EUGENE, Ore. -- (Aug. 12, 2011) -- The University of Oregon's Department of Computer and Information Sciences and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies will host an evening symposium about the ethical responses and social impacts of advances in information technology in China at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 16, in the Knight Law Center, Room 142, 1515 Agate St.

This event, "China's Revolution in Information Technology: The Ethical Issues" will include a panel of speakers with expertise in internet censorship and intellectual property, information systems development in China, Chinese patent law, and Chinese business practices and technology innovation. The symposium is free and open to the public.

The symposium is in conjunction with Computer and Information Sciences' "Pacific Rim Summer Workshop in Global Distribute Software Development," a two-week program bringing together computer science students from the Pacific Northwest and Asia for intensive classes on global software development, cross-cultural communication, international computer ethics and industry topics. The faculty team is from the UO, Peking University, Beihang University, and industry partners Google, Microsoft and Intel.

"Today's computer science graduates must be prepared to face ethical challenges arising from the global nature of high tech innovation," says Andrzej Proskurowski, department head and professor of Computer and Information Sciences. "The symposium and our workshop courses are part of a collaboration among Pacific Rim computer science departments to enrich computer science education with international perspectives."

Funding is provided by the UO's National Resource Center for East Asian Studies and the National Science Foundation.

For more info, visit http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/Activities/Public_Talks/20110816-Symposium.php or call 541-346-1521.

About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is among the 108 institutions chosen from 4,633 U.S. universities for top-tier designation of "Very High Research Activity" in the 2010 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO also is one of two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities.

MEDIA CONTACT: Julie Brown, 541-346-3185, julbrown@uoregon.edu

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