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Vendredi 17 Avril 2009

Robert Boily, Ph.D.
President Inforex Inc
SigmaXi John P. McGovern
Science and Society Award

Challenges Facing Scientific Knowledge at the Dawn of the XXIst Century.

Since the 1980s, we truly live in the « society of knowledge »… a period of time marked by the rapid evolution of computers and information technologies in general. This has resulted in profound changes in the way we see, use, work and interact with knowledge. In the history of Humanity, there has never been more accesses to scientific information than today : journals, books, magazines, television, radio, DVDs and, of course, the Internet. This is very good news for the democratization of science, as more and more people can be informed about research activities from all over the world. However, serious problems have also resulted from the overabundance of information (also called « infobesity »). The growth and quality of scientific information are now out of control for the most part. In recent years, even peer-reviewed publications had their share of problems regarding credibility, and the public opinion was affected negatively as some very unfortunate events were revealed in the mass medias. Because the population is better informed, we have seen in recent years numerous pressure groups being created to keep a close eye on scientific research. This lecture will present some of the main challenges that scientists have to face in this new reality.

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Vendredi 17 Avril 2009

Notre invité du mois :
Vendredi, le 17 Avril 2009
Musée McCord

