All submissions should be emailed to istas2011@uis.edu.

Students are allowed to submit full papers, short papers, or abstracts.

Detailed information for authors is available at https://edocs.uis.edu/Departments/istas2011/www/.

The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) is an annual international forum sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT). ISTAS 2011 is co-sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (SIGCAS). ISTAS 2011 will be a multi-disciplinary event for engineers; scientists; philosophers; researchers in the social sciences, arts, law, and humanities; and decision makers in the public and private sectors.

Contributions are invited for all topics that examine the interaction of technology and society, so the topics below are representative, not an exhaustive list. A special emphasis at ISTAS 2011 is overcoming barriers with computing. However, papers on any topic related to technology and society are welcome. Example topics include:

Gender and computing

Social implications of technology

Assisting technologies

Mobile computing to increase access

Digital divide

Green computing

Technology for educating autistic children

E-government

Elder care robots

History of technology

Cyborg implants for enhancement or remediation

Robots and war

Technology for medical care in emerging economies

Engineering ethics