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NSF PA/M 00-08 - May 1, 2000
Sun Microsystems Chief Scientist to Speak at NSF
William Joy, one of the computing industry's mostprominent leaders,
will speak on Friday, May 5, at the National Science Foundation (NSF)
in Arlington, Virginia. Joy is the chief scientist of Sun Microsystems.
The talk, “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us,” is based on his recent guest
column with the same title for Wired magazine. That commentary has prompted
a debate over potentially negative consequences of nanotechnology. In
1986 Joy received the Association for Computing Machinery's Grace Murray
Hopper Award, which honors outstanding work done prior to age 30. In 1997
he was appointed to cochair the President's Information Technology Advisory
Committee (PITAC). Joy is a 1999 co-recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian
award for Innovation.
The presentation is open to the public and is hosted by NSF’s Directorate
for Computer and Information Science and Engineering and by the Defense
Advanced Research Products Agency's Information Technology Office. Users
with RealPlayer software can view a live webcast at http://www.ngi-supernet.org/conferences.html.
Who:
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William Joy, Sun Microsystems
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What:
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Presentation on "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us" |
When:
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11:00 a.m.,
Friday, May 5, 2000 |
Where:
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NSF headquarters, Room 375, Arlington, Virginia
(Ballston Metro stop) |
Media contact:
Tom Garritano, (703) 292-8070/tgarrita@nsf.gov
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