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experience. Since technologies can fail, with the simplest example of a tablet running low in battery on a
two-hour flight, pilots need to be prepared to continue
their flight without jeopardizing their own and the public
safety. In this digital era, pilots need to stay informed of
the emerging technologies and be trained accordingly
so that new technologies improve their flying experiences without putting public safety at risk.

Author Information
Elena Psyllou is with Lloyd's Register Foundation Transport Risk Management Centre, Centre for Transport
Studies, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ,
U.K. Email: elena.psyllou11@imperial.ac.uk.

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Being Human in this Technical World
IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century 2020
Anna University, Chennai, India
23-26 July 2020
As the world becomes increasingly cyber, the founder of cybernetics and of information ethics, Norbert Wiener, becomes
more increasingly relevant. Following successful conferences in Boston and Melbourne, the third IEEE Conference on
Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century will be held at Anna University, Chennai, India, July 23-26, 2020. Wiener spent many
months in India in the 1950s, and the conference will look at the current state of his multidisciplinary technologies, the
information ethics field which he pioneered, and his links to India. The conference will be of significance to technologists,
ethicists, academics, cyber industry practitioners, and historians of technology, among others.
Call for papers and other information can be found at: http://21stcenturywiener.org/.
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