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Computer Ethics

``` [I got this from Toomas Timpka , a very interesting medical informatics researcher at Linkoping who is equally conversant with the technical and political/ethical sides of computer research. The democratic political culture of the Scandinavian societies makes it seem almost natural for technical people to take an active and philosophically informed interest in the social aspects of their work.]

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 15:21:13 +0200 From: Nosrat Shahsavar To: ai-medicine@croquet.Stanford.EDU Subject: Computer Ethics

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PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS

An international conference on COMPUTER ETHICS will be held at Linkoping University, Sweden at the 9-10 of June 1997. The conference will bring together researchers in computer science and in ethics as well as practitioners in business, public administration and hospitals for discussions on different ethical aspects of system development and the use of computers.

OBJECTIVES The use of computers and information technology in different areas of the society accentuates old moral problems and perhaps also creates new one. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars in computer science and ethics, as well as practitioners for discussions on ethical aspects of the use of computers and information technology.

TOPICS

Privacy and personal integrity Ethics and internet Ethical aspects of the use of decision support systems in health care Ethics and expert systems Professional ethics Computers and the quality of work* The relation between computer ethics and theoretical ethics

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Those who are interested to submit a paper are invited to present a title and an abstract of not more than 200 words by the 1st of November. Papers are due by 1st of March. Acceptance will be sent out by 1st of April.

IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission deadline: November 1, 1996 Paper submission deadline: March 1, 1997 Notification to Authors: April 1, 1997 Camera-ready papers : May 1, 1997 Conference: 9-10 of June 1997

Abstracts and papers can be sent to the conference secretariat either by mail or electronically:

Miss Nina Nikku Center for Applied Ethics Linkoping University S-581 83 Linkoping Sweden. Email: ninni@tema.liu.se

To register interest in attending or submission of abstract, please send an Email to: Email address: nossh@ami.liu.se message subject: Ethics message contents: "Your name"

ORGANIZATION The conference on computer ethics is arranged by the Center for Applied Ethics at Linkoping university in cooperation with the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Medical Informatics. Invited as key-note speaker is professor Deborah Johnson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Goran Collste, Prof., Center for Applied Ethics, Linkoping University (LiU), Sweden. Sture Hagglund, Prof., Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), LiU. Ove Wigertz, Prof., Department of Medical Informatics, LiU, Sweden. Viiveke Fak, Prof., Department of Electrical Engineering, LiU. Toomas Timpka, Ass Prof. IDA and Department of Community Medicine, LiU. Bo Petersson, Ass Prof., Center for Applied Ethics, Linkoping University. Jim Nyce, Ass Prof., Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. Hans Ahlfeldt, PhD, Department of Medical Informatics, LiU, Sweden. Nosrat Shahsavar, PhD, Department of Medical Informatics, LiU, Sweden. Hans Gill, MSc, Department of Medical Informatics, LiU, Sweden. ```

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