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Access Volume 2, Issue 3, 2021 – Special Issue on Anticipating Techo-Economic Fallout: Purpose-Driven Socio-Technical Innovation Current Issue (2, 3)…  Read More

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The nuclear anxiety of the Cold War now seems quaint. While speculative writers of the late 20th-early 21st centuries have largely relegated nukes to the past, the situation at San Onofre reminds us of our sins — of assuming the future would take care of the future. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission enabled this consensual hallucination. Did it take climate change into consideration?

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When we see a built world, we tend to take its permanence and stability for granted. For those who have chosen coastal homes, that built world goes back at least 50 years, with few residents ever realizing that oceans, lakes, and rivers are living entities constantly in motion. The average person relies upon experts such as architects and civil engineers, and supposed guardrails such as state building codes and homeowner associations, to assess safety when purchasing property. But the 21st-century assumption that the built world is stable is a risky bet. Especially in “business-friendly” states. 

The IEEE SSIT Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility recognises an exceptional contribution or outstanding career by an individual…  Read More

This SSIT Guest Lecture was presented by Prof. Andrew McStay, Bangor University, UK at a Joint Chapter Meeting organised by…  Read More

Join the Student Discussion Forum in association with ASU PIT on IP Location Services and Automated Biometric Recognition!

This SSIT Guest Lecture was presented by Miriam Cunningham, IST-Africa Institute, Ireland at a Joint Chapter Meeting organised by IEEE…  Read More

Access Volume 2, Issue 2, 2021 – Special Issue on Socio-Technical Design for Public Interest Technology Current Issue (2, 2) Front…  Read More

Arizona continues to build, build, build, and instead of requiring new residents to adapt to the climate, city governments and developers market the very bad idea that the desert can be made green, and thus more desirable.

This SSIT Guest Lecture was presented by Ning Wang, IBME, University of Zurich, Switzerland at a Joint Chapter Meeting organised…  Read More

IEEE GHTC 2021 invites submission of full papers and short papers by secondary deadline of 02 July. We would like…  Read More

The 21st Century Norbert Wiener Conference with the theme: “Being Human in a Global Village” is the third in a series of conferences initiated by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), following events in Boston (2014) and Melbourne (2016).

ISTAS 2021 will be jointly hosted by the University of Waterloo and the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) in October 28-31, 2021. Submission Deadline July 13, 2021

This SSIT Distinguished Lecture was presented by Prof. Clinton Andrews, Rutgers University, US at a Joint Chapter Meeting organised by…  Read More

https://21stcenturywiener.org/ 22-25 July 2021, Chennai, INDIA N R Narayana Murthy to present Opening Speech on 22 July 2021. Infosys co-founder…  Read More

Introduction In 2019, IEEE Working Group P7014 began efforts to develop a ‘Standard for Ethical Considerations in Emulated Empathy in…  Read More

IEEE International Leadership Conference (ILC) 2021 is the eight in a series of Leadership Conferences focused on providing professional women…  Read More

IEEE SSIT is actively supporting Student Activities through a number of initiatives. New initiatives are currently under development to support…  Read More