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Southern Connecticut State University’s Philosophy Department and Research Center on Computing and Society Present
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The 2012 Norbert Wiener Address and Panel
Event: The 2012 Norbert Wiener Address and Panel Title: Information Technology and Hyperhistory Date: Friday, November 9th The 2012 Norbert Wiener Address featuring UNESCO Professor Luciano Floridi, will examine the important role of information technology in the newly developing era of Hyperhistory. Panelists: |
Featuring Luciano Floridi
Luciano Floridi (MA Laurea Rome “La Sapienza”, MPhil, PhD Warw, MA Oxon, Dr. h. c. Suceava) is UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics at the University of Hertfordshire and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford. His research concerns the philosophy of information and of information ethics. His most recent books are The Philosophy of Information (Oxford, 2011), Information – A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2010), and The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (Cambridge, 2010). He is Editor in Chief of Springer’s Philosophy & Technology. He has received many awards and prizes, including the Barwise Prize, the Gauss Professorship, and both the Covey Award and Weizenbaum Award in 2012. Paid by University Faculty Development Funds |
