Are we stuck in outmoded assumptions about how we learn, work, and create value? Are our current assumptions about how to design and use computers still relevant? In this talk, we will revist these assumptions and consider some design challenges we now face for using computer to support both the individual and the social mind.

The Seventh Daniel Alpert Lecture: Relating the search for new knowledge to the enhancement of public understanding

Cosponsored by: School of Art and Design, Department of Anthropology, Department of Business Administration, Department of Computer Science, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of Educational Psychology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mathematics, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Department of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Department of Sociology, Department of Speech Communication, Advanced Information Technologies Group (AITG), Institute of Aviation, Institute of Communications Research, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE), Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost and Vice Chacellor for Academic Affairs, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Graduate College, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, The Council of Deans, The Center for Advanced Study, George A. Miller Endowment, George A. Miller Committee.