FC: EPIC event in DC 10/22; ACM Lawler Award call for submissions

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:18:37 -0400
To: declan () well com
From: Sarah Andrews <andrews () epic org>
Subject: Event: Security or Surveillance?

Hi Declan,

Would you mind posting this announcement to your list.
Thanks,
Sarah.


ANNOUNCEMENT
National Press Club
Panel Discussion
October 22


                        Security or Surveillance?
                Technology's Impact After September 11

On October 22, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the
Privacy Foundation will sponsor a policy briefing at the National Press
Club in Washington to explore the implications of new systems for
identification and tracking on personal privacy.

Questions to be considered include the reliability of face recognition
technology, the limitations of national ID cards, and the role of
authentication and identification in computer networks and communication
services.

The speakers will include Privacy Foundation CTO Richard Smith, Privacy
Journal Editor Robert Ellis Smith, New Republic Legal Affairs Editor
Jeffrey Rosen, RAND Senior Policy Analyst John Woodward, and Sun
Distinguished Engineer Whitfield Diffie. The discussion will be
moderated by EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg.

Registration 12:30 - 12:50. Panel begins 1 pm - 2:30 pm.

The event is open to the press and the public. Please contact EPIC
Research Director Sarah Andrews for further information.

EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was
established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil
liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and
constitutional values.

The Privacy Foundation exists to educate the public, in part by
conducting research into communications technologies and services that
may pose a threat to personal privacy. The foundation will attempt to be
fair and objective in its research projects and public reports.

Both organizations provide extensive resources on emerging privacy
issues at their web sites -- www.epic.org and www.privacyfoundation.org.

Contact:

Sarah Andrews
EPIC Research Director
202-483-1140 ext 107
andrews () epic org

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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:00:21 -0700
From: Barbara Simons <simons () acm org>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

Declan,
Would you please post this to your list.
Many thanks.
Barbara

PLEASE CIRCULATE - DEADLINE EXTENSION

Dear friends,

We are extending the submission deadline to Nov. 30, 2001 for the
second ACM Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within
Computer Science and Informatics. This award will be given to a
person or group at the ACM Awards banquet in 2002.

This award recognizes an individual or a group who has made a
significant humanitarian contribution through the use of computing
technology.  Some examples of the types of contributions that
this award recognizes are:

  - application of computer technology to aid the disabled;
  - making an educational contribution using computers or Computer
Science in inner city schools;
  - creative research concerning intellectual property issues;
  - expansion of educational opportunities in Computer Science for
    women and underrepresented minorities;
  - application of computers or computing techniques to problems
of developing countries.

The professional credentials of the recipient(s) are not important.
The recipient(s) need never to have earned a degree or published
a paper, or even be considered to be a computer professional.
What matters is the significance of the work itself, within the
prescribed areas of technology for humanitarian contributions in
the field of computing.  The award is $5,000, plus travel expenses
to the banquet.

As far as we know, this is the only award of its type.

The award celebrates the memory of Gene Lawler, a professor at UC
Berkeley.  The description of the ACM Lawler Award for
Humanitarian Contributions was derived from email that Gene had
sent when asked what kind of award he would like to have
established in his memory.  Gene was very moved when we told
him that we would be working to establish the kind of award he
had requested.  We share Gene's vision that people who make
such contributions should be recognized, and further work encouraged.

We are now seeking nominations for the award. If you have a candidate
in mind, please send mail to the Lawler Award Committee chair,
Barbara Simons, simons () acm org.

Additional information about the award can be found at
<http://www.acm.org/awards/lawlaward.html>.

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