ISRI Seminar Series / EPP MacArthur Peace and Security Series

The Engineering & Public Policy Department and the PhD Program in
Computation, Organizations & Society present:

Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU Technology and Liberty Program

Thursday, 24 March 2005, 12 pm, NSH 3305
Lunch will be provided

The Suppression of Scientific Freedom in the Post-9/11 Age

Academic freedom and scientific inquiry has come under sustained
assault since September 11, 2001. Spurred by misguided and often
disengenuous security concerns, the Bush Administration has sought to
impose growing restrictions on the free flow of scientific
information, unreasonable barriers to the use of scientific materials,
and increased monitoring of and restrictions on foreign university
students.

Bio

Barry Steinhardt served as Associate Director of the American Civil
Liberties Union between 1992 and 2002. In 2002, he was named as the
inaugural Director of the ACLU's Program on Technology and Liberty. He
was chair of the 2003 Computer Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP)
and was awarded the 2004 Norbert Weiner Award by Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility.  He is a member of the
Advisory Committee to the US Census and was a member of the Blue
Ribbon Panel on Genetics of the National Conference of State
Legislatures. He also was selected to be a member of the US delegation
to the G-8 Government and Private Sector Tokyo conference on Cyber
Crime. Steinhardt is a frequent guest on news and talk programs and
has appeared on such programs as the Today Show, CNN's Crossfire,
CBS's Face the Nation and Morning News, and The Donahue Shows. In
1998, Steinhardt took a leave of absence from the ACLU to serve as
President of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.