nancy@murphy.uci.edu (Nancy Leveson) (11/03/87)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
DIRECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPUTING
DIAC-88 St. Paul, Minnesota August 21, 1988
The adoption of current computing technology, and of technologies
that seem likely to emerge in the near future, will have a
significant impact on the military, on financial affairs, on
privacy and civil liberty, on the medical and educational
professions, and on commerce and business. The aim of the
symposium is to consider these influences in a social, economic,
and political context as well as a technical one. The directions
and implications of current computing technology, including
artificial intelligence and other areas, make attempts to separate
science and policy unrealistic. We therefore solicit papers that
directly address the wide range of ethical and moral questions
that lie at the intersection of science and policy.
Within this broad context, we request papers that address the
following suggested topics. The scope of the topics includes, but
is not limited to, the sub-topics listed.
RESEARCH DIRECTIONS DEFENSE APPLICATIONS
Ethical Issues in Computing Research AI and the Conduct of War
Sources and Effects of Research Funding Limits to the Automation of War
Responsible Software Development Automated Defense Systems
COMPUTING IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY COMPUTERS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Community Access Computing for the Handicapped
Computerized Voting Resource Modeling
Civil Liberties Arbitration and Conflict Resolution
Risks of the New Technology Software and the Professions
Computing and the Future of Work Software Safety
Submissions will be read by members of the program committee, with
the assistance of outside referees. The program committee
includes Steve Berlin (MIT), Jonathan Jacky (U. WA), Richard
Ladner (U. WA), Bev Littlewood (City U., London) Nancy Leveson
(UCI), Peter Neumann (SRI), Luca Simoncini (U. Reggio Calabria,
Italy), Lucy Suchman (Xerox PARC), Terry Winograd (Stanford), and
Elaine Weyuker (NYU).
Complete papers, not exceeding 6000 words, should include an
abstract, and a heading indicating to which topic it relates.
Reports on in-progress or suggested directions for future work
will be given equal consideration with completed work.
Submissions will be judged on clarity, insight, significance, and
originality. Papers (4 copies) are due by April 1, 1988. Notices
of acceptance or rejection will be mailed by June 1, 1988. Camera
ready copy is due by July 1, 1988. Send papers to Professor Nancy
Leveson, ICS Department, University of California Irvine, Irvine,
CA 92717.
Proceedings will be distributed at the symposium, and will be
available during the 1988 AAAI conference. The DIAC-87
proceedings are being published by Ablex. Publishing the DIAC-88
proceedings is planned. The program committee will select a set
of papers to be considered for publication in a special section of
the Communications of the ACM.
For further information contact Nancy Leveson (714-856-5517) or
Doug Schuler (206-865-3226).
Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 717
Palo Alto, CA 94301
- -douglas@bcsaic (Douglas Schuler) (04/06/89)
Call for Papers
DIRECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPUTING
DIAC-90 Boston, Massachusetts July 28, 1990
Computer technology significantly affects most segments of society,
including education, business, medicine, and the military. Current
computer technology and technologies that seem likely to emerge soon will
exert strong influences on our lives, in areas ranging from work to civil
liberties. The DIAC symposium considers these influences in a broad social
context - ethical, economic, political - as well as a technical context.
We seek to address directly the relationship between technology and policy.
We solicit papers that address the wide range of questions at the
intersection of technology and society.
Within this broad vision, we request papers that address the following
suggested topics. Other topics may be addressed if they are relevant to
the general focus.
RESEARCH DIRECTIONS DEFENSE APPLICATIONS
+ Research Funding Sources/Effects + AI and the Conduct of War
+ Software Development Methodologies + Autonomous Weapons Systems
COMPUTING IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY COMPUTERS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
+ Community Access + Computing for the Disabled
+ Computerized Voting + Uses of Models and Simulations
+ Civil Liberties + Arbitration and Conflict Resolution
+ Computing and the Law + Computing in Education
+ Computing and Workplace + Software Safety
Submissions will be read by members of the program committee, with the
assistance of outside referees. The program committee includes Alan
Borning (U. WA) Christiane Floyd (Technical University of Berlin),
Jonathan Jacky (U. WA), Deborah Johnson (Renssalaer Polytechnic), Eric
Roberts (DEC), Richard Rosenberg (SIGCAS, U of British Columbia), Ronni
Rosenberg (MIT), Marc Rotenberg (CPSR), Douglas Schuler (Boeing Computer
Services), Lucy Suchman (Xerox PARC), and Terry Winograd (Stanford).
Complete papers should include an abstract and should not exceed 6000
words. Papers on ethics and values are especially desirable. Reports on
work in progress or suggested directions for future work as well as
appropriate surveys and applications, will also be considered. Submissions
will be judged on clarity, insight, significance, and originality. Papers
(4 copies) are due by March 1, 1990. Notices of acceptance or rejection
will be mailed by April 15, 1990. Camera ready copy is due by June 1, 1990.
Send papers to Douglas Schuler, Boeing Computer Services, MS 7L-64, P.O.
24346, Seattle, WA 98124-0346. For more information contact Doug Schuler
(206-865-3226).
Proceedings will be distributed at the symposium, and will be available
during the 1990 AAAI conference. The DIAC-87 and DIAC-88 proceedings are
published by Ablex Publishing Company. Publishing the DIAC-90 proceedings
is planned.
Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 717
Palo Alto, CA 94301
DIAC-90 is partially supported by the National Science Foundation under
Grant No. 8811437, through the Ethics and Values Studies Office.