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SSIT e-Newsletter
Volume 5. Issue 1. Spring 2007
2007 Spring Board of Governors Meeting
The spring board of governors meeting was held at North Carolina State University-Raleigh, NC on March 17. The board voted to hold society dues and charges at their present levels. The complete minutes of the meeting can be found at http://chortle.ccsu.edu/BOG/BOGindex.html.
SSIT Conferences
ISTAS 2007
The 2007 International Symposium on Technology and Society will be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV on June 1-2, 2007. Its theme is Risk, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Technology and Society. More information is available at http://ieeessit.org//conferences_sub.asp?Level2ItemID=12&Level3ItemID=31
ISTAS 2008
The 2008 International Symposium on Technology and Society will be held at the National Research Council Institute for Information Technology in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on June 26-28, 2008. Citizens, groups, communities, and information and communication technologies is its them. More information is available at www.istas08.ca
Other Conferences
CSCL-2007 Workshop
The Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning will be held July 16-21 at Rutgers University. Its general theme is Technology Supporting Cognitive Skills for Ethics in Collaboration and Communication. More information can be found at http://home.comcast.net/~perspegrity5/CSCL2007.
2007 IEEE-IIRW International Integrated Reliability Workshop
The Integrated Reliability Workshop will be held October 15-18, 2007 at the Stanford Sierra Conference Center in Fallen Leaf Lake, California. More information can be found at: http://www.iirw.org
CFP Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security 2007
The 2nd Annual CFP workshop on Social Implications of National Security 2007 will be held October 29, 2007 at Wollongong University, Australia. The general theme is From Dataveillance to Uberveillance and the Realpolitik of the Transparent Society. Additional information can be found at: http://www.homelandsecurity.org.au/files/2nd_RNSA_Social_Implications_Workshop.pdf
IPCC2007
The annual conference of the IEEE Professional Communication Society will be held Sept. 30-Oct.3, 2007 in Seattle, WA. The keynote speaker will be Ray Kurzweil. Additional information can be found at: www.ieeepcs.org/ipcc2007
Senior Member
Senior membership in the IEEE is an important way to receive recognition of peers for technical and professional excellence. If a person has been in professional practice for at least ten years with significant performance over at least five of these years then that individual is generally eligible to apply for senior member status. The IEEE link for information on applying for senior membership is: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html
Questions, comments, and items of interest should be directed to the newsletter editor: Karl Perusich, Ph.D., at perusich@sbcglobal.net. |
