05 Jun 2012
Seminar: Are you being watched? (The Secrets of Social Computing)
(Conducted in English)

Date: Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Time:
Registration from 6:30pm
Presentation from 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Venue:
UT, Admiralty Learning Centre, SCOPE, City University of Hong Kong, 8/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway Admiralty, Hong Kong
(near MTR Admiralty Station Exit D)
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ce/admiralty/location.htm

Free Admission for BCS and ISACA members
Non Member HK$100

Please send your reply to event0605@bcs.org.hk with membership number (if applicable) and name per membership card.

Presenter:
Professor Kam-Fai Wong
Associate Dean (External Affairs) of the Faculty of Engineering
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Social computing is a general term for an area of computer science that is concerned with the intersection of social behavior and computational systems. It has become an important concept for use in business. It is used in two ways as detailed below. In the weaker sense of the term, social computing has to do with supporting any sort of social behavior in or through computational systems. It is based on creating or recreating social conventions and social contexts through the use of software and technology. Thus, blogs, email, instant messaging, social network services, wikis, social bookmarking and other instances of what is often called social software illustrate ideas from social computing, but also other kinds of software applications where people interact socially. In the stronger sense of the term, social computing has to do with supporting “computations” that are carried out by groups of people, an idea that has been popularized in James Surowiecki's book, The Wisdom of Crowds. Examples of social computing in this sense include collaborative filtering, online auctions, prediction markets, reputation systems, computational social choice, tagging, and verification games. The Social Information Processing page focuses on this sense of social computing. [Wikipedia definition of "Social Computing"]

In this talk the concept of social computing and its applications in daily life are introduced. This is followed by a description of some popular computer science technology in this field.

Details:
20120605_BCS and ISACA_CPD_Seminar_HK_Prof_Wong_Kam_Fai_v.04.doc

25 May 2012
BCS (Hong Kong Section) Annual Dinner 2012
The Executive Committee of BCS (Hong Kong Section) has the greatest honor and pleasure to invite you to join us in our Annual Dinner 2012.

Date:  25th May, 2012 (Friday)
Venue: Marina Room, The Excelsior Hotel Hong Kong,
           281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Programme: 6:30 pm - Cocktail Reception
                   7:30 pm - Dinner
Fee:
Member Table - HK$550 per seat
Standard Table - HK$6,600 per table
Sponsor Table - HK$8,500 per table

Officiating Guest:
Prof. Tony F. Chan
President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

About 250 guests would include officials from government departments and Liaison Office of the Central People' Government in HKSAR, prominent figures from professional bodies and chambers of commerce, and leading IT celebrities from Hong Kong and China.

Please kindly let us have your reply by complete and return this form to the Section at your earliest convenience (and by 18 May 2012). We look forward to receiving your valuable support. For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at ad2012@bcs.org.hk.
Details:

 
 
15 May 2012
CEPA 資訊及通訊科技領域政策解讀及機遇經驗分享會
CEPA 實施八年來,為香港商家創造了大量的商機。中央賦予CEPA 先行先試的政策,在特區政府配合下,極大促進了香港與內地兩地企業的互動和營商的自由化,更顯著推動了兩地在專業知識、經驗和人才上的交流,對香港的經濟發展發揮了積極的作用。由於兩地在制度和營商環境上存在一定的差異,香港業界對 CEPA 的政策和實施的具體辦法還沒有全面理解。

「CEPA 資訊及通訊科技領域政策解讀及機遇經驗分享會」為香港的商家和專業人士闡釋 CEPA 資訊及通訊專題政策,加強香港業界對CEPA 政策和實施措施的認識,加強先行先試的信心和創新動力,為政府制定下階段 CEPA 政策和協議提供實質參考,並為ICT 中小企業爭取特區政府增加針對性的協助以擴大發展空間及商機。

請於5 月11 日附上姓名和職銜回覆電郵至 event0515@bcs.org.hk 登記免費出席,分享會詳情如下所示。
日期:2012 年5 月15 日上午9 時30 分至下午5 時
地點:香港會議展覽中心 N201 會議廳
Details: http://www.bcs.org.hk/chi/CEPA_Forum_15May2012-web.pdf

11 May 2012
Hong Kong ICT Mission to Malaysia (26 - 28 June 2012)
The Section is a supporting organisation of the ICT Mission to Malaysia to be held on 26 to 28 June 2012. Enrollment to the trip will end by 11 May 2012. Please click the link below for details.
Details: http://www.bcs.org.hk/eng/ICTMissionToMalaysia.pdf

10 May 2012
Wine Networking on 10 May 2012
The Section is a supporting organisation of the wine networking event organised by ISIA to be held on 10 May 2012. You may find the details of the event and wine list at this organiser's web page.

Please register through this online registration form.
Details:

03 Apr 2012
The Hong Kong ICT Awards 2012: Best Professional Development Award Presentation Ceremony
The Hong Kong ICT Awards 2012: Best Professional Development Award Presentation Ceremony will be held on 3rd April 2012 (Tue), 5:00pm - 5:30pm in Theatre 2 of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. All are welcome.
Details: http://www.hkictawards.hk/

 




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