Transcript Report of the ED 0208

SISTER Society
John von Neumann Computer
Society
Balint Dömölki, honorary chair
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Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014
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,
•biomedical applications,
•business information
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•ergonomics,
•usability,
•artificial
intelligence,
• robotics,
•web development
territorial organizations all over Hungary
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Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014
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)
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Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014
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
in preparation: Hungarian IT History Archive (~ virtual museum)
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Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014
Unique collection of old
computing equipment:
Permanent Computer History
Exhibition
full
configurations
devices in operating condition
some
highlights:
level 1
level 2
bilingual book on
computing history
pastofthefuture.com
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room
for John von
Neumann’s relics
19-20 September, 2014: Workshop on
History of Computing in CEE
Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014