-----Forwarded Message----- > From: William Stevenson <westeven at cse.psu.edu> > To: XRDS-ANNOUNCE at ACM.ORG > Subject: Crossroads Call for Ethics Articles > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:20:18 -0400 > > Call For Articles > Crossroads, the Association for Computing Machinery > Student Magazine Ethics and Computer Science (Spring 2004) > DUE DATE: 29 September 2003 > SUBMISSION ADDRESS: http://www.acm.org/crossroads/submit/ > INFORMATION: crossroads at acm.org > http://www.acm.org/crossroads/doc/cfas/ethics.html > > The Crossroads editorial staff invites authors to submit articles > dealing with topics drawn from several areas pertaining to ethics and > computer science. The following partial list of topics is provided to > give prospective authors ideas for articles and is by no means > exhaustive; other relevant topics will be considered. Papers that draw > connections between two or more of these areas are especially welcome. > > * Social consequences of technology > * Surveillance and privacy post-September 11th > * Professional ethics in software development > * Information stewardship > * Computer crimes and hackers > * Censorship on the Internet > * International perspectives on ethics in computer science > * Digital rights management and fair use > * Copyright laws for the programmer > * Internet filtering in schools and libraries > * Supporting civil society with the Internet > * The ethical consequences of the use of Open Source software > > Articles should include a basic description of the kinds of problems > being worked on, the state of the art of research, the state of the art > of commercial applications, open problems, or future research/commercial > development trends. Interviews with researchers; reviews of related > books, software, videos, or conferences; and opinion columns on related > issues are also welcome. We especially encourage both undergraduate > and graduate students to submit articles. However, articles written or > coauthored by professionals will also be considered. > > Crossroads articles should be written for a broad audience. They should > be easily understandable by someone who has had only the most basic > computer science instruction, and yet still be interesting to the > advanced computer enthusiast. Articles longer than 6000 words will > generally not be considered for publication. Feature articles should be > between 1500 and 6000 words; reviews should be between 800 and 2000 > words; and opinion columns should be between 800 and 3000 words. > Articles should be written in a magazine style rather than a research > paper style. In consideration of our diverse readership, authors should > try to use language that is inclusive of people regardless of their > gender, race, religion, nationality, or field of study. Additional > writing guidelines and submission information are available online at > the Crossroads web site > (http://www.acm.org/crossroads/doc/information/writing.html). > > Crossroads is published both online and in print. We have a print > circulation of about 20,000. All back issues are available for free on > our website. Authors that have an article printed in Crossroads can > receive complementary copies of the issue they were published in. > > All submissions should be formatted in HTML or plain text format and > submitted via http://www.acm.org/crossroads/submit/ > > Submissions are due 29 September 2003. They will be reviewed shortly > thereafter and authors of accepted submissions will be notified within > two to three weeks of the deadline. > > Prospective authors are invited to send email to the editors of > Crossroads (crossroads at acm.org) indicating their intention to submit an > article. In this way we can keep everyone informed of any changes in > deadlines or formats and to make sure we have a good variety of > articles. General questions should also be sent to the Crossroads > editors. > > -- > William Stevenson > Editor in Chief > ACM Crossroads Magazine > http://www.acm.org/crossroads > http://www.billstevenson.org > Calendar: http://ical.mac.com/billstevenson/Calendar > > --------------------------------------------------------- > To Subscribe: > http://www.acm.org/crossroads/doc/information/subxrdsannounce.html > To Unsubscribe: Send an email to crossroads at acm.org requesting removal. > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Mail Server Anti-Virus] > >
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