Volume 2. No 1
Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis October 1993
Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis October 1993
RISC? MVS? NREN? EPS? Grrr... -- The University College in Cork, Ireland, maintains a repository of acronyms common to information technologies. You can query the database by sending electronic mail to freetext@iruccvax.ucc.ie containing a single word in the body of the message. "HELP" is a good word; it delivers a file to you, by email, of instructions on how to narrow or expand your requests. The Acronym Server works slowly (responding usually days later) but generally seems reliable.
Call for Proposals: Computers, Freedom & Privacy '94 -- The organizers of the fourth "Computers, Freedom, and Privacy" conference are seeking presenters for topics in technology, policy analysis, or law relevant to the annual conference theme. CFP'94 will be held on March 23-26, 1994 in Chicago, IL. For more information, contact: CFP'94, The John Marshall Law School, 315 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL 60604-3907; phone: (312) 987-1419; fax: (312) 427-8307; email: CFP94@jmls.edu)
Student Papers: Computers, Freedom & Privacy '94 -- CFP'94 also sponsors a student paper competition on topics of freedom and privacy in today's "information society." For more information, contact: Prof. Eugene Spafford, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2004; phone: (317) 494-7825; email: spaf@cs.purdue.edu.
Assistive Technology Document -- The Institute for Academic Technology in North Carolina provides a document over the Internet called "Assistive Technology for the Disabled Computer User." This paper discusses technology that can help a physically disabled person use computers, providing information on products and prices and agencies that work with the disabled in this area. To get a copy, connect to ftp gandalf.iat.unc.edu using anonymous FTP, cd to "guides," and type the following command to retrieve the file: get irg-20.txt
Health Plan Announcements Online -- An electronic mailing list has been set up on the Internet to serve as a conduit for health-reform announcements issued by the White House. To subscribe, first place the following one-line command in the "Subject" header of an email message to SFREEDKIN@IGC.APC.ORG: SUBSCRIBE LIST.HEALTHPLAN. In the body of the message, include the following information (devoting one line per piece of information): ADD: your_electronic_address (your real name in parentheses); Your real name; Your postal address (optional); City, State; Your profession; Your professional interest in health care (if any) and institutional affiliation (if relevant).
Med Online Forum at UC Davis -- To deal with the exponential growth of medically-related information, health care professionals are having to become computer-literate. To that end, Dr. Art Huntley and others at the UCD School of Medicine have established an email discussion group on the use of computers in the curriculum. Referred to by its members as "Reticulum," but more officially known as the Medical Informatics Committee, this forum is open to new voices with experience and expertise in the software and systems useful to medical students. If interested, contact Dr. Huntley at achuntley@ucdavis.edu or 734-6795.
Metacenter Gophers -- The four NSF-sponsored national supercomputer centers have installed Gopher servers on the Internet to provide facilities and services information, including directory information, a high-performance computing community calendar, allocations information, newsletters, documentation, and research papers. The electronic addresses are as follows: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (gopher.ncsa.uiuc.edu); Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (gopher.psc.edu); Cornell National Supercomputing Facility (gopher.tc.cornell.edu); and San Diego Supercomputer Center (gopher.sdsc.edu).
Computer Etiquette for Kids -- Gale Warshawsky and Lonnie Moore of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have designed and implemented a nationally-acclaimed educational program to instill computer-security and ethics awareness in children in grades K-3. The Computer Security Outreach Program is a 35-minute multimedia presentation, featuring puppets, stories, creative dramatics, transparencies, four short videos, and a sing-a-long. Stars of the videos are Chip, a puppet computer, and Gooseberry and Dirty Dan, two puppet computer users who make computer-ethical mistakes. For further information, contact Gale Warshawsky at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PO Box 808 L-321, Livermore, CA 94551.
Email Forum for Donor Prospect Research -- An international electronic mail group has been set up for discussion on prospect research issues, resources, techniques, ethics, job announcements, and related topics. Prospect research identifies individuals and organizations that are potential donors to universities, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations. To subscribe send the following one-line command in the body of an email message to LISTSERV@UCI.EDU: SUBSCRIBE PRSPCT-L
Survey of Desktop Computing -- In October, 1993, the Center for Scholarly Technology at the University of Southern California will conduct a national survey of college and university faculty to develop a profile of the use of information technology resources in teaching, learning, and scholarship in the nation's two- and four-year colleges and universities. Participating campuses will receive a complete report of the results. For information, contact kcgreen@usc.edu. [Reprinted with permission from EDUPAGE 7/93.]
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