IFIP Technical Committees

Aims and Scopes


TC1: Foundations of Computer Science

WG 1.1 Continuous Algorithms and Complexity
WG 1.2 Descriptional Complexity
WG 1.3 Foundations of System Specification
WG 1.4 Computational Learning Theory
WG 1.6 Term Rewriting
WG 1.7 Theoretical Foundations of Security Analysis and Design
WG 1.8 Concurrency Theory
 


TC 2: Software:Theory and Practice

WG 2.1 Algorithmic Languages and Calculi
WG 2.2 Formal Description of Programming Concepts
WG 2.3 Programming Methodology
WG 2.4 Software Implementation Technology
WG 2.5 Numerical Software
WG 2.6 Database
WG 2.7/13.4 User Interface Engineering
WG 2.8 Functional Programming
WG 2.9 Software Requirements Engineering
WG 2.10 Software Architecture
WG 2.11 Program Generation
WG 2.12 (= WG 12.4) Web Semantics
WG 2.13 Open Source Software


TC 3: Education

WG 3.1 Informatics and ICT in Secondary Education
WG 3.2 Informatics and ICT in Higher Education
WG 3.3 Research on Education Applications of Information Technologies
WG 3.4 IT-Professional and Vocational Education in Information Technology
WG 3.5 Informatics in Elementary Education
WG 3.6 Distance Education
WG 3.7 Information Technology in Educational Management
SIG 3.8 Special Interest Group on Lifelong Learning
SIG 3.9 Special Interest Group on Digital Literacy


TC 5: Information Technology Applications

WG 5.1 Information Technology in the Product Realization Process
WG 5.4 Computer Aided Innovation
WG 5.5 COOperation infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises and electronic business (COVE)
WG 5.6 Maritime Industries
WG 5.7 Integration in Production Management
WG 5.10 Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds
WG 5.11 Computers and Environment
WG 5.12 Architectures for Enterprise Integration
SIG Enterprise Interoperability

 


TC 6: Communication Systems

WG 6.1 Architectures and Protocols for Distributed Systems
WG 6.2 Network and Internetwork Architectures
WG 6.3 Performance of Communication Systems
WG 6.4 Internet Applications Engineering
WG 6.6 Management of Networks and Distributed Systems
WG 6.7 Smart Networks
WG 6.8 Mobile and Wireless Communications
WG 6.9 Communication Systems in Developing Countries 
WG 6.10 Photonic Networking
WG 6.11 Electronic Commerce - Communication Systems


TC 7: System Modeling and Optimization

WG 7.1 Modeling and Simulation
WG 7.2 Computational Techniques in Distributed Systems
WG 7.3 Computer System Modeling
WG 7.4 Discrete Optimization
WG 7.5 Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
WG 7.6 Optimization - Based Computer Aided Modeling and Design
WG 7.7 Stochastic Optimization


TC 8: Information Systems

WG 8.1 Design and Evaluation of Information Systems
WG 8.2 Interaction of Information Systems and the Organization
WG 8.3 Decision Support Systems
WG 8.4 E-Business: Multi-disciplinary research and practice
WG 8.5 Information Systems in Public Administration
WG 8.6 Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology 
WG 8.8 Smart Cards
WG 8.9 Enterprise Information Systems


TC 9: Relationship between Computers and Society

WG 9.1 Computers and Work
WG 9.2  Social Accountability
SIG 9.2.2 Framework on Ethics of Computing
WG 9.3 Home Oriented Informatics and Telematics
WG 9.4 Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries
WG 9.5 Virtuality and Society
WG 9.6/11.7 Information Technology: Misuse and The Law
WG 9.7 History of Computing
WG 9.8 Women and Information Technology
WG 9.9 ICT and Sustainable Development


TC 10: Computer Systems Technology

WG 10.2 Embedded Systems
WG 10.3 Concurrent Systems
WG 10.4 Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance
SIGDeb  Special Interest Group on Dependability Benchmarking
WG 10.5 Design and Engineering of Electronic Systems


TC 11: Security and Protection in Information Processing Systems

WG 11.1 Information Security Management
WG 11.2 Small System Security
WG 11.3 Data and Application Security
WG 11.4 Network Security
WG 11.6 Identity Management
WG 11.7/9.6 Information Technology: Misuse and The Law
WG 11.8 Information Security Education
WG 11.9 Digital Forensics
WG 11.10 Critical Infrastructure Protection
WG 11.11 Trust Management


TC 12: Artificial Intelligence

WG 12.1 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
WG 12.2 Machine Learning and Data Mining
WG 12.3 Intelligent Agents
WG 12.4/2.12 Semantic Web
WG 12.5 Artificial Intelligence Applications
WG 12.6 Knowledge Management
WG 12.7 Computer Vision


TC 13: Human-Computer Interaction

WG 13.1 Education in HCI and HCI Curricula
WG 13.2 Methodology for User-Centered System Design
WG 13.3 Human-Computer Interaction and Disability
WG 13.4/2.7 User Interface Engineering
WG 13.5 Human Error, Safety and System Development
WG 13.6 Human-Work Interaction Design


TC 14: Entertainment Computing

WG 14.1 Digital Storytelling
WG 14.2 Entertainment Robot
WG 14.3 Theoretical Basis of Entertainment
WG 14.4 Games and Entertainment Computing
WG 14.5 Social and Ethical Issues in Entertainment Computing
WG14.6  Interactive TeleVision (ITV)
WG14.7  Art and Entertainment