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

IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2011
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 istas2011-AT-uis.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/... .
Directions from Midway Airport and O’Hare Airport, and to several downtown Chicago attractions, available at http://www.sxu.edu/Administrative/Res_Life/chicago...

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 istas2001-AT-uis.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