douglas@BOEING.COM (Douglas Schuler) (06/18/87)
DIRECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPUTING
A One Day Symposium - July 12, 1987
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
PROGRAM
On-Site Registration (8:00 - 9:00)
PLENARY SESSION (9:00 - 10:30)
Robert Kahn and Terry Winograd with Gary Chapman
The featured speakers will discuss the role of funding on computer science
research. How and why are projects selected for funding? What are the
roles of the Department of Defense, civilian agencies and private sources?
Does it matter where research money comes from?
Robert Kahn is the founder of the non-profit Corporation for National
Research Initiatives, in Washington, D.C. Until 1985, Kahn was director of
the Information Processing Techniques Office at the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Terry Winograd is an associate professor of computer science at Stanford
University. He is author of "Understanding Natural Language", "Language as
a Cognitive Process" and (with Fernando Flores) "Understanding Computers
and Cognition". Winograd is the national president of Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR).
The discussion will be moderated by Gary Chapman, Executive Director of
CPSR. He is co-editor of the book, "Computers in Battle" to be published
this fall. Chapman is a former member U.S. Special Forces.
PARALLEL SESSIONS
FUNDING (11:00 - 12:00)
David Bushnell - The Promise and Reality of ARPANET: A Brief History
Joel Yudken and Barbara Simons - Project on Funding in Computer Science:
A Preliminary Report
AI PROSPECTS I (11:00 - 12:00)
Juergen Koenemann Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Reinhard Keil-Slawik An Ecological Approach to Responsible
Systems Development
LUNCH (12:00 - 1:30)
MILITARY/RELIABILITY (1:30 - 3:00)
Richard Hamlet - Testing for Trustworthiness
David Bella - Fault-tolerant Ballistic Missile Defense
Erik Nilsson - The Costs of Computing Star Wars
EXPERT SYSTEMS (1:30 - 3:00)
Matthew Lewis and Seth Chaikin - Will There Be Teachers in the Classroom
of the Future?
Rolf Engelbrecht - Expert Systems in Medicine - A Technology Assessment
Carole Hafner and Donald Berman - The Potential of AI to Help Solve the
Crisis in Our Legal System
BREAK (3:00 - 3:30)
RESEARCH PRIORITIES (3:30 - 4:30)
Douglas Schuler - A Civilian Computing Initiative: Three Modest Proposals
Jack Beusmans and Karen Wieckert - Artificial Intelligence and the Military
AI PROSPECTS II (3:30 - 4:30)
Susan Landau - The Responsible Use of 'Expert' Systems
K. Eric Drexler - Technologies of Danger and Wisdom
VIDEO
Daressa Computers in Context
CPSR Reliability and Risk
videotape on DBNET (a computer mail network for the deaf-blind)
Registration fees
Regular $50 ____
CPSR Member $30 ____
Student/Low Income $20 ____
Proceedings only (cannot attend symposium) $15 ____
Proceedings will be distributed to symposium registrants on day of
symposium. Lunch is included.
DIAC '87
CPSR/Seattle
P.O. Box 85481
Seattle, WA 98105
Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility