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND WORKING GROUP MEETINGS* TC2 25-26 Aug 94 (tentative) Hamburg, Germany WG2.1 24 Jan 94 Utrecht, the Netherlands Sep 94 Japan (under study) WG2.2 6-10 Jun 94 (with conf.) San Miniato, near Pisa, Italy WG2.3 same WG2.4 23-27 May 94 Szeged, Hungary WG2.7 Feb 94 (tentative, with seminar) New Zealand April/May 94 Boston, MA, U.S.A. WG2.8 mid 94 Calgary, Alberta, Canada TC3 26-27 Aug 94 Hamburg, Germany 22-29 Jul 95 (with WCCE '95) Birmingham, U.K. TC6 22-23 Apr 94 Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal 7-8 Oct 94 (with SEACOMM conf.) Malaysia 23-24 Mar 95 (with conf.) Durban, South Africa 95 (under study) U.S.A. or Turkey TC7 17 Dec 94 Prague, Czech Republic TC8 8-12 May 94 (with conf.) Queensland, Australia WG8.4 same WG8.5 May 94 (under study) Pacific rim TC9 27-28 Aug 94 Hamburg, Germany WG9.1 21-26 Feb 94 (with conf.) Havana, Cuba WG9.2 14 Jan 94 Namur, Belgium 23-24 Jul 94 (provisional) Amsterdam, the Netherlands WG9.3 June 94 (provisional) Copenhagen, Denmark WG9.4 4-6 Mar 94 Bratislava, Slovakia TC10 Mar 94 (under study) South Africa WG10.2 second quarter 94 (under study) North America WG10.4 7-8 Jan 94 San Deigo, CA, U.S.A. Jun 94 Austin, TX, U.S.A. TC11 21-22 May 94 (prior to IFIP/SEC'94) Curac Netherlands Antilles ,ao, TC12 28 May 94 (with conf.) near Bonn, Germany WG12.1 Nov. 94 (with workshop) Mexico City, Mexico WG12.2 April 94 Catania, Sicily, Italy July 94 New Jersey, U.S.A. Sept 94 Hamburg, Germany * Some meetings are scheduled in conjunction with Working Conferences, for which the conference dates are listed. Will TC and WG chairmen kindly keep the Secretariat advised of the dates and locations of their future administrative meetings and also send a copy of the minutes to the Secretariat. ************************* CHANGES IN IFIP NEW APPOINTMENTS FULL MEMBERS: GA rep. of The Czech Republic: Dr. J. Dolezal Institute of Information Theory & Automation Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic Pod vodarenskou vezi 4 CZ-18208 PRAGUE, The Czech Republic tel: +42 2 815 2062 e-mail: doelzal@cspgas11.bitnet GA rep. of France: Mr. B. Robinet Telecom Paris, Dept. DF 46 rue Barrault F-75000 PARIS-Cedex 13, France tel: +33 1 45897061, fax: +33 1 45807247 GA rep. of Slovakia: (not named yet) Slovak Society for Computer Science MFF UK SO-84215 BRATISLAVA, Slovakia tel: +42 7 726 635, fax: +42 7 727041 e-mail: SIS@MFF.UNIBA.CS GA rep. of Thailand: Prof. Dr. S. Charmonman Assumption University (ABAC) Ramkhamhaeng 24 BANGKOK 10240, Thailand tel. +662 3004543, fax: +662 3004918 e-mail: oicharm@chulkn.chula.ac.th AFFILIATE MEMBER: GA rep. of SEARCC (South East Asia Regional Computer Confed- eration): Mr. R. Iau c/o Institute of Systems Science National Univ. of Singapore Heng Mui Keng Terrace Kent Ridge Singapore 0511, Singapore tel: +65 7722094, fax: +65 7750938 TC and WG OFFICERS: TC12 secretary: Prof. Dr. B. Neumann Fachbereich Informatik University of Hamburg Bodenstedtstrasse 16 D-22765 HAMBURG, Germany tel: +49 40 41236128 or 30, fax: +49 40 41236530 e-mail: neumann@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (succeeding G. Barth) WG2.1 chairman: Dr. D.R. Smith Kestrel Institute 3260 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304, U.S.A. (succeeding H. Partsch) WG2.6 secretary: Prof. S. Spaccapietra Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne Dept. Informatique - EPFL Ecublens CH-1015 LAUSANNE, Switzerland (succeeding C. Piprani) WG2.7 secretary: Mr. G. Cockton Computing Science Dept. The University of Glasgow GLASGOW, G12 8QQ, U.K. (succeeding I. Newman) WG3.2 vice-chairman: drs. T.J. van Weert School of Informatics Faculty of Mathematics & Informatics University of Nijmegen P.O. Box 9010 NL-6500 GL NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands tel. +31 80 652365 or 652084, fax: +31 80 553450 e-mail: school@cs.kun.nl WG3.3 vice-chairperson: Dr. Betty Collis Dept. of Educaiton University of Twente P.O. Box 217 NL-7500 AE ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands tel: +31 53 893642, fax: +31 53 356531 e-mail: collis@edte.utwente.nl WG3.6 chairman: Mr. J. Wibe Nyheimsvn 22A N-7085 JAKOBSLI, Norway tel: +47 7 5963599, fax: +47 7 596637 e-mail: janwi@ifi.unit.no (succeeding G. Kovacs) WG3.6 vice-chairman: Mr. G. Davies The Open University Walton Hall MILTON KEYNES, MK7 6AA, U.K. tel: +44 908 652680, fax: +44 908 652140 e-mail: g.davies@open.ac.uk (succeeding H. Maurer) WG11.8 vice-chairperson: Prof. Louise Yngstrom Royal Institute of Technology Univ. of Stockholm S-106 91 Stockholm, SWEDEN WG12.3 vice-chairman: Mr. B. Nebel WG12.5 chairman: (Knowledge-Oriented Development of Applications) Prof. J. Cuena Facultad de Informatica Universidad Politecnica E-28660 BOADILLA DEL MONTE - Madrid, Spain COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN: Internal Awards: Mr. G.J. Morris Marketing: Dr. W. Grafendorfer Nominations for Officers: Prof. A.W. Goldsworthy Nominations for Trustees: Mr. G.J. Morris Publications: Prof. Dr. W. Brauer IFIP-UNESCO Liaison Officer: Mr. G.J. Morris COGNIZANT OFFICERS: TC3: Mr. G.R. Fairall TC9: Dr. W. Grafendorfer TC and WG MEMBERS: TC2: G. Klimko (H) (succeeding E. Knuth) TC3: Prof. P.S. Grover (IND) (succeeding B. Nag) Mr. J. Wibe (N) (succeeding A. Staupe) TC7: Dr. R.K. Bagge (IND) (succeeding D.K. Subramanian) TC8: Dr. G. Szephalmi (H) (succeeding K. Garab) Mr. S.Ch. Pani (IND) (succeeding G. Kalyanasundaram) TC9: Mr. S.S. Chatterjee (IND) (succeeding S.C. Bhatnagar) J.A.N. Lee (USA) L. Uncovsky (SO, formerly CZ) TC10: Dr. I. Erenyi (H) (succeeding G. Lorincze) TC12: Prof. J. Komorowski (N) (succeeding S. Arff) WG2.4: M. Lemoine (F) WG2.7: G. Abowd (GB) R. Little (USA) R. Kazman (GB) L. Nigay (F) WG2.8: J. Launchbury (GB) WG3.6: E. Dam (DK) J.C. Prims (E) B. Collis (NL) L. Stefansdottir (IS) C. Fulford (USA) V. Warner (USA) J. Meadows (GB) J. Wedekind (D) C. Parmentier (F) P. de Vries (NL) WG5.7: M. Garetti (I) H.L. Mulkens (CH) G. Zulch (D) WG5.9: J.F.W. Bell (ZA) M. Pluektov (RUS) O. Semenkov (RUS) WG7.5: L. Esteva (MEX) H. Ishikawa (J) P. Sniady (PL) WG8.2: R. van den Berg (NL) R. Kusters (NL) J. DeGross (USA) T. Larsen (N) M. Janson (USA) S. Little (AUS) M. Jones (GB) P. Powell (GB) E. Jordan (HK) C. Smart (GB) J. Kaasboll (N) E. Trauth (USA) WG8.3: B. Andersson (S) E. Hallberg (S) A.T. Berztiss (USA) G. Mentzas (GR) A. Davies (IRL) H. Postma (NL) A. Gianetti (I) V. Savolainen (SF) B.C. Glasson (AUS) WG9.1: L.J. Bannon M. Robinson T. Kaekelae L. Suchman WG9.2: E. Houtepen (NL) WG11.8: M. Bishop (USA) A. Pfitzmann (D) K. Dittrich (CH) A. Sarmanto (SF) J. Domingo-Ferrer (E) A.R. Smith (NZ) G. Gable (SGP) M. Smith (GB) F. Gallegos (USA) G. Spafford (USA) L.J. Hoffman (USA) S.H. von Solms (ZA) D. Longley (AUS) WG12.2: I. Kononenko (SO) R. Lopez de Mantaras (E) S. Matwinh (CDN) WG12.3: G. Brewka (D) B. Kuipers (USA) L. Console (I) D. Lenat (USA) M. Georgeff (AUS) M. McRobbie (USA) R. Goebl (USA) J. Pearl (USA) WG12.5: I. Bratko (SLO) E. Oliveira (P) B. Chandrasekaran (USA) J. Pazos (E) J.M. David (F) L. Steels (B) A.D. McGettrick (GB) J. Stricklen (USA) P. Meseguer (E) R. Studer (D) M.A. Musen (USA) M.C. Tanner (USA) WG13.1: P. Collings (AUS) J. Gasen (USA) S. Maass (D) ADDRESS AND OTHER CHANGES IFIP Secretariat: e-mail: IFIP@uni2a.unige.ch (effective 1 January 1994) Member Society: British Computer Society e-mail: bcswilk@cix.compulink.co.uk (attn. Mr. A. Wilkes) (a new GA rep. has not yet been appointed) TC8 secretary: Dr. M. Hanani tel: +972 7 280106, fax: +972 7 280113 WG9.2 chairman: Prof. J. Berleur Institut d'Informatique Fac. Univ. de Notre-Dame de la Paix 21, rue Grandgagnage B-5000 NAMUR, Belgium tel. +32 81 724976, fax: +32 81 724967 e-mail: jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be WG9.4 vice-chairperson: Dr. M. Odedra-Straub Kirschenweg 4 D-71229 LEONBERG, Germany tel. +49 7152 904 915 e-mail: M.Odedra-Straub@gaia.comlink.apc.org TC10 chairman:. Prof. Dr. E. Hoerbst P.O. Box: 83 09 55 postal code: D-81739 Munich WG11.9 chairman: Prof. Dr. Ir. B. Fortrie Postoffice Box 4066 Willemstad CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles tel: +599 9 652822, fax: +599 9 652828 e-mail: TC11@cipher.nl (Internet) WG13.1 chairman: Prof. Dr. Ing. P. Gorny postal code: D-26111 OLDENBURG, Germany SG14 chairman: Prof. J. 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Alvarez-Rodriguez E 91-94 M. Ozeki J 93-96 M. Tienari SF 92-95 D. Dolan IRL 91-94 G.R. Fairall ZW 91-94 D. Khakhar S 93-96 W. Brauer D 92-95 W. Grafendorfer A 93-95 ************************* TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN TC2: P.C. Poole AUS 89-94 TC3: P. Bollerslev DK 91-94 TC5: T. Mikami J 93-96 TC6: O. Spaniol D 92-95 TC7: P. Thoft-Christensen DK 89-95 TC8: G.B. Davis USA 89-95 TC9: K. Brunnstein D 89-95 TC10: E. Hoerbst A 93-96 TC11: W.J. Caelli AUS 88-93 TC12: R.A. Meersman NL 89-95 TC13: B. Shackel GB 89-95 SG14: J. Gruska SO 89-95 SG15: M. Novak GB 93-96 ************************* CALENDAR OF EVENTS (See the PostScript version, pages 15 and 16)