Welcoming Letter

Dear PRAGMA Friends & Colleagues,

IOIT (Institute of Information Technology) as a PRAGMA 17 host, we have a great honor and pleasure to have PRAGMA friends and colleagues at Hanoi, Vietnam for the 17th PRAGMA workshop and GEO International Workshop in October 28 ~ 30, 2009.
IOIT Founded under the Establishment Decision No 246/CP, dated December 27, 1976 with the name of Institute of Computer Science and Cybernetics (ICSC). ICSC was renamed to Institute of Informatics (IOI) in 1989. In 1993, IOI merged with Centre for Systems and Management, and Centre of Applied Mathematics into the Institute of Information Technology (IOIT). IOIT belongs to Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).
The Institute has 200 staff members with 50 Dr. Sc. and PhD (20 out of them are Prof. and Assoc. Prof.), working in different research departments on informatics, mathematical aspects of informatics, automation and socio-economic management systems.

In its R&D activities, IOIT has been conducting several national-level scientific projects. Many research papers written by IOIT staff have been published in leading computer science journals in Vietnam as well as in the world. The Institute has also sponsored, hosted and co-organized many International and National scientific conferences in ICT area. From 2001 to 2006, 25 books in IT were written by IOIT researchers and published, 211 articles and 328 scientific reports were presented in different National and International conferences / workshops on IT.

As a new member of PRAGMA in 2008, and also with maturing cyber-infrastructures in many areas that will be fully operational, we are confident that IOIT has the right leadership, the management experiences and the perfect facilities to successfully organize the PRAGMA workshop and GEO International Workshop. We should mention that October in Vietnam is the most pleasant and enjoyable time of the year.

We are looking forward to seeing you at Hanoi, Vietnam in October 2009. 
Thank you and more than welcome !

Dr. Vu Duc Thi,
Director, IOIT

On behalf of PRAGMA 17 and GEO International Workshop General Chairs and Co-chairs