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<div style="margin:0"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Last spring, as MIT opened the Schwartzman College of Computing, faculty and staff from across humanities and arts disciplines
launched a </span></font><a href="https://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2019-ethics-computing-and-ai-perspectives-mit" target="_blank"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">publication series</span></font></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> on
computer science and artificial intelligence. Their goal was to “</span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">“explore ideas about ways that research and education from all the MIT Schools might interact with, benefit from, guide
and inform emerging computer science and AI tools.” The resulting debut issue comprises commentaries on the ethical and societal concerns of computing and AI from across many disciplines.</span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">Submissions are now open for the second issue, to which all associated with MIT are invited to contribute,
including postdocs. This issue will be primarily </span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>visual</strong></span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"> and
</span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>project-based</strong></span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">,
</span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">with a wide range of content from as many types of art practice as possible.
</span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">Short commentaries (700-800 words) are also welcome. Works by artists not affiliated with MIT will also be considered, with a short justification explaining why it is important. </span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">Please
see this </span></font><a href="https://forms.gle/yqUq9ddVz8HkPgNL9" target="_blank"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">Google form</span></font></a><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"> for guidance on content, formats, and submission
steps.</span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">The intention is to publish this fall. Toward that goal, we are suggesting a fairly quick </span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>submission
deadline of</strong></span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong>September 20.</strong></span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin:0"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:white">This publication series is organized by faculty leadership of School of Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences and of the School of Architecture and Planning, as well as the
</span></font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">Executive Director of Arts Initiatives</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> Leila Kinney. You may direct questions to Leila Kinney (</span></font><a href="mailto:lwkinney@mit.edu" target="_blank"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">lwkinney@mit.edu</span></font></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">)
or to Tim Fessenden (tfessend@mit.edu) one of the postdoc members of the Creative Arts Council.</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#003366">Regards,</font></div>
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