All submissions should be emailed to istas2011@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