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;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Virtual:geo:38.8122835,-77.1171899 GEO:38.8122835;-77.1171899 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual presentation of Professor Stephen Ruth's program "Things That Keep Me Up at Night: Technology’s Severest Ch allenges."\n.\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/4320886 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:If you are pretty much comfortable with to day&rsquo\;s information technology world\, this course is probably not fo r you. The instructor\, who teaches technology policy at Mason\, has colle cted several dozen of what he thinks are the scarier\, more worrisome\, an d potentially game-changing topics in information technology that may be i n our near-term and longterm future. Many are already major news stories w hile others are just about to break the surface. Here are some of the topi cs that will be covered: revenge porn\, phishing\, cyber bullying\, disrup tion by virtual currencies\, bots and scrapers\, e-waste\, cyber terrorism \, fake news\, skin gambling\, weapons of math destruction\, Jigsaw ransom ware\, doxing\, twitterbots\, Etherium\, and many more. It&rsquo\;s not al l bad news because there are solutions for each one of these challenges\, and we will discuss how governments\, individuals\, businesses\, and churc hes might be able to do in order to cope with them.
\nStephen Ruth i s Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University\, and director of the International Center for Applied Studies in Information Technology (IC ASIT). His research interests are focused on the problems of policy and st rategic planning associated with leveraging the use of Information and Com munications Technology (ICT) in large organizations\, with particular emph asis on Telework\, Green IT\, and the Return on Investment for E-Learning. He has received a Distinguished Professor award at George Mason Universit y\, and was a Virginia Outstanding Professor honoree. \; Dr. Ruth rece ived his BS from the U.S. Naval Academy and MS from the Navy Postgraduate School\, and served twenty- three years in the Navy\, retiring with the ra nk of Captain. His PhD is from the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylv ania. He is author or co-author of over one hundred published articles and four books.
\nThis program will take place by Zoom. Registration is required. After registering\, you will be e-mailed the link to join this Zoom meeting. A Zoom account is not required\, but a microphone is require d if you want to participate in the interactive portion of this program.&n bsp\;
\nIf you have questions about the program or need help with se t up\, please reach out to Caroline at \;cpak@alexlibraryva.org. \ ;
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