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Conference Clarifies Data
On Computers And Society

The Second Conference on Man
Earth will be held today and tomorrow at
the University.

The theme of this year's conference is
Computers, Society, and the Future. The
meetings are open to the public.

A primary purpose of this conference
is to clarify many of the misconceptions
about computers, their applications, and
the effects on society.

Today, from 8 to 10 p.m. the public is
invited to participate in an "Open Forum" in
the Chemistry Auditorium. Open remarks by a
professional panel will be followed by a
discussion in which the audience may ask
questions.

Members of the panel include Alan Botson,
Director of the Computer Center; Milton
Jacobson, Director of the Bureau of
Educational Research; William McKee,
professor of Law; John Pfaltz, professor of
Computer Sciences; and Arthur Shulman,
professor of Psychology.

Involved in the two day conference are guest
lectures, workshops, question and answer
sessions, mini-courses, and demonstrations of
the Hewlett-Packard computer in the
Engineering School. Multi-media presentations,
and presentation of student projects will also
be included.

Robert Fane, professor of Electrical
Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; Thiel De Sola Pool, professor of
Political Sciences at MIT; Martin Greenberger,
chairman of Computer Science of Johns
Hopkins University; and Louis Rader, chairman
of Electrical Engineering of the University, are
the guest lecturers.

Mr. Pool was director of MAC through
which multi-access, time-shared computers were
developed. He will speak on "Perspectives on
the Computer Revolution."

Mr. Pool programmed simulations of the
1960 and 1964 presidential elections. In 1964
he formulated a computerized political
campaign strategy. He has also developed
computer simulations on the flow of messages
through the American, Soviet, and Chinese
mass media. Mr. Pool's topic will be
"Computers and the Art of Persuasion."

Mr. Greenberger, who developed computer
simulations of the U.S. economy, has published
various articles in The Scientific American, and
Atlantic Monthly, and he will be concerned
with "Computers and the Public Interest."

Mr. Rader has served as president of
UNIVAC, Group vice-president and Director of
International Telephone and Telegraph
Corporation, and vice-president of General
Electric. His subject will be "The Engineer:
Leader or Follower?"