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SISTER Society John von Neumann Computer Society. Balint Dömölki, honorary chair. John von Neumann Computer Society. To protect the values of the past , to adapt to the present , to influence the future.
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SISTER SocietyJohn von Neumann Computer Society Balint Dömölki, honorary chair
John von Neumann Computer Society To protect the values of the past, to adapt to the present, to influence the future. • Independent professional organization with about 1500 individual, and 30 corporate members • 25 professional communities (Special Interest Groups) in many areas of information technologies, e.g • pattern recognition, • software quality, • computer graphics, • biomedicalapplications, • business information • ergonomics, • usability, • artificial intelligence, • robotics, • web development 13 territorial organizations all over Hungary
Relationships with leading international organizations IFIP, CEPIS, IMIA, IAPR, ECCAI, IT STAR, … Strong connections with IEEE CS since mid 90s • Central and Eastern Europe Initiatives Committee, • European Activities Committee (chaired by Tibor Gyimothy) • cooperation agreements with IEEE and IEEE CS, • IEEE CS Budapest Center, • IEEE CS Forum in JvNCS, • postumus Pioneer Awards (Kalmar, Kozma)
DE! Digital Equal Opportunities promoting the development of the information society in Hungary Talent care • competitions for high school students • participation in International Olympiads Digital literacy European Computer Driving License • high school students -> civil servants • approaching half million participants ! Protecting values of the past… professional community on IT history • meetings on the history of companies, institutions... • oral history video interviews with leading personalities inpreparation: Hungarian IT HistoryArchive (~ virtualmuseum)
Unique collection of old computing equipment: Permanent Computer History Exhibition • full configurations • devices in operating condition • some highlights: level 1 level 2 • room for John von Neumann’s relics • bilingualbookoncomputinghistory 19-20 September, 2014: Workshop on History of Computingin CEE pastofthefuture.com