The OSA is awarded for services rendered to IFIP. TC and WG members not normally eligible for the Silver Core Award are eligible for the OSA. In WG 8.2, we have a standing committee consisting of all past WG 8.2 Silver Core and OSA awardees for nominating candidates for the OSA and forwarding them to the TC8 chair for consideration.

WG 8.2 Members receiving the Outstanding Service Award (in order of the year the award was given):

IFIP Service Awards

IFIP has two internal awards for service to IFIP, the Silver Core Award and the Outstanding Service Award (OSA).

The Silver Core (named after magnetic core, once the most common type of computer memory) is awarded to those who have served IFIP as General Assembly (GA) members, committee and working group officers and members of IFIP Congress Program Committees.

Introduction to IFIP Working Group 8.2

The International Federation For Information Processing Working Group 8.2 was established by IFIP in 1977 as a working group concerned with "the interaction of information systems and the organisation."