From: OII Events [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 05 January 2006 11:01
To: OII-contacts
Subject: OII News [2006.01.05]: Globalization and the Offshore Outsourcing
of Software Services
Dear All,
Please may we bring to your attention the following forthcoming event:
'Globalization and the Offshore Outsourcing of Software Services'
Speaker: Professor William Aspray, Professor of Informatics, Indiana
University, Bloomington.
Date: 12 Jan 2006, 15:30 - 17:00
Location: Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS
Attendance: This event is open to the public, if you would like to attend
please email your name and affiliation to [log in to unmask]
Abstract:
The talk will present findings from an international study organized by the
computing professional society ACM. Topics will include changes in the
geography of the software industry, enablers of offshoring, reasons why
companies send work to other countries, the economics of offshoring,
globalization of research, security and intellectual property risks, and
educational and policy responses.
Biography:
William Aspray is the Rudy Professor of Informatics at Indiana University,
Bloomington. His research involves the politics and history of computing and
Internet technologies. He has formerly held senior management positions in
Computing Research Association, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, and the Charles Babbage Institute; and faculty positions at
Harvard, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, and Williams.
For further information on all OII events, please refer to our website at:
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
Kind Regards
The Events Team
Oxford Internet Institute
1 St Giles
University of Oxford
Oxford
OX1 3JS
Tel: +44 (0)1865 287209
Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
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