FC: Two AAAS events: Humanoid robots & AI, security standards

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:38:04 -0400
From: "Karin Sypura" <ksypura () aaas org>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: "Flesh & Machines" May 31 AAAS

Dear Mr. McCullagh,

The following presentation on Humanoid Robots and Artificial Intelligence 
might be of interest to the subscribers of your politech Listserv.  If so 
please post.
Thank you,
Karin Sypura

May 31, 2001 Flesh & Machines

In his I, Robot series of short stories, Isaac Asimov recounted the 
"evolution" of robots from clearly non-humanoid to so-humanoid as to be 
indistinguishable from human beings.  Today that science fiction is on the 
road to becoming science fact.  This pair of lectures will explore the 
current state of development of robotics with particular reference to 
humanoid robots.  They will consider the underlying philosophical 
assumptions that orient this research and development effort, its relation 
to the human future and its religious significance.


Keynote speaker

Dr. Rodney Brooks
Director & Fujitsu Professor, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Respondent

Dr. Noreen Herzfeld
Associate Professor of Computer Science, St. John's University

Event held at AAAS 1200 New York Ave, NW Washington DC 20005.  The program 
will begin with a reception at 5:15 p.m. followed by the keynote address at 
6:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.  In order that we are able to accommodate all 
participants please RSVP in the affirmative to the following e-mail: 
doser-seminar () aaas org, including the number of guests (please use date of 
the event and RSVP in subject line).



Public Lecture Series, AAAS Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and 
Religion (DoSER)

Visit the SEMINAR MAIN PAGE at http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser/seminar/

For general information on the DoSER program please visit  our HOME PAGE at 
http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser




Karin Sypura
Project Coordinator
Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion
American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser

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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:56:06 -0400
From: "Sanyin Siang" <ssiang () aaas org>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: Standards Coordination Conference on Computer Security and
        Personal Authentication Standards

Dear Declan,
Thought the following meeting might interest Politech listserv members.

Best regards,
Sanyin Siang
ISSD Co-Chair

Standards Coordination Conference Announcement
Too many standards development projects by too many groups? Too few people 
and resources to stay up to date? This is the situation in today's world of 
information standards. Not only that, but there is an ever increasing 
demand for an ever faster development process. To help fill this gap, the 
American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) Information Systems 
Standards Board (ISSB), the National Committee for Information Technology 
Standards (NCITS),
the Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA), the Center for Global 
Standards Analysis (CGSA), and the Info-Structure Security Dialogue are 
proud to announce the First Standards Coordination Conference. This one-day 
(9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) conference to be held on the grounds of the National 
Institute of Standards & Technology in Gaithersburg MD will focus on one of 
the hottest subjects in information standards today¯Computer Security and 
Personal Authentication Standards. Topics to be covered include encryption 
and digital signature, personal authentication, and Internet security.

We urge you to attend this important conference that will bring together 
the experts who are leading the most important standardization projects in 
Computer Security and Personal Authentication. Our speakers have agreed not 
only to share their own work with us, but also to bring us up to date on 
other work underway in the field. This conference is for Chief Information 
Officers, participants in standards development activities, and anyone who 
wants to keep abreast of developments in this fast moving arena. At the end 
of the day, we invite ISSB members, and all those present, to evaluate the 
success of this effort and plan for future activities. Join us on July 17 
th . There is no registration fee for this conference. For additional 
information and to register for the conference, go to:
http://www.ansi.org/rooms/ROOM_37/public/mtg_info.html
We look forward to seeing you in Gaithersburg in July!

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