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Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
Meeting: Industrial Hygiene
Presented by William Tomlin,
Industrial Hygienist from the Florida Division of Safety
Monday, 12/7/98, 5:30 p.m.
Lee's Lakeside, 431 E Central
Blvd., Orlando
Cost: $18.00
RSVP by Thursday, 12/5 to (407)
262-1711 or Dianna Wiggins/Diane Sesic at (407) 671-5200
Florida Space Coast
Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Perspecta: Taking Information Organization
to the Next Level
By David Hill
Traditionally, the most effective way to access information
has been through a domain expert; someone intimately knowledgeable about
a subject. For example, some domain experts that we are all familiar with
are travel agents, librarians, stockbrokers, tax accountants, and customer
service representatives. Typically, when we have complex questions
or are unsure of the best approach to finding answers, or when we don't
even know the questions to ask in the first place, we consult domain experts.
Today however, more people are turning to freely available information
sources, such as the World Wide Web, and other large data storehouses.
Information access is moving toward a "self-service" model, and the domain
expert is slowly being removed. As a consequence, the size of the
information market has broadened, while the quality of the information
has declined. This phenomenon is a challenge to both information
providers, and the users of the information.
Enter Perspecta, a company whose vision is to create
a system that captures and amplifies the knowledge of domain experts, and
effectively provides that information to the world at large. Perspecta
was founded by a collection of prominent M.I.T. Media Lab alumnus, including
Earl Rennison, Lisa Strausfield, Steven Holtzmann, Nicolas Saint-Arnaud,
and Nicholas Negropointe, the founder and director of the M.I.T. Media
lab. Their work has been published in numerous design and technology
journals, including Wired, ID, and as independent volumes, such as Holtzman's
Digital Mantras, a critically acclaimed philosophy of creativity for the
information age.
Please join us:
Thursday, November 12, 1998 at the Cocoa Beach
Hilton
1550 North Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach
Cocktails (6:00) followed by dinner (6:30)
and presentation (to 9:00)
Choice of dinner: Roast Beef with Bordelaise
Sauce, or fresh Seafood
Cost: $15 - To make
reservations, please call Faith Chandler at
(407)267-3406
Cape
Canaveral Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
Annual Vendor's Night
- An Exhibition of Occupational Safety Products & Services
Thursday, December3,
1998, 5:30 p.m.
at Patrick Air Force
Base Officer's Club
Cost is $15.00
RSVP to Paul Stewart
at (407) 267-8247 ext. 152
Get
out there and promote System Safety!
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