Introduction

As the world becomes increasingly cyber, the founder of cybernetics and of information ethics, Norbert Wiener, becomes more increasingly relevant. Following successful conferences in Boston and Melbourne, the third IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century will be held at Anna University, Chennai, India, July 23–26, 2020. Wiener spent many months in India in the 1950s, and the conference will look at the current state of his multidisciplinary technologies, the information ethics field which he pioneered, and his links to India. The onference will be of significance to technologists, ethicists, academics, cyber industry practitioners, and historians of technology, among others.

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Committee

Conference Chair

Prof. T V Gopal, CEG Campus, Anna University, Chennai.

Program Chair

Prof. Greg Adamson, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Finance Chair

Mr. C R Sasi, Formerly Chairman, IEEE Madras Section.

Call for paper

Important date

2021-04-15
Draft paper submission deadline

Submission Topics

Conference topics will include:

Cognitive computing in theory and practice.

Wiener’s fields of work (cybernetics, information theory, philosophy, life sciences, interval computation, fuzzy sets, Brownian motion, analysis under uncertainty…).

Wiener’s societal concerns (information ethics, innovation and economic development, robots and work, cyber warfare and crime, science fiction as social commentary, cybernetics and literature, art and design…)

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Important Date
  • Conference Date

    Jul 22

    2021

    to

    Jul 25

    2021

  • Apr 15 2021

    Draft paper submission deadline

  • Jul 25 2021

    Registration deadline

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IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
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