The Nature of The Computing Profession
Speaker: Neville Holmes, The University of Tasmania
When: 2007-04-26 18:00:00
Venue: Hawken Auditorium, 447 Upper Edward Street, Brisbane
Host: IEEE Computer Society Queensland Chapter
Abstract:I will present a short review of the development of the computing
profession, followed by an analysis of the present reality, an
explanation of a structure and purpose for the profession which
would give it a distinct and distinctive future, and suggestions for
the steps needed to bring such a future into being. Discussion will
be invited at each of these stages.
Register online at www.qld.engineersaustralia.org.au
Alternatively contact dseguin@engineersaustralia.org.au
or phone 07 3832 3749
Biography:Mr Holmes is an Honorary Research Associate in the School of
Computing at The University of Tasmania, Australia. After
graduating from Melbourne University, he spent two years as a patent
examiner before working as a systems engineer at IBM Australia for
thirty years. Taking early retirement, he took up teaching about
computing at the tertiary level in Tasmania. Mr Holmes was a
foundation memory of the Victorian Computer Society and was awarded
the 1974 ANCAAC Medal for his paper "The Social Implications of the
Australian Computer Society." Since 2000 he has been editing and
writing the feature column "The Profession" for the IEEE Computer
Society's flagship magazine Computer.
Type: IEEE seminar
Contact:IEEE Computer Society Queensland Chapter, seminar host (dseguin@engineersaustralia.org.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)