International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)

IFIP is a non-governmental, non-profit umbrella organization of national societies working in the field of information processing. IFIP’s principal aims are to foster international cooperation, stimulate research and development, encourage education and disseminate information. IFIP’s mission is to be the leading, truly international, apolitical organization that encourages and assists in the development, exploitation and application of IT for the benefit of all people. It was established in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO.

Honorary Secretary 2019-2025

Vice-President 2013-2019

Councillor 2008-2013

Member of General Assembly 2003-2025

Member of IFIP Board 2008-2025

Member of Executive Committee 2013-2025

Awarded IFIP Silver Core 2010 for services to the Federation

Chair of IFIP Technical Committee 12 (Artificial Intelligence) 2003-9, Vice-chair 2009-2015 and UK Representative since 1998.
The Technical Committee has members from over 35 countries. It organises a programme of AI events on a worldwide basis as well as providing a forum for international collaboration, through its Working Groups in nine major areas of AI.

Chair of Working Group 12.5 (Artificial Intelligence Applications) 2003-2009

Member of International Program Committees for IFIP World Computer Congresses WCC 2004, WCC 2006, WCC 2008, WCC 2010 and WCC 2012

Programme Chair for AIAI-2004, AIAI-2006, AIAI-2008 and AIAI-2010.

Founding Chair of IFIP Membership and Marketing Standing Committee

Founder of IFIP Member Societies Assembly

Former Chair of:

• IFIP Admissions Committee (introduced an online application system)
• Statutes and Bylaws Committee (introduced numerous improvements to Federation's constitution)
• IFIP Website Task Force (introduced much improved functionality including online processing of award nominations and online voting)

Formerly member of IFIP Technical Assembly, Finance Committee, Publications Committee, Marketing Committee and the Activity Management Board

Formerly Series Editor for the IFIP AICT (Advances in Information and Communication Technology) series of books, published by Springer

Author of Code of Conduct for IFIP Officials

As Technical Committee 12 Chair, introduced three subseries of IFIP conference proceedings
Editor of collection of invited papers: Artificial Intelligence: An International Perspective Published by Springer in the LNAI Series 2009. Comprises chapters on new or emerging areas of Artificial Intelligence contributed by expert members of IFIP Technical Committee 12, its Working Groups and their colleagues.
Editor of seven volumes of IFIP conference proceedings
Joint Programme Chair for AIAI-2004: The First IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Toulouse, France, August 23rd-26th 2004 (Part of the IFIP World Computer Congress WCC 2004, Toulouse, France, August 22nd-27th 2004) Member of International Program Committee for WCC 2004
Programme Chair for IFIP AI-2006: Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice, Santiago, Chile, August 21st-24th, 2006 (Part of the IFIP World Computer Congress WCC 2006, Santiago, Chile, August 20th-25th, 2006) Member of International Program Committee for WCC 2006
Programme Chair for IFIP AI-2008: Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice, Milan, Italy, September 7th-10th, 2008 (Part of the IFIP World Computer Congress WCC 2008, Milan, Italy, September 7th-10th, 2008) Member of International Program Committee for WCC 2008
Programme Chair for IFIP AI-2010: Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice, Brisbane, Australia, September 20th-23rd, 2010 (Part of the IFIP World Computer Congress WCC 2010) Member of International Program Committee for WCC 2010
Member of International Program Committee for WCC 2012: September 24th-26th 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands