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CQL '96

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CQL'96: Symposium on Computers & the Quality of Life Sponsored by ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society February 14 - 15, 1996 (part of the 1996 ACM Computing Week) Marriot Hotel, Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA

CQL'96 will provide a unique opportunity for multi-disciplinary dialog on the critical computing issues that are shaping our society for the next millennium. We welcome participation from computer scientists, educators, philosophers, social scientists, psychologists, ethicists, lawyers, policymakers, computer industry representatives, and decision-makers in this dialog. The symposium will feature technical sessions, policy discussions, nationally recognized speakers, and tutorials.

We are soliciting research and policy papers, survey articles, case studies, and tutorials to be presented at CQL'96 that address the themes listed below. We are especially interested in papers and proposals that provide guidance and insight into the leadership role that SIGCAS should play in helping to shape the research, teaching and policy agendas related to ethics and social impact for the year 2000.

Major themes: National Information Infrastructure: equity, access, privacy, security Computers in the workplace: health, monitoring, automation Computer applications that benefit society: health, environment Computer applications that adversely impact society Research agenda for social impact of computer technology Teaching ethical and social impact of computer technology

Submission of Papers: Authors should submit five (5) copies of a complete paper, double-spaced, using a 12-point font. A paper should be no more than 10 pages long (about 5,000 words) and should have a separate cover page with the title, subject area, all author+s names, mail and email addresses and phone numbers. The author to whom correspondence should be directed must be identified. The CQL Program Committee will select papers to be included in the symposium. Any paper selected for the presentation at the symposium will be included in the proceedings, provided that at least one author is present at the symposium to deliver the paper. Outstanding papers may also be selected for reprint in the SIGCAS Computers & Society Newsletter.

Panel Proposals: Panel proposals must include a brief abstract of the topic, the resume of the moderator, and the list of proposed panelists. Please submit five (5) copies of any panel proposal.

Tutorial Proposals: Half-day tutorials will be held on Thursday, February 15. Tutorial proposals should include the course title, a one-page course outline, a 200-word description or the tutorial, the intended audience and a brief biography of the instructor(s). Please submit five (5) copies of any tutorial proposal.

Key Deadlines: September 1, 1995 Papers, Panel Proposals, Tutorial Proposals received by Program Co-Chairs October 30, 1995 Notification of acceptance

Materials should be sent to appropriate Program Co-Chair listed below.

Program Co-Chair: Blaise Liffick (Papers) liffick@cs.millersv.edu Computer Science Millersville University Millersville, PA 17551 (717) 872-3536 fax: (717) 871-2320

Joyce Currie Little (Panel and Tutorial Proposals) jclittle@toe.towson.edu Computer and Information Sciences Towson State University Baltimore, MD 21204 (410) 830-2981 fax: (410) 830-2604

Program Committee:

John Artz, George Washington University jartz@gwuvm.gwu.edu David Bellin, North Carolina A & T State University dbellin@ncat.edu Donald Gotterbarn, East Tennessee State University, gotterba@etsu.east-tenn-st.edu Andrew Grosso, attorney-at-law, Washington, DC agrosso@acm.org Chuck Huff, St. Olaf College huff@seas.gwu.edu Deborah Johnson, Rensselear Polytechnical Institute userfp76@mts.rpi.edu Rob Kling, University of California - Irvine kling@ics.uci.edu Irving Levy, Gordon College ilevy@aol.com Keith Miller, Sangamon State University miller@eagle.sangamon.edu Margaret (Micki) Miller, Skyline College, CA millerm@smcccd.cc.ca.us Richard Lynch, Long Island University, rklynch@aurora.liunet.edu Nancy Wahl, Middle Tennessee State University wahl@mtsu.edu ```

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