Information Processing 1986 (IFIP)

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IFIP World Computer Congress international computer science conference

Information Processing 1986 (IFIP) was an international computer science conference organized under the International Federation for Information Processing, known for publishing influential research such as the expanded version of Fred Brooks’s “No Silver Bullet.”

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
IFIP Information Processing conference series	1
Information Processing 1986 (IFIP) canonical	1
Information Processing 1986 conference proceedings	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9529204 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Information Processing 1986 (IFIP)
Context triple: [No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering, expandedVersionPublishedIn, Information Processing 1986 (IFIP)]

A. IFIP Working Group 2.3
IFIP Working Group 2.3 is an international expert group within the International Federation for Information Processing focused on the theory and practice of programming methodology and software development.
B. IFIP Working Group 2.1
IFIP Working Group 2.1 is an international committee of computer scientists under the International Federation for Information Processing, best known for its foundational work on the design and standardization of the ALGOL family of programming languages.
C. IFIP Working Group 7.3
IFIP Working Group 7.3 is an international research group under the International Federation for Information Processing that focuses on performance evaluation of computer and communication systems.
D. Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA
The Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA was a pioneering U.S. government research office that funded and directed early computer science and networking projects, including the foundations of the ARPANET and modern internet technologies.
E. IFIP Technical Committee 2
IFIP Technical Committee 2 is the International Federation for Information Processing’s main body focused on the development and advancement of software theory and practice, overseeing related working groups such as IFIP Working Group 2.1.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Information Processing 1986 (IFIP)
Target entity description: Information Processing 1986 (IFIP) was an international computer science conference organized under the International Federation for Information Processing, known for publishing influential research such as the expanded version of Fred Brooks’s “No Silver Bullet.”

A. IFIP Working Group 2.3
IFIP Working Group 2.3 is an international expert group within the International Federation for Information Processing focused on the theory and practice of programming methodology and software development.
B. IFIP Working Group 2.1
IFIP Working Group 2.1 is an international committee of computer scientists under the International Federation for Information Processing, best known for its foundational work on the design and standardization of the ALGOL family of programming languages.
C. IFIP Working Group 7.3
IFIP Working Group 7.3 is an international research group under the International Federation for Information Processing that focuses on performance evaluation of computer and communication systems.
D. Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA
The Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA was a pioneering U.S. government research office that funded and directed early computer science and networking projects, including the foundations of the ARPANET and modern internet technologies.
E. IFIP Technical Committee 2
IFIP Technical Committee 2 is the International Federation for Information Processing’s main body focused on the development and advancement of software theory and practice, overseeing related working groups such as IFIP Working Group 2.1.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	IFIP World Computer Congress ⓘ international computer science conference ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	limits of software productivity improvements ⓘ software engineering ⓘ software project management ⓘ
eventType	academic conference ⓘ
field	computer science ⓘ information processing ⓘ
hasAuthorInProceedings	Fred Brooks ⓘ
hasContributionType	invited talks ⓘ peer-reviewed papers ⓘ technical reports ⓘ
hasOrganizer	IFIP Technical Committees ⓘ linked to: IFIP Technical Assembly
hasOutputForm	edited proceedings volume ⓘ
hasProceedingsPublisher	Elsevier ⓘ North-Holland ⓘ
hasPublication	Information Processing 1986 conference proceedings ⓘ linked to: Information Processing 1986 (IFIP)
hasTopic	applications of information processing ⓘ computer systems ⓘ software engineering ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ
hasWorkInProceedings	No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering (expanded version) ⓘ linked to: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	including an expanded version of Fred Brooks’s “No Silver Bullet” essay ⓘ publishing influential computer science research ⓘ
organizedBy	International Federation for Information Processing ⓘ linked to: IFIP
partOfSeries	IFIP Information Processing conference series ⓘ linked to: Information Processing 1986 (IFIP)
relatedTo	history of computer science conferences ⓘ history of software engineering ⓘ
shortName	IFIP 1986 ⓘ
sponsoredBy	International Federation for Information Processing ⓘ linked to: IFIP

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering → expandedVersionPublishedIn → Information Processing 1986 (IFIP) ⓘ

Information Processing 1986 (IFIP) → hasPublication → Information Processing 1986 conference proceedings ⓘ

linked to: Information Processing 1986 (IFIP)

Information Processing 1986 (IFIP) → partOfSeries → IFIP Information Processing conference series ⓘ