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CALL-FOR-VOLUNTEERS

for initiating activities of a new Task Force on 

YUFORIC
 
IEEE Computer Society

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YUFORIC stands for "YoUth FORum In Computer 
science and engineering (Think euphoric)".

It is a workshop designed especially for students and 
young professionals to come together and exchange their 
ideas for advancing future research activities in the field 
of computer science and engineering. The forum is 
organized regionally for the most part, and the topic is 
selected freely according to regional interests. The same 
topic need not be repeated for each forum held in the same 
location. At the same time, forum on the same topic can 
take place simultaneously in different countires of the 
world. The only requirement is that each forum should 
focus on a timely topic.

YUFORIC was first held in Tokyo with the topic "next-
generation user-interface technologies" in October 1994. 
The second YUFORIC was in Tokyo again in October 
1995 with the topic "real-time computing systems". The 
third one is now being planned in conjunction with 
International Conference on Multimedia Computing and 
Systems (IEEE Multimedia Systems '96) in Hiroshima in 
June 1996 with the topic "multimedia computing". In 
celebration of the Computer Society's 50th anniversary, 
we've decided to initiate a new Task Force on 
YUFORIC in 1996 to provide a framework for 
maintaining and integrating regional activities worldwide, 
covering a variety of topics. 

YUFORIC welcomes presentation of studies in progress 
by university students and young professionals in industry 
and academia. Discussions are emphasized. Young 
professionals will be motivated to take the lead in guiding 
students' research interests. University students will have 
better insight into the on-going studies of the professional 
community.  

To make YUFORIC an even more attractive endeavor, a 
YUFORIC server will be provided at the Computer 
Society site for keeping selected manuscripts and 
discussion notes electronically, so that anyone who is 
interested can access the contents. When the system 
becomes widely used, it will establish a new standard for 
evaluation and qualification of students' work worldwide. 
People both in industry and academia, regardless of their 
ages and professions, will also benefit from this system by 
being able to acquire information of on-going studies in a 
variety of technological areas. 

We will develop specific activities, such as (i) analyzing 
regional needs and coordinating actual meeting plans based 
on regional needs, (ii) implementing and maintaining a 
YUFORIC server at the Computer Society site, (iii) 
promoting students' collaboration activities, (iv) 
organizing tutorials associated with or independent from 
discussion forums, (v) initiating also an annual 
YUFORIC meeting covering a variety of topics in 
computer science and engineering, and (vi) establishing 
industrial collaboration for supporting students' 
participation in the annual YUFORIC meetings.  

You are most welcome to join us. Please complete the 
form attached below and return it to me either by electronic 
mail or post mail at my address indicated below.

Information about yourself that would be helpful in 
exploring mutual collaboration possibilities toward Task 
Force activity development would also be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Regards, 
Tadao Ichikawa
Chair, Task Force on YUFORIC, IEEE Computer Society
	Professor, Information Systems Lab.
	Faculty of Enginering, Hiroshima University
	1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739, Japan
	Phone: +81-924-22-7029; Fax: +81-824-22-7195
	E-mail: ichikawa@isL.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

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I WOULD LIKE TO BE A TASK FORCE MEMBER for 
the promotion of YUFORIC activities.


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