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This promises to be a really good talk--please attend!  Thanks, Leysia


CS COLLOQUIUM
Evolution of the Information Disciplines
John L. King, Professor & Dean, School of Information
University of Michigan
April 19, 2001
3:30  4:30 PM
Engineering Center Classroom 245

Refreshments will be served afterwards in ECOT 831

The "information revolution" has been underway for well over 100 years, and
it is hard to tell when we'll be able to say it's finally over. This is no
surprise: the more important the revolution, the longer it takes to play
out. The university has both influenced and been influenced by this
revolution, especially through the evolution of the information
disciplines. Through most of the past century these disciplines have
evolved via reductionistic branching into four primary
subdomains:  epistemology and the construction of meaning; theory of
computation and construction of computing machinery; exploration of
intelligence and the nature of mind; and improvement in the management and
exploitation of information for practical purposes. The past decade has
seen an important shift in this tradition, as problems have emerged that
require the attention of teams of experts drawn from across these
subdomains. The evidence of this shift is seen in the reconstruction of
disciplinary boundaries in university departments and programs, but these
are poor surrogates for the magnitude of the change underway. A more useful
indicator is the shift in social networks among leading researchers and
innovators in the information fields, who are not constrained by the same
forces that constrain the university at large. These shifts suggest
important implications for the future of the university and its continued
relevance in the information revolution.

John L. King is professor of information and dean of the School of
Information. He joined SI on January 1, 2000. Previously, he was professor
of information and computer science and management and a research scientist
in the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations at
the University of California, Irvine.

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