Stephen Ibaraki

Stephen K. Ibaraki is a researcher in information processing, who has been a college teacher, head of research, advanced professional programmer,[1] an industry analyst,[2] writer[3] [4] [5] [6] [7][8] [9][10] and consultant[11] in the IT industry. In 2015 two of Stephen’s articles, one on award multi award winning machine learning expert Professor Pedro Domingos, the second an interview with AMD's Roy Taylor ranked in IT World Canada’s annual Top 5.[12][13][14] Stephen speaks at conferences and events around the world most recently, in May 2016, keynoting at the International Conference for Software Engineering.[15] Also in 2016 Stephen spoke at three events at the World Computer Congress: 2016 Industry Prospects Conference, International Young IT Professional Conference, and the Education Forum IP3 session.[16] Stephen recently moderated the ITU’s series of talks on Artificial Intelligence at the ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly in Hammamet, Tunisia.[17] He also moderated at ITU Telecom World and the ITU Kaleidoscope academic conference in Bangkok, Thailand.[18] Invited by the United Nations (UN), Stephen spoke at the UN/ITU General Assembly High-Level Meeting WSIS+10 Review in July, October and December 2015.[19][20] Stephen presented on “The evolving dependence on ICT’s in the Second Machine Age” at the WSIS event from 25 to 29 May 2015.[21] Stephen chaired and keynoted the opening session of the United Nations Global e-Government Forum International Scientific Practical Conference in October 2014 resulting in an invitation to the closed (private) global ministerial round table discussion with his speaking notes being included in the report going to the UN General Assembly.[22] In June 2013 Stephen spoke at the Astana Economic Forum (AEF) ASTEX 2013, is the largest in Eurasia.[23]

Stephen is an advisor to the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) FinTech Ideas Festival (FIF) founding and chairing the FSR advisory council.[24] The FSR consists of 100 of the top 150 CEOs by market capitalization in the financial services sector.[25] Earlier this year he was appointed as advisor to Digital Africa and as founder and chair of their advisory board.[26] Stephen is an ambassador for the $5 million IBM AI X-Prize competition.[27] He is an invited advisor to TEDxLA the largest TEDx ever produced, scheduled for the Dolby Theatre in LA USA November 28 to Dec 3, 2016. Stephen is the past president of the Canadian Information Processing Society,[28] vice-chair of the international advisory board International Federation for Information Processing World CIO Forum, and International Federation for Information Processing IP3 vice-chair.[29] In 2010 Stephen founded and currently chairs the Global Industry Council addressing the United Nations General Assembly in that role,.[30] In 2016 the ITU recognized IFIP with a WSIS Champion Award for its initiative in establishing the Global Industry Council [31] Stephen is also the founding chairman GITCA.[32] [33] [34] Stephen serves as co-chair of the Practitioner Board[35][36] of the ACM [37][38] having previously chaired the Board's Professional Development Committee [39][40]

At the direct nomination of the IFIP president, Stephen was recently awarded the prestigious IFIP Silver Core Award.[41] He is a recipient of the Advanced Technology Award,[42] IT Hero Award,[1] IT Leadership Awards for Lifetime Achievement,[2] Best Networking Professional Career Achievement Award,[4] Gary Hadford Professional Achievement Award,[5] CIPS Hall of Fame,[6][7] Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Awards and top 5 selection[8][9] ,[43] 2006 inducted as a founding Fellow of the Canadian Information Processing Society,[44] inducted as first fellow GITCA ,[45] and inducted as a distinguished fellow NPA.[46]

