About ICST
Vision:
The Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST) is a professional society that sponsors research, innovation and technology transfer to harness and maximize the benefits and impact of ICT in all sectors of human society. ICST views the advancement of ICT as the axis of the next technological and societal revolution and it aims to create a global, grass-roots organisation of research communities in diverse technical and geographical areas representing the academic, research, regulatory and business sectors.
Mission:
ICST embraces web technologies to promote democracy, transparency and quality in science and innovation and to conduct activities that empower its members to succeed through direct participation as well as providing opportunities for objective recognition. With its universal outreach, ICST provides an effective and innovative platform for the ICT community where strategic partnerships are formed, research collaborations are enabled and business opportunities are created. By bringing together all members of the knowledge triangle, ICST is in a unique position to shape the global innovation paradigm.
Activities:
A wide array of technical and scientific activities falls under the ICST umbrella:
- Over 70 annual scientific events worldwide – summits, conferences, workshops, symposia;
- An extensive publication portfolio – journals, books, proceedings and magazines;
- On-line tools and portals – social networking, multimedia sharing, collaboration;
- Digital libraries – articles, audio-video recordings;
- Recognition mechanisms – awards, lecture and seminar series;
- Technical and functional organizational units.
EAI Participation:
As a member of the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI), ICST provides the society tools and framework to support EAIs community to achieve its mission to foster innovation in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector at all levels of the innovation cycle. To read more about the European Alliance for Innovation and EAI society updates, or to join as member, please visit the European Alliance for Innovation website.
ICST Regulations and Governance Model:
Download here the PDF document of ICST Regulations and Governance Model
last updated on 20 May 2010
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About ICST
ICST Executive Board
Scientific Council
ICST Councils
Student Council
Membership Council
Awards Council
Events Council
Publications Council
Innovation Activities Council
Industry Relations Council
Internationalization Council
Information and Communication Technologies Council
Institutional Relations Council
SIB Liaison Council
Scientific Council
ICST SAT
SAT – Distributed Computing and Systems
SAT – Internet Technologies
SAT – Optical Networks
SAT – Sensor Networks
SAT – Wireless Communications and Networking
SAT – Grid Networks and Services
SAT – Network Computing and Applications
SAT – Software and Middleware
SAT – Security Privacy and Trust
SAT – Immersive Communications
SAT – Multimedia
SAT – Sound and Music Computing
SAT – Nano-Networks
SAT – Cultural and Global Aspects of IS/IT
SAT – e-Economy
SAT – e-Culture
SAT – Information Organization and Retrieval
SAT – Interdisciplinary Systems Modeling
SAT – Interdisciplinary Telecommunications
SAT – Knowledge Management Processes
SAT – Knowledge Management
SAT – Law and ICT
SAT – m-Business
SAT – Modeling and Analysis of E-Technologies
SAT – Organizational Knowledge Management Practices
SAT – Vertical (industry/area specific) Knowledge Management
SAT – Collaborative Organizations
SAT – Bio-IT
SAT – e-Health
SAT – e-Medicine
SAT – Social Informatics
SAT – Engineering Practice
SAT – Performance Evaluation
SATs Overview
Social Innovation
Budgeted Funds
Sources and Uses of ICST Funds
Upcoming Events
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May24
GAMENETS
Vancouver - Canada
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Jun4
S-CUBE
Lisbon - Portugal
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Jun11
TRIDENTCOM
Thessaloniki - Greece
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Jun18
CROWNCOM
Stockholm - Sweden
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Jun25
MOBISEC
Frankfurt am Main - Germany
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Aug8
CHINACOM
Kunming - People's Republic of China
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Sep3
SECURECOMM
Padua - Italy