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EVENT:

The future of the World Wide Web will be the focus of a UC Irvine conference titled “Event Webs: Constructs, Connections, Causalities.” Distinguished experts in literature, cognition, religion, history and culture will look at the possibilities of a new kind of Web – one that is based more on experiences and events than on information – that will be easier to understand and more accessible to people around the world.

Human understanding of history, science, culture and personal experience suggests that events are a central organizing concept. “Event Webs” will look at how humans combine the conceptual power of events with the structural strengths of the World Wide Web.
DATE: Friday, May 9, 2008
TIME: 8:15-8:45 a.m., continental breakfast; 8:45-11:30 a.m. and 1:15-5 p.m., conference
LOCATION: Calit2 Auditorium (Bldg. 325 on campus map)

BACKGROUND:

Participants include:

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Donald Hoffman, professor of cognitive sciences, UC Irvine
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Ramesh Jain, Donald Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
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Lewis Lancaster, professor emeritus of East Asian literature, UC Berkeley; founder and director of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
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Jack Miles, Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies, UC Irvine
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Ruth Mostern, assistant professor of history, UC Merced
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Ryan Shaw, doctoral student, UC Berkeley School of Information
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature; director of the International Center for Writing and Translation, UC Irvine

The event is co-sponsored by HumaniTech®, Network and Academic Computing Services, the International Center for Writing and Translation, and the Humanities Center.



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