NA-CAP@OSU 2005
Computing and Philosophy @ Oregon State University
August 4, 5, 6 2005

Call for Proposals

Each year, thinkers and creators gather to investigate the ways that information technology is transforming our world. Philosophers, engineers, historians, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and IT professionals across the spectrum meet for three days of discussion and exploration.

We are looking for thought-provoking presentations in information ethics, cognitive science, AI, robotics, social and cultural issues, simulations and modeling, distance learning, computational logic and linguistics, electronic and teaching resources.

Please submit electronically an extended abstract of approximately 1000 words, targeted to one of the topic areas below. The file should also contain a 300 word abstract to be used in the conference web site and booklet.

Submission deadline: February 28, 2005

Please send a copy to the committee member for the appropriate topic area and to Patrick Grim as program director at pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Submission can also be done directly at http://oregonstate.edu/groups/cap/ by clicking on Proposal Submission.

Information and Computer Ethics
Terry Bynum bynum@scsud.ctstateu.edu

Cognitive Science, AI, and Robotics
Selmer Bringsjord brings@rpi.edu

Social, Cultural, and Metaphysical Issues
Charles Ess cmess@drury.edu

Simulations and Computational Modeling
Branden Fitelson branden@fitelson.org

Issues in Distance Learning
Ron Barnette rbarnett@valdosta.edu

Computational Logic and Lingustics
Patrick Grim pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Electronic Resources
Anthony Beavers B2UE@aol.com

Teaching Resources
Marvin Croy mjcroy@email.uncc.edu

Student Track – Grads and Undergrads
John Taylor johntayl@andrew.cmu.edu

This memo has three parts. The first is a reminder to register for the North American CAP at Carnegie Mellon; the second is an announcement of the next Asia-Pacific CAP conference (in Thailand); the third gives the results of recent IACAP elections and notes organizational changes (along with other IACAP varia).

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Please be sure to register online for NA-CAP at Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, USA, August 4-6, 2004) Early registration helps us better plan for the event in terms of housing and catering. Note also the hotel and dorms have cut-off dates. For more information on NA-CAP04, go to http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/CAAE/CAP/

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We are pleased to announce that the second annual AP-CAP will take place January 7 - 9, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand (Chulalongkorn University). The submission deadline for proposals is August 27th, 2005. For more information on AP-CAP05, go to http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/CAP/AP-CAP.html

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The IACAP Steering Committee has voted Jon Dorbolo as next IACAP President and Luciano Floridi as Vice President. With Jon and Luciano in the lead, the organization is well positioned to enter into the next phase of its development.

Special thanks are due to Tony Beavers and David Stern for managing the election process.

There are now three CAP Regions in place and each region will be establishing its own Steering and Program Committees. Hopefully, these committees will be filled by the time of the NA-CAP August meeting. The Directors of the current CAP Regions are John Weckert for AP-CAP, Susan Stuart for E-CAP, and Marvin Croy for NA-CAP. Information on these regional organizations will be made available on the IACAP website.

My term as current President of IACAP will expire this August. It has been a pleasure to serve in this capacity and to see CAP grow into a truly international organization.

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Congratulations are in order to Lorenzo Magnani and all those who made E-CAP 04 (Pavia, Italy) a success. And we are looking forward to announcing the details for E-CAP 05 (to be held in Sweden).

Finally, the IACAP website continues to develop in both design and content. Seth Casana is our webmaster and welcomes any comments and suggestions.

Robert Cavalier
iacap.org

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