INTSPEI Sponsors the First Ukrainian ACM Workshop

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October 2, 2008

Kiev (Ukraine)—New York

The International Software & Productivity Engineering Institute (INTSPEI) announced today that it will partner with Ukrainian ACM Chapter in the sponsorship of their first workshop "Technologies for Information Search and Retrieval in Business and Education" being held on October 20, 2008 in Kiev, Ukraine.Workshop program includes a keynote presentation by academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Dr. Phillipp Andon, technical talks by experts in information access and retrieval, and general discussion on the topic.

Ukrainian Chapter of the ACM was established at the beginning of 2008 with the aim to support the development of scientific and professional computing knowledge in Ukraine. This workshop will be the first from the planned quarterly ACM events in Ukraine and was also supported by industry leaders like Microsoft and FAST.

"ACM is the oldest and the most recognized professional community of software engineers and we are proud to initiate and support this educational event." said Ivan Poyda, General Manager of the Ukrainian Branch of INTSPEI. "I am sure that the workshop will draw the interest of students, scientists and software developers of information search systems and helps us to develop strong ACM community in Ukraine".

About ACM

Association for Computing Machinery (www.acm.org) is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, founded in 1947, now has membership around 83 000 professionals all over the world. ACM delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. It provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources. ACM commits to promoting the highest professional and ethical standards, and makes it incumbent on all ACM Members. ACM is organized into over 170 local chapters (including Ukrainian Chapter of the ACM) and 34 Special Interest Groups (SIGs), through which it conducts most of its activities. Additionally, there are over 500 college and university chapters. ACM Press publishes a number of prestigious academic journals, general magazines and conference proceedings for computer professionals.

About INTSPEI

The International Software and Productivity Engineering Institute (INTSPEI,http://www.intspei.com) is a research organization with offices in New York and Kiev (Ukraine). INTSPEI incubates, develops and distributes advanced productivity and software engineering tools based on the original award-winning research conducted by its founders since 2001.

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