IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Specialist Group

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Specialist Group SG 16 on Entertainment Computing © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Aims IFIP was founded in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO. Its basic aims are to promote information in science and technology by fostering international cooperation, by stimulating research, development and the applications of information processing in science and human activity, by furthering the dissemination and exchange of information and by encouraging education in information processing. © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Affiliations IFIP holds a Formal Consultative status with UNESCO and maintains formal relations with other agencies of the UN System During WCC 2002 a joint UNESCO - IFIP World Computer Congress 2002 Declaration on Youth and ICTs was discussed and accepted IFIP is a Scientific Associate with the International Union for Science and maintains contacts with the International Federation of Automatic Control, the International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and the International Measurement Confederation. © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Membership In 2004: 47 Full Members, 3 Corresponding Members 11 Affiliated International Organizations © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing IFIP Membership ANDORRA CYPRUS FINLAND HUNGARY ITALY © IFIP SG 16, 2004 ARGENTINA AUSTRIA CANADA CZECH REPUBLIC FRANCE INDIA JAPAN MALAYSIA OMAN SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SWITZERLAND UNITED KINGDOM ZIMBABWE CEPIS IASC INFORMS ARMENIA AUSTRALIA BELGIUM BRAZIL BULGARIA CHILE CHINA CROATIA DENMARK EGYPT GERMANY GREECE IRELAND ISRAEL KOREA LITHUANIA NETHERLANDS NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL RUSSIA SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SYRIA THAILAND USA based ACM USA based IEEE CS CLEI ICELAND NEW ZEALAND EUROMICRO FACE IAPR ICCC IJCAII IMIA SEARCC VLDB

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Organization • A General Assembly of all IFIP Members takes place annually and has overall responsibility for IFIP’s strategy, finances and activities. It elects a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary and eight Trustees who together form the IFIP Council. • Technical Assembly © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Technical Work 12 Technical Committees with 80 Working Groups organizing yearly over 70 international events. © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing At the heart of IFIP lie its Technical Committees that count on the active participation of over two thousand people worldwide. There are twelve such Committees. Each, in effect, is a management team responsible for a given field of activity and for the work of its Working Groups. These groups work in a variety of ways to share experience and to develop their specialized knowledge. These include open conferences, smaller working conferences, seminars and tutorials, circulated papers and, increasingly, as befits our subject, electronic conferencing and e-mail. © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Technical Committees TC 1 TC 2 TC 3 TC 5 TC 6 TC 7 TC 8 TC 9 TC 10 TC 11 TC 12 TC 13 Foundations of Computer Science Software: Theory and Practice Education Computer Applications in Technology Communication Systems System Modeling and Optimization Information Systems Relationship between Computers and Society Computer Systems Technology Security and Protection in IP Systems Artificial Intelligence Human - Computer Interaction SG 16 Entertainment Computing © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Publications Books - Journals -Technical Committee Reports Newsletters - Information Bulletins - Other Many IFIP events generate publications and there annually some 35 to 40 IFIP books and associations with several Journals. Our principal publisher is: Kluwer Springer Entertainment Computing Technologies and Applications edited by Ryohei Nakatsu Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan Junichi Hoshino University of Tsukuba, Japan Book Series: IFIP INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING : Volume 112 © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Congresses & Major Conferences IFIP's flagship event is its World Computer Congress The 17 th Congress was held from 25 to 30 August 2002 in Montreal, Canada The 18 th Congress was held from 20 to 27 August 2004 in Toulouse, France There are many other major events organized by IFIP and included in the IFIP Calendar http: //www. ifip. or. at/cal_even/htm © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Congresses & Major Conferences The 19 th Congress is scheduled for August 2006 in Santiago, Chile [click to launch video about Chile] © IFIP SG 16, 2004

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Technical Committee 14 Entertainment Computing • To be founded in 2005 • Annual ICEC conferences • 3 working groups • WG 14. 1 Entertainment and Storytelling • WG 14. 2 Entertainment and Robots • WG 14. 3 Theoretical Foundation of Entertainment © IFIP SG 16, 2004