About 30 persons from 7 countries have attended. In December 1998 a general workshop on the theme of WG 1.5 with E. Goles as host is planned in Chile. Part II - TA 1. Promotion of new WGs Feeling that WGs are one of the most prominent forms of activity of a Technical Committee, in actions for the creation of new WGs have been undertaken by TC1 during 1998. With regard to the area of Approximation Algorithms it appeared that the scientific communitiy considers such domain sufficiently covered by the existing conferences and they do not perceive the need for establishing new bodies.
More promising situations appear in other domains.
Roberto Gorrieri is carrying on an exploration for starting a WG on Formal Methods in Security. Another area that needs being explored is the area of Algorithmic Issues in Communications. Also in the area of Computational Logic the involved scientist are showing new interest in having a WG in TC1 as an 'umbrella' organization for the several initiatives yearly held in the field. This opportunity will be further explored. The membership list is being examined in the TC1 Brno meeting so that the WG can become operative if it meets the consensus of the IFIP Technical Assembly.