Information technology society

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Information Technology Society (ITG)

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legal form Association of the VDE Association of Electrical Engineering, Electronics Information Technology e. V.
founding 1954
Seat Frankfurt am Main
management Hans D. Schotten
Website vde.com/de/itg

The Informationstechnische Gesellschaft (ITG) was founded in 1954 under the name of the Nachrichtenentechnische Gesellschaft (NTG) as a specialist society of the VDE (Association of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) . It currently has around 10,000 personal members.

The ITG is the technical scientific association of scientists and engineers working in information technology. It forms the platform for the exchange of scientific knowledge in the comprehensive area of ​​information technology and thus promotes the dissemination of information technology knowledge. To this end, it organizes international and national specialist conferences, workshops and discussion sessions, develops guidelines and recommendations and promotes scientific publications. An important task is also the participation in research and development projects as well as the cooperation with European and non-European specialist societies.

In addition to technical and scientific topics, the ITG also deals with questions of technology design, the social acceptance of technology and applications, and the scientific training of the next generation.

Departments

According to its wide range of work, ITG is divided into 7 departments:

  • Services and Applications
  • Media technology
  • Audio technology
  • Communication technology
  • Technical computer Science
  • High frequency technology
  • Micro- and nanoelectronics

Each specialist area comprises several specialist committees, each of which forms specialist groups to deal with specific topics. There are currently over 1200 members working in the committees and specialist groups.

Prizes and awards

The ITG awards prizes for outstanding scientific achievements:

  • ITG Prize - for outstanding scientific publications by young ITG researchers (annually)
  • ITG sponsorship award - for outstanding dissertations in the field of information technology (annually)
  • Johann Philipp Reis Prize - for a significant innovation in communications technology that has an impact on the economy (every two years)
  • ITG Science Prize for Information and Communication Technology for an outstanding overall technical and scientific achievement in the field of information technology (from 2018 every two years)

Technical reports and journals

The results developed in the ITG specialist committees are published in ITG News, in ITG specialist reports as well as in position papers and studies.

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