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FW: [IFIP] Information Release: WSIS - A Digital Opportunity
by Augusto Casaca 24 Jun '02

24 Jun '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: sexta-feira, 21 de Junho de 2002 10:31 To: all Subject: [IFIP] Information Release: WSIS - A Digital Opportunity Information Release [Information poverty is a reality for much of the world. 83 countries still have a teledensity below 10 lines for every 100 inhabitants; 25 countries still have a teledensity below one per cent. The situation is worse for Internet access. Some 61 countries have less than one percent Internet use. The services are often prohibitive to use due to high prices. "A call from the United States to Switzerland costs less than five US cents a minute, whereas a call to many parts of Africa costs over one US Dollar per minute, or twenty times more. If the price came down, African citizens would better be able to join the international community".] This is part of an ITU Press release entitled "World Leaders must shape the direction of the 'Information Society'" and available at http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2002/15.html It reports on the speech of the ITU Secretary General at the UN General Assembly in New York and outlines the objectives of The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) whose first phase will be in Geneva in December 2003 and the second phase in Tunis in 2005. WSIS will be the outcome of a wide variety of inputs, Action Plans and Preparatory Committees. PrepCom1 is scheduled for 1-5 July 2002 in Geneva. The International Council for Science (ICSU -- http://www.icsu.org ) and IFIP agreed this week to join efforts for a Science and Technology session as part of PrepCom1 on 2 July which will address the Science & Technology contributions for the Information Society including public domain and digital divide issues. Dr. Chrisanthi Avgerou, IFIP TC 9 Vice Chair and WG 9.4 Chair, is scheduled to speak on the Social implications of information technologies in developing countries. Another IFIP contribution for WSIS would be a Joint UNESCO-IFIP Declaration on Youth to be presented for endorsement at the 17th IFIP World Computer Congress in Montreal -- http://www.wcc2002.org The Delivery Co. -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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FW: TC Forum
by Augusto Casaca 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

Dear TC6 members, You may remember that in our last meeting we agreed to prepare a set of conditions for the new publication contract. In the meantime I received the following proposal from the TC5 chairman, which I submit to your consideration for comments. The idea is to have a common proposal from every TC for the new publication contract. Please let me know until June 20th your comments on this proposal and additional points to be included from our side. I will then prepare a final position paper from TC6 or simply support the TC5 one. Best regards Augusto

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Re: [ifip-tc6] FW: TC Forum
by Guy Leduc 19 Jun '02

19 Jun '02

Augusto, Some comments: - Electronic publication should be mandatory: papers should be available on-line (not necessarily for free of course). - 75 Euros as target book price is still high for bulk orders. Springer LNCS is about half that price if my recollection is correct. The price in a bookshop could be 75 Euros though. - I don't see the point of fixing the surplus to 50%. This is not our business. - Do we have to request a surplus sharing between IFIP and TC6? I don't think so. This is external to the problem of finding a good publisher for our proceedings. - I agree with Arun: authors should be allowed to put copies of their published papers on their personal web page (even Kluwer accepted that finally). - It is nice to request that our books be registered in ISI, but there are other places as well, e.g. the DBLP database, the NEC research index, which are even more visible these days. - The abstracts AND CITATIONS of every electronic paper should be accessible for free, so that automatic citation index tools can fetch them. - Publication delays should be short (less than 10 weeks, including shipping). - Free copies of the books (e.g. 50) to the organizers would be appreciated. (Springer does it.) - And last but not least, we should not be bound to the official publisher. Some freedom should remain in the hands of the TCs (or WGs). Well that's all for now. Best regards, Guy A (At) 14:45 12/06/02, Augusto Casaca ecrivait (wrote): >Dear TC6 members, > >You may remember that in our last meeting we agreed to prepare a set of >conditions for the new publication contract. In the meantime I received the >following proposal from the TC5 chairman, which I submit to your >consideration for comments. > >The idea is to have a common proposal from every TC for the new publication >contract. > >Please let me know until June 20th your comments on this proposal and >additional points to be included from our side. I will then prepare a final >position paper from TC6 or simply support the TC5 one. > >Best regards > >Augusto ________________________________________________________________________ Prof. Guy Leduc Tel : +32 4 366 26 98 Universite de Liege Secr : +32 4 366 26 91 Reseaux Informatiques Fax : +32 4 366 29 89 Research Unit in Networking (RUN) Guy.Leduc(a)ulg.ac.be Institut d'Electricite Montefiore, B 28, B-4000 LIEGE 1, BELGIUM http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/users/leduc.html

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29th international iarigai Research Conference, Sept. 8-11, 2002 Switzerland
by Marion Frey 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

29th International iarigai Research Conference: Advances in Graphic Arts & Media Technology Ladies and Gentlemen, The Swiss institute EMPA/Ugra and iarigai invites you to the forthcoming international Print and Crossmedia Publishing Conference to Lucerne.taking place September 08 - 11, 2002. The following maintopics are: - Crossmedia Publishing - Colour Management and Digital Proofing - Quality control Please register until July 01, 2002 under www.iarigai.com/02 and get a reduction of 20% of the conference fees (by declaring your personal status as iarigai-member) The detailled program is available under www.iarigai.com/02 and also attached in this e-mail. See you in Lucerne. With kind regards Donata Faust Marion Frey EMPA/Ugra Lerchenfeldstrasse 5 CH-9014 St. Gallen e-mail: iarigai(a)empa.ch fon: ++41 71 274 74 43 fax: ++41 71 274 76 63

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TC6 calendar
by Augusto Casaca 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

Dear TC6 members, I attach an updated version of the TC6 calendar. Please let me know of any incorrections that you find. Best regards Augusto

