Noshir Contractor on Cyberinfrastructure at Northwestern

Noshir S. Contractor, a speaker at MeshForum 2005, will talk about the effect of cyberinfrastructure -- the ability to seamlessly connect individuals with one another as well as with relevant datasets, documents, visual-analytic took and other computing resources -- on today's communities at the 23rd annual Van Zelst Lecture in Communication (image of flyer). 

The free, public event sponsored by the School of Communication will take place at 4 p.m. May 1 in the Tribune Auditorium of the James L. Allen Center. Note that RSVP is required, see flyer.

The lecture titled “From Disasters to WOW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure” will cover the major socio-technical advances and challenges for the development and growth of digital technologies in communities. He will use examples from his research on communities involved in disaster response, environmental engineering, public health, economic resilience, educational diversity and gaming (WOW is the World of Warcraft).