Dr. Hiroshi Inose, 92-93 Pender Award* Recipient - information (resend)

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Professor Hiroshi Inose of Japan's National Center for Science Information
System has agreed to accept the Pender Award "for advances in digital
communications and our understanding of the effects of information flow on
society" and will visit the University of Pennsylvania for the formal
ceremony on Friday, 5 November. I extend the hospitality of the University
to any Interesting People who can join us that day.   Please note that the
luncheon (free by the way) is by reservation to
thomas () eniac seas upenn edu. Maps etc are available on request.




FRIDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 1993


11:00 a.m. The Harold Pender Lecture: Japan's Contributions through Science
and Technology Alumni Hall, Towne Building


Dr. Hiroshi Inose, 92-93 Pender Award* Recipient
Director General, National Center for Science Information Systems, Tokyo


12:00 p.m.  Luncheon
(to be arranged)




3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Panel Discussion:  Rights and Responsibilities in the
Digital World
Alumni Hall, Towne Building
Dr. Hiroshi Inose


Mr. Daniel Weitzner, Senior Staff Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation,
Washington


Dr. Paul Mosher, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries,
University of Pennsylvania


Dr. David Farber, Professor of Computer and Information Science, and
Director, Center for Communications and Information Science and Policy,
University of Pennsylvania   (Moderator)






4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion:  Information Infrastructure - now and in
the future
Alumni Hall, Towne Building
Dr. Hiroshi Inose


Dr. Priscilla Jane Huston, Program Director, NSFNET,
Washington


Dr. Jonathan Smith, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information
Science, University of Pennsylvania


Dr.  David Farber  (Moderator)






5:00 p.m. Reception
First Floor Hallway, Towne Building




*conferred annually by the Moore School Faculty, School of Engineering and
Applied Science, in honor of Harold Pender, the first Dean of the
University's Moore School, to an outstanding member of the engineering
profession who has achieved distinction by significant contributions to
society worthy of the Pender tradition.






Hiroshi Inose received his doctorate in electrical engineering from the
University of Tokyo in 1955.  He was Professor of Electronic Engineering of
his alma mater from 1961-1987, serving as Dean of the Faculty of
Engineering and Director of the Computer Center.  Since 1987, he has been
the Director General of the National Center for Science Information Systems
for Japan's Ministry of Education.  He has served as Chairman of Japan's
Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy and the Committee for
Information, Computer and Communications Policy of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development.  For his works which have been
concerned mainly with digital communications technology and road traffic
control, Dr. Inose received a number of awards including the Second Marconi
International Fellowship, the Japan Academy Prize, the IEEE Award in
International Communication, and the Order of Culture.  Dr. Inose is a
Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, and the American Philosophical Society.