We are pleased to invite you to a special evening conversation, the first in a series of public seminars on the subject of “Grand Challenges of Cyberspace”.
Vint Cerf will be our lead panelist, and will be joined by a few others – likely including a guest host from National Public Radio (unconfirmed), who will bring the view of an observer of social dynamics at the boundary of cyber and human.
A public interactive conversation with the “Father of the Internet”, moderated by Brett Berlin
The seminar is first in a new public series examining societal impacts, challenges, and opportunities at the cyber-physical boundary between technology and society.
Future public seminars in this series will address more specific areas of cyberspace challenge, such as warfare/security, research & engineering, social networking, health, etc. This 1st interactive discussion also serves as the “keynote” session for a series of graduate seminar courses during which participants engage a multi-disciplinary study of the emergent nature of cyberspace — within and across communities, societies, nations and dynamic affinity networks — to identify the “grand challenges” which face those working at the cyber-physical boundaries, where technology, governance, and social dynamics meet.
The course, IT 590-001 Grand Challenges of Cyberspace, is open to graduate, senior undergraduate, and returning students. Technology background not required. Skill in research, critical thinking, collaborative analysis, and communication.
