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MSU to Host Third International Conference on Communities Technologies
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December 02, 2005:
Michigan State University is scheduled to host the 3rd International Conference on Communities Technologies from June 28-30, 2007. This biennial meeting serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities and information and communication technologies. Papers and workshop proposal are currently being accepted. For more information, please visit, http://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/cct2007 or e-mail cct2007@msu.edu.


The MSU Working Group on Computing and Information recently submitted a proposal titled The School of Computing and Information to Provost Kim Wilcox and Vice President Ian Gray.

September 26, 2005:
In February of this year, Michigan State University hosted a landmark event, Strategic Visioning For Cyberinfrastructure, Computing, and Information, to begin a campus-wide dialogue on the University in the Digital Age. As a direct outcome of this event, a Working Group on Computing and Information was formed and began the process of casting a vision and identifying next steps. What resulted is a proposal titled The School of Computing and Information, which was submitted to Provost Kim Wilcox and Vice President Ian Gray.


Jackson's and Zhao's research highlighted in news story
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September 18, 2005:
Professors Linda Jackson and Yong Zhao are participating in research on how children survive in the virtual world of information technology. For more information, read the article from the Lansing State Journal.


Lecture on IP Networking and Services
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August 25, 2005:
Alwin Mahler, Vice President Strategy, Telefónica Germany and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, is giving a lecture entitled "IP Networking and Services as New Entry Strategy in Telecommunications: Industry Trends and the Case of Telefónica Germany" on Wednesday August 31, 2005 from 4:00-5:30 in the Communications, Arts, and Sciences building on Michigan State University's campus. For more information, please see the following document: mahler.pdf


Strategic Visioning for Cyberinfrastructure, Computing, and Information

February 19, 2005:
The president of the National Academy of Engineering was the guest lecturer for a Michigan State University’s University Distinguished Lecture held on February 17, 2005. Bill Wulf spoke on Opportunities and Challenges for Universities From Information Technology, which was a prelude to the weekend’s workshop on cyberinfrastructure held on February 19, 2005. The workshop, Strategic Visioning For Cyberinfrastructure, Computing, and Information served as an opportunity for MSU faculty to discuss the future of computing and information and its implications on scholarly research and teaching.

Read Timothy Deines article entitled "MSU Envisions the Future of Information Technology"

View the program for the workshop and listen to the lectures at Strategic Visioning for Cyberinfrastructure, Computing, and Information


MSU's Devolab featured in February issue of Discover Magazine

February 01, 2005:
MSU's Devolab: The Digital Evolution Laboratory, is featured on the February cover of Discover Magazine. The article, "Testing Darwin" reports on Devolab's software program, Avida, and their research on digital organism and the understanding of natural evolution. You can read the magazine article at: http://msu.edu/documents/discovermag.pdf or read more on MSU Today.