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Links: Science and
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ACTS - Advanced Communications Technologies and
Services
The Programme supports research and development in
advanced communications in order to facilitate economic development and
social cohesion in Europe. Under the Programme, individual companies,
public sector organisations, research institutes, schools and
universities agree to work together as individual project consortia,
pooling their knowledge and resources in pursuit of specific research
objectives covered by the ACTS workplan. All ACTS research is conducted
in the context of usage trials to ensure relevance of the results and to
encourage a broadening of awareness of the benefits that advanced
communications may bring.
Benton's Communications Policy & Practice Program
Benton's Communications Policy & Practice Program seeks to infuse the
emerging communications environment with public interest values, and
demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems and
strengthening social bonds.
CPSR: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
CPSR is a public-interest alliance of computer
scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology
on society. We work to influence decisions regarding the development and
use of computers because those decisions have far-reaching consequences
and reflect our basic values and priorities.
As technical experts, CPSR members provide the public and policymakers
with realistic assessments of the power, promise, and limitations of
computer technology. As concerned citizens, we direct public attention
to critical choices concerning the applications of computing and how
those choices affect society.
The Center for Information Technology
The Center for Information
Technology is a multidisciplinary laboratory operated by Stanford
University in association with affiliated organizations from industry,
government, and academia. The staff of the Center includes a core of
full-time employees, together with faculty and students from Stanford
and professionals from the affiliated organizations.
The central focus of the Center's activity is the development of
advanced information technology -- computer technology appropriate to
the encoding, storage, communication, manipulation, and use of
information in digital form. Examples of this technology include digital
libraries, electronic education, electronic commerce, computer-based
patient records, and computer-based collaborative engineering.
Equal Access to Software and Information
EASI's mission is to serve as a resource to the
education community by providing information and guidance in the area of
access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities.
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