From: sshws@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Herb Schilling)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: CONF: Announcement and CFP Vision-21 Symposium
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:45:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov12.021844.23011
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu



                                   
                              VISION-21
                                   
                          Interdisciplinary
                       Science and Engineering
                                in the
                          Era of Cyberspace
                                   
                                   
                          March 30-31, 1993
                                   
                 Holiday Inn Westlake, Westlake, Ohio
                                   
                             Sponsored by
                                   
                      NASA Lewis Research Center
                                 and
                       Ohio Aerospace Institute
                           Cleveland, Ohio
                                   
o The Vision-21 Symposium

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.

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.

o Vision-21 Committee

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.

The committee has hosted one symposium ("Space Travel for the Next
Millennium") and led numerous discussions about long range aerospace
technology.

o Featured Speakers

 - Hans Morovic, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Lab

        A well known roboticist and the author of the recent book, Mind
                Children


 - Vernor Vinge, San Diego State University

        Mathematician and science fiction writer; author of True Names and
                A Fire Upon the Deep


 - Richard F. Voss, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

        A leading research scientist on practical applications of fractal
                geometry


 - John Dalton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

        Project Manager of the Earth Observation System Ground System and
                Operations Project


 - Carol Stoker, NASA Ames Research Center

        Principal Investigator for the Telepresence for Planetary
                Exploration Projects

o Call for Papers

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.


o Submission of Papers

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.

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.


Abstract Deadline: 15 December 1992

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.

o Educational Project

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.

o Registration

Attendance is limited, so respond soon.  

Reply to:

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

o Contacts

For more information:

Technical: Geoffrey Landis      216-433-2238
Logistics: Vannel Hassett       216-962-3041


-- 
Herb Schilling , NASA Lewis Research Center , 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 142-5
Cleveland, Ohio 44135 . (216) 433-8955       sshws@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds