Improving Software for Society

The IAP is a specialist professional body in the software development field. We believe well-designed software has a positive impact on industry, our communities and future.

We are the voice of our members and aim to uphold and improve industry standards by liaising with government, academia and employers. We have members in over 30 countries and, as a registered charity, are committed to providing a solid foundation to students and a hub of expertise to experienced practitioners.

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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

There has been an explosion in the variety of examinable subjects that can be studied at school and university, but we are frequently told that youngsters do not have the skills that employers want. More specifically we have the perennial IT skills crisis with yet another cohort of hapless young people leaving school or graduating […]

Alan Turing notes for auction

A manuscript handwritten by Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing could fetch more than £1 million at auction. The 56-page document, which is full of mathematical notes, is thought to be have been written by Turing during World War Two. It will be sold at Bonhams auction house, New York on April 13. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11737376.Codebreakers notes_auction_could_top 1m/

5G The next generation

I found this on the BBC web site and thought it might be of interest to those of you working on the Internet of Things. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30224853 If you have anything you would like to share about projects you are working on in the IoT field; please send them to me ellisj@staff.iap.org.uk

Internet of Things

After this years Symposium I thought this article on the BBC web site might interest some of you. Build it yourself Internet aware devices. You configure and ‘Program’ them to do your bidding and they transmit data back to you http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30052681

Are exams worth it?

You may have seen this recent article on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30054140. Where a 5 year old boy passed a Microsoft exam and now is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). While his skills are not in question, it does raise the issue that without real in the field work experience would you employ him? also […]

Middle Eastern Petrochemical Plants Are Targets of Hackers

A recent article in the New York Times, highlights why network managers and software developers are having to take great care in implementing systems. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/middle-eastern-petrochemical-plants-are-targets-of-hackers/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_r=0 The worry of course is that as more and more devices become IP aware; they too will become a target for the undesirable elements in computing. I recently drove past a […]
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