douglas@bcsaic.UUCP (Douglas Schuler) (07/03/88)
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From: Douglas Schuler <bcsaic!douglas@june.cs.washington.edu>
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Subject: Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing - DIAC-88
Keywords: DIAC social responsibility implications ethics handicap futures
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 88 14:46 EDT
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DIRECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPUTING
DIAC-88 Twin Cities, Minnesota August 21, 1988
Earle Browne Continuing Education Center, University of Minnesota
Advanced computing technologies are presented as instruments and images
of both near and distant futures. Some of these futures radically challenge
our conceptions of work, security, leisure, and common purpose. Will we be
drawn into these futures as passive participants or will we actively select
and shape alternative futures in our own interests?
Few computing disciplines lie so directly at the intersection of these issues
as does Artificial Intelligence. This summer thousands of computer
professionals will descend on the Twin Cities for the annual conference of
the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Sunday, August
21, the day before the AAAI conference, Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility (CPSR) will sponsor a one day symposium, "Directions and
Implications of Advanced Computing." DIAC-88 aims to examine the social and
political contexts of advanced computing, asking what futures are obtainable,
for whom, and at what cost?
Douglas Engelbart, the DIAC-88 plenary speaker, will share his perspective on
using the computer to address global problems. Since the late 1950's,
Engelbart has worked with systems that augment the human intellect including
his NLS/Augment system, a hypertext system that pioneered "windows" and a
"mouse." The driving force behind Engelbart's professional career has been
his recognition of social impacts of computing technology. The plenary
session will be followed by presentations of research papers and a panel
discussion. The panel, John Ladd (Brown University), Deborah Johnson (Rens-
salaer Polytechnic), Claire McInerney (College of St. Catherine) and Glenda
Eoyang (Excel Instruction) will address the question, "How Should Ethical
Values be Imparted and Sustained in the Computing Community?"
Presented Papers
Computer Literacy: A Study of Primary and Secondary Schools, Ronni
Rosenberg
Dependence Upon Expert Systems: The Dangers of the Computer as
an Intellectual Crutch, Jo Ann Oravec
Computerized Voting, Eric Nilsson
Computerization and Women's Knowledge, Lucy Suchman and Brigitte Jordan
Some Prospects for Computer Aided Negotiation, Douglas Schuler
Computer Accessibility for Disabled Workers: It's the Law (invited paper)
Richard E. Ladner
Send symposium registration to: DIAC-88, CPSR/Los Angeles, P.O. Box 66038
Los Angeles, CA 90066-0038. Enclose check payable to CPSR/DIAC-88 with
registration. For additional information, call David Pogoff, 612-933-6431.
NAME ___________________________________________________
ADDRESS _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Phone (home) _____________________ (work) ______________________
Please check one:
Symposium Registration Regular O $50
(Includes Proceedings and Lunch) CPSR Member O $35
Student/Low Income O $25
I cannot attend, but want the symposium proceedings O $15
There will a reception following the symposium. Proceedings will be
distributed to registrants at the symposium. Non-attendees will receive
proceedings by October 15, 1988.
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