1. IEEE Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014 SISTER Society John von Neumann Computer Society Balint Dömölki, honorary chair

2. IEEE Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014 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 To protect the values of the past, to adapt to the present, to influence the future. John von Neumann Computer Society 13 territorial organizations all over Hungary pattern recognition, software quality, computer graphics, biomedical applications, business information ergonomics, usability, artificial intelligence, robotics, web development

3. IEEE 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)

4. IEEE Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014 DE! Digital Equal Opportunities promoting the development of the information society in Hungary  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 Talent care  competitions for high school students  participation in International Olympiads Digital literacy in preparation: Hungarian IT History Archive (~ virtual museum) European Computer Driving License

5. IEEE Hungary Section presentation, R8 meeting, Budapest, 4th of April, 2014 19-20 September, 2014: Workshop on History of Computing in CEE  full configurations  devices in operating condition Unique collection of old computing equipment: Permanent Computer History Exhibition pastofthefuture.com  some highlights: level 1 level 2  room for John von Neumann’s relics  bilingual book on computing history