Message from Academia Europaea

After EATCS was officially founded in 1972 the Bulletin issuer one was edited by Maurice Nivat in 73, issue two by Giorgio Ausiello in 76. I was elected EATCS Secretary and Bulletin editor at the 4 th ICALP (Turku, 1977) The regular appearance (three issues a year) was started by me with issue three: I am happy that some of the logo-design and structure that we introduced (particular the ideas to include technical papers) is still in use. With issue four the Bulletin crossed the 100 page limit and included photos for the first time. It continued to grow, so that mailing became a serious financial issue. It was only possible due to support of the University of Karlsruhe and later Graz University of Technology where I was also able to host the 6 th ICALP (1979). I continued as Bulletin editor till 1981 (no.14). Then Grcegorcz Rozenberg took over. It is certainly he who shaped the Bulletin, expanding its scope, the number of technical contributions and reports on activities, adding DARDARA cartoons and turning each Bulletin in a veritable book, often exceeding 500 pages. Rozenberg edited an incredible 66 issues (15-80, from 1981 to 2003!). With issue 111 that appeared October 2013 the Bulletin is still going strong. The current issue is the second one edited by the new Bulletin editor Kasuo Iwama from Kyoto who invited me to write this message.