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As we stand at the portal of the next millennium, I am both excited and terrified about the future. I feel that as a modern civilization we may have become intoxicated by technology, and find ourselves involved in enterprises that push technology and build stuff just because we can do it. At the same time we are confronted with a world that is increasing needful of vision and solutions for global problems relating to the environment,food,crime,terrorism and an aging population. In this information technology milieu, I find myself being an advocate for the human and working to make computing and information technology tools that extend our capabilities, unlock our intelligence and link our minds to solve these pervasive problems.
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Furness, T.A. (2001). Toward Tightly Coupled Human Interfaces. In: Earnshaw, R.A., Guedj, R.A., Dam, A.v., Vince, J.A. (eds) Frontiers of Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities and Virtual Environments. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0259-5_7
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