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- Subject: Announcement and CFP : Vision-21 Symposium
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- Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:48:29 GMT
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- VISION-21
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- Interdisciplinary
- Science and Engineering
- in the
- Era of Cyberspace
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- March 30-31, 1993
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- Holiday Inn Westlake, Westlake, Ohio
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- Sponsored by
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- NASA Lewis Research Center
- and
- Ohio Aerospace Institute
- Cleveland, Ohio
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- o The Vision-21 Symposium
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- This symposium fosters speculative concepts in science, technology,
- and advanced thinking. The event includes invited talks, panel
- discussion, workshops, "poster" sessions, and an educational project
- for Cleveland schools.
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- A key element of this symposium is to explore visions of applying
- cyberspace, virtual reality, and interdisciplinary science to the
- topics of space propulsion, power, and communication. Discussion
- groups will be held with each keynote speaker. The scope of the
- symposium goes beyond computing to explore the full spectrum of
- science and engineering in the next millennium.
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- o Vision-21 Committee
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- Vision-21 is a group of scientists and engineers from NASA's Lewis
- Research Center who seek to push the frontiers of aerospace technology
- and science. We believe researchers need encouragement, time, and
- cross-disciplinary communication to devise innovative concepts about
- how man and craft will travel in air and space.We created an
- interdisciplinary group called Vision-21 to provide 1) an environment
- for the open exchange of ideas and 2) a process for exploring
- futuristic aerospace concepts. Here researchers may conceive, nurture,
- test, and develop promising ideas.
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- The committee has hosted one symposium ("Space Travel for the Next
- Millennium") and led numerous discussions about long range aerospace
- technology.
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- o Featured Speakers
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- - Hans Morovic, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Lab
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- A well known roboticist and the author of the recent book, Mind
- Children
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- - Vernor Vinge, San Diego State University
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- Mathematician and science fiction writer; author of True Names and
- A Fire Upon the Deep
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- - Richard F. Voss, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
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- A leading research scientist on practical applications of fractal
- geometry
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- - John Dalton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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- Project Manager of the Earth Observation System Ground System and
- Operations Project
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- - Carol Stoker, NASA Ames Research Center
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- Principal Investigator for the Telepresence for Planetary
- Exploration Projects
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- o Call for Papers
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- We invite abstracts for poster papers on aerospace science and
- engineering in a cyberspace era. Papers of all types are welcome,
- including interdisciplinary concepts that may be considered
- unconventional or visionary.
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- o Submission of Papers
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- The abstract must be written in English, placed on a single 8.5 x 11
- sheet (1 inch margins), with the title, authors' names, and
- affiliations at the top. Summarize the points of interest and
- experimental results (if appropriate), including sufficient detail for
- an assessment of content.
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- Submit abstracts to:
- Vision-21 Symposium
- NASA Lewis Research Center
- Attn: Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis
- Technical Coordinator
- 21000 Brookpark Road, M.S. 302-1
- Cleveland, Ohio 44135 U.S.A.
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- Abstract Deadline: 15 December 1992
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- Poster presentations will be on display March 30-31. Selected
- authors will make plenary session presentations about their
- posters. Selected papers will also be published in the conference
- proceedings volume.
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- o Educational Project
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- Cleveland area students are encouraged to participate in projects
- involving a lunar rover robot and a simulation of the lunar
- landscape. Write Jennie Sethna, Ohio Aerospace Institute, 22800
- Cedar Point Road, Brook Park, OH 44142.
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- o Registration
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- Attendance is limited, so respond soon.
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- Reply to:
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- Vision-21 Symposium
- Attn: Vannel Hassett
- NASA Lewis Research Center
- 21000 Brookpark Road, M.S. OAI
- Cleveland, Ohio 44135 U.S.A.
- Phone: (216) 962-3041
- Fax: (216) 962-3120
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- o Contacts
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- For more information:
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- Technical: Geoffrey Landis 216-433-2238
- Logistics: Vannel Hassett 216-962-3041
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- Herb Schilling , NASA Lewis Research Center , 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 142-5
- Cleveland, Ohio 44135 . (216) 433-8955 sshws@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov
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