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FW: Assistance for WCC 2002 attendees
by Augusto Casaca 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: sexta-feira, 14 de Junho de 2002 10:55 To: GA&MS Subject: Assistance for WCC 2002 attendees To: IFIP Member Societies cc. GA representatives Subject: Assistance for Developing Countries representatives to attend 17th IFIP World Computer Congress in Montreal, 25 - 29 August, 2002 We are pleased to announce that 20 free registrations are provided by the Congress Organizers to assist the participation of representatives from Developing Countries in the 17th IFIP Congress in Montreal. In reviewing the applications, the Organizers will give priority to participants with accepted papers and participants from countries which are not represented (or underrepresented) so far. Women IT specialists are encouraged to apply. E-Applications should be submitted by 15 July 2002 latest to Mr. George Boynton, Chairman, Congress 2002 Organizing Committee E-mails: george(a)cips.ca, contact-wcc2002(a)cips.ca IFIP Full Member Societies in developing countries are also entitled to use the IFIP Voucher scheme [ref. http://www.ifip.or.at/minutes/C99/C99_part6.htm#a1 ] to partially offset expenses for their Congress participants. The Organizers have also applied for a UNESCO grant to assist Conference participants from developing countries and if this application is approved additional information about application procedures would be circulated. -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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FW: [IFIP] Seven Days... Mama mia/ $10,000 award
by Augusto Casaca 14 Jun '02

14 Jun '02

-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga(a)ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quinta-feira, 13 de Junho de 2002 09:08 To: all Subject: [IFIP] Seven Days... Mama mia/ $10,000 award Mamma mia, the World is rocked by Footballmania! The Tifosi are praying for Squadra Azzurra, the English are thinking the unthinkable - another 1966 Summit, the Portuguese have a day off to prepare for tomorrow... On 30 June there will be only one winner - c'est la vie! Some of you could also win recognition and an Award of 10,000 US $. --- The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) announced for distribution to our members that the TWAS Prizes, which were launched in 1985, are among the most noteworthy prizes in science in the developing world. The Academy has recently expanded the fields in which the prizes will be given and is now encouraging individuals and scientific organizations of excellence to submit nomination forms. Prizes will be granted in the following fields: biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, agricultural science, earth sciences, engineering sciences and medical sciences. Each prize carries a US$10,000 award and a plaque highlighting the recipient's major contributions to his or her field. The prizes usually are given at major events - for example, the TWAS General Meeting - where recipients are asked to present a lecture in honour of receiving the award. For additional information about the TWAS Prizes, contact Ms. Helen Grant, the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), c/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, 1-34104 Trieste, Italy; phone: + 39 040 2240 387; fax: + 39 040 224559; website: www.twas.org. --- We were in contact with Helen Grant to check if Computer Science is included (in engineering sciences). The reply was "Yes". For further information, queries and nomination forms please visit http://www.ictp.trieste.it/%7Etwas/twas_prizes.html and contact Helen Grant directly. Good luck, The Delivery Co. *********** Fun zone :-) Joke lovers only! From the diary of a Teleconference attendee: I left Montreal heading toward Quebec city, when I decided to stop at a comfort station. The first stall was occupied, so I went into the second one. I was no sooner seated than I heard a voice from the next stall: "Hi, how are you doing?" Well, I am not the type to chat with strangers in highway comfort stations, and I really don't know quite what possessed me, but anyway, I answered, a little embarrassed: "Not bad." And the stranger said: "And, what are you up to?" Talk about your dumb questions! I was really beginning to think this was too weird! So I said: "Well, just like you I'm driving east." Then, I heard the stranger, all upset, say, "Look, I'll call you back, there's a crazy guy in the next stall answering all the questions I am asking you." -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/

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Re: [ifip-tc6] FW: TC Forum
by Arun Iyengar 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Dear Augusto and others: One thing that is needed is to allow authors to put copies of their papers on their personal Web sites. This is now allowed by Kluwer (as well as several other publishers including the ACM and IEEE). Given the fact that we already have this feature with Kluwer and that this is allowed by several other publishers as well, any agreement which does not allow this feature isn't acceptable in my opinion. Best Regards, Arun Augusto Casaca <augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt>@Lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE on 06/12/2002 09:45:13 AM Please respond to augusto.casaca(a)inesc.pt Sent by: ifip-tc6-admin(a)Lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE To: TC6 <ifip-tc6(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de> cc: Subject: [ifip-tc6] FW: TC Forum Dear TC6 members, You may remember that in our last meeting we agreed to prepare a set of conditions for the new publication contract. In the meantime I received the following proposal from the TC5 chairman, which I submit to your consideration for comments. The idea is to have a common proposal from every TC for the new publication contract. Please let me know until June 20th your comments on this proposal and additional points to be included from our side. I will then prepare a final position paper from TC6 or simply support the TC5 one. Best regards Augusto

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Conference descriptions
by Augusto Casaca 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Dear WG chairs, Herbert Leitold is requesting a short description of the conferences of your WG to insert in the TC6 web page under its new design. I would thank if you can do that quickly and preferably not later than next week. He has already received information from WG 6.1 and 6.8. Thank you and best regards Augusto Casaca

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WG 6.7 chair
by Augusto Casaca 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Dear TC6 members, Having got the TC6 support I am going to proceed with the nomination of Prof. Dominique Gaiti for WG 6.7 chairperson. At this stage I would like to thank Prof. Olli Martikainen once again for the great job that he has done in WG 6.7 during the last six years and I have good expectations that he can continue to give his important collaboration to our Committee. Best regards Augusto Casaca

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