ISTAS 2011 - 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)

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Category ISTAS 2011

Deadline: November 19, 2010 | Date: May 23, 2011-May 25, 2011

Venue/Country: Chicago, U.S.A

Updated: 2010-09-27 15:22:16 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Overcoming Social Barriers With Computing

When : May 23-25, 2011

Where : Saint Xavier University, 3700 West 103rd Street, Chicago, Illinois 60655, USA

Keynote : Dr. Jane Prey, Microsoft

Important Dates:

Full paper submission (5000 words)

November 19, 2010

Short paper submission, especially for works in progress (2000 words)

November 19, 2010

Abstracts only, for student presentations or posters (300 words)

December 20, 2010

Author notification

February 20, 2011

Final camera-ready copy for proceedings

March 20, 2011

All submissions should be emailed to istas2011uis.edu.

Students are allowed to submit full papers, short papers, or abstracts.

Detailed information for authors is available at https://edocs.uis.edu/Departments/istas2011/www/.

The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) is an annual international forum sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT). ISTAS 2011 is co-sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (SIGCAS). ISTAS 2011 will be a multi-disciplinary event for engineers; scientists; philosophers; researchers in the social sciences, arts, law, and humanities; and decision makers in the public and private sectors.

Contributions are invited for all topics that examine the interaction of technology and society, so the topics below are representative, not an exhaustive list. A special emphasis at ISTAS 2011 is overcoming barriers with computing. However, papers on any topic related to technology and society are welcome. Example topics include:

Gender and computing

Social implications of technology

Assisting technologies

Mobile computing to increase access

Digital divide

Green computing

Technology for educating autistic children

E-government

Elder care robots

History of technology

Cyborg implants for enhancement or remediation

Robots and war

Technology for medical care in emerging economies

Engineering ethics

Some of the papers presented at ISTAS 2011 will be selected for a special issue of SSIT’s IEEE Technology and Society.

Other papers presented at ISTAS 2011 will be selected for a special issue of SIGCAS’s Computers and Society.

Information about Saint Xavier’s Chicago campus is available at http://www.sxu.edu/Administrative/Facilities_Mgmt/chicago.asp .

Directions from Midway Airport and O’Hare Airport, and to several downtown Chicago attractions, available at http://www.sxu.edu/Administrative/Res_Life/chicagoattractions.asp

Registration Information:

Early registration closes April 25, 2011 at 11:59pm, Central Standard Time (Chicago).

A link to register online is available at https://edocs.uis.edu/Departments/istas2011/www/.

Registration Type

Early Registration

Regular Registration

IEEE Member

$200 US

$300 US

ACM SIGCAS Member

$200 US

$300 US

Non-IEEE/Non-SIGCAS

$250 US

$350 US

Student

$100 US

$150 US

A limited number of student volunteers will be given complimentary registrations at ISTAS 2011 for assisting at the conference. Interested student volunteers should email istas2001uis.edu.

Program co-chairs: Michael Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Mary-Sheila Tracy, University of Illinois at Springfield

Local arrangement chair: Flo Appel, Saint Xavier University Chicago; General chair: Keith Miller, University of Illinois at Springfield