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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
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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.
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