References

  1. 1 2 Downey, Geoffrey (16 July 2001). "Teachers make the grade for IT heroism". ITbusiness.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 Khanna, Poonam (20 December 2005). "Computing Canada's IT Leadership Awards: Lifetime Achievement". ITbusiness.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Ibaraki, Stephen (November 13, 2015). "Machine Learning Master Algorithm: next big wave for enterprises". IT World Canada. International Data Group (IDG). Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Wilson, Peter (8 May 2002), "Stephen Ibaraki, whiz kid: A natural with computers, he left a $1,000-an-hour consultancy to become a teacher, Peter Wilson discovers", The Vancouver Sun: D7.
  5. 1 2 Editor (10 May 2002), "Best networking professional", The Vancouver Sun: D2
  6. 1 2 Luke, Paul (17 April 2001), "Teacher attracts industry honours: Induction into IP Hall of Fame awaits Cap College instructor", The Province: A29
  7. 1 2 Editor (16 June 2002), "Cap instructor wins networking honours", North Shore News (British Columbia): 28
  8. 1 2 MacNaull, Steve (24 April 2007), "Similar to sports, MVPs are technology's best and brightest", The Daily Courier (British Columbia): B7
  9. 1 2 Payne, Sarah (6 April 2007), "PoMo technie name MVP", The Tri-City News (British Columbia)
  10. ↑ ”IDG IT World Canada” http://www.itworldcanada.com/author/sibaraki,
  11. ↑ Sloftstra, Martin (26 November 2007). "Social networks: What does Facebook mean for business?". CBC News. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Down, Alex, ed. (December 16, 2015). "IT World Canada's Top 5 Blog Posts of 2015". IT World Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  13. ↑ Ibaraki, Stephen (July 7, 2015). "AMD VP Roy Taylor talks about Windows 10, virtual reality, security, and the future". IT World Canada. International Data Group (IDG). Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  14. ↑ Ibaraki, Stephen (June 7, 2016). "Top researcher Pedro Domingos on leading his team to win the top AI prize". IT World Canada. International Data Group (IDG). Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  15. ↑ ”ICSE 2016 Keynotes” ,
  16. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (December 2015). "IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News" (PDF). IFIP News. IFIP. p. 6. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  17. ↑ "CCITT/ITU-T 60th Anniversary Talks on Digital Financial Services (DFS)". www.itu.int. October 26, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  18. ↑ Banifatemi, Amir (September 6, 2016). "ITU partners with IBM Watson's XPRIZE to promote AI innovation". ITUblog. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  19. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (September 2015). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News. p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  20. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (December 2015). "IFIP" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News. p. 7. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  21. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (June 2015). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Informational Technology - News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  22. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (December 2014). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News. p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  23. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (June 2013). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News. p. 4. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  24. ↑ RIce, Adam (June 6, 2016). "FSR Launches FinTech Collaborators Program". Financial Services Roundtable. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  25. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (March 2016). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News. pp. 5–6. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  26. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (March 2016). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News. pp. 5–6. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  27. ↑ Banifatemi, Amir (September 6, 2016). "ITU partners with IBM Watson's XPRIZE to promote AI innovation". ITU blog. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  28. ↑ Staff, News. "'Six degrees of separation' not far off: study". CTV.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  29. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (December 2015). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP The Leading Edge of Information Technology - News. p. 5. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  30. ↑ ”IFIP – IP3 Global Industry Council Chair speaks to United Nations General Assembly” http://www.ifipnews.org/ifip-ip3-chair-global-industry-council-speaks-to-un-general-assembly/,
  31. ↑ ”Global Industry Council Receives 2016 WSIS Champions Award” http://www.ifipnews.org/itu-recognises-ifip-wsis-champion-global-industry-council-initiative/.
  32. ↑ Dundler, Eduard (December 2011), "IP3 at World CIO Forum (WCF)", IFIP News: 9
  33. ↑ Jonathan, Elias (January 2011), "Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP Appointed as Vice-Chair IAB for first WCF (World CIO Forum)", CIPS Connections, 13 (1), Founder Global Industry Council (GIC), Chief Officer SR (IFIP IP3) Chairman CIPS (2007/8), Founding Chairman Global Board GITCA Chairman International Boards (iGEN Knowledge Solutions Inc., the Vine Group) Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, I.S.P.,ITCP has been appointed as the Vice-Chair of the International Advisory Board for the first WCF (World CIO Forum). Stephen’s reputation and influence is well-known in the world of information technology
  34. ↑ "IP3 day at WCC2010 set to demonstrate the relevance of Professionalism in ICT" (Press release). Australian Computer Society. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012. The panel session was chaired by Stephen Ibaraki, senior VP of strategic relations IP3, founder of the IP3-GIC, past chair and president of CIPS, past founding chair global board of GITCA, chairman of iGEN Knowledge Solutions, chairman of The Vine Group
  35. ↑ "ACM Practitioners Board Members". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  36. ↑ "ACM Practitioners Board". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  37. ↑ ”ACM Practitioner Board” http://util.acm.org/boards/listing.cfm?id=81,
  38. ↑ ”ACM Practitioner Board Annual Report 2014” http://www.acm.org/about/annual-reports-current-fy/Practitioners-FY14.doc,
  39. ↑ ”ACM Professional Development Committee” http://learning.acm.org/about/pd_committee.cfm,
  40. ↑ ”ACM Professional Development Committee Annual Report 2012” http://www.acm.org/about/annual-reports-current-fy/PDCAnnualReportFY2012.doc,
  41. ↑ Dundler, Eduard, ed. (September 2016). "IFIP News" (PDF). IFIP News. p. 4. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  42. ↑ "Kudos", The Vancouver Sun: C5, 3 November 2008, Lower Mainland resident Stephen Ibaraki is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious ASTTBC Advanced Technology Award |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  43. ↑ MVP Profile
  44. ↑ "CIPS Fellow Members". CIPS (the Canadian Information Processing Society). Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  45. ↑ Jonathan, Elias (August 2011), "Stephen Ibaraki FCIPS, I.S.P, ITCP, FGITCA becomes first GITCA Fellow", CIPS Connections, 13 (8)
  46. ↑ "Distinguished Fellows". NPA (the Network Professional Association). Retrieved 8 February 2012.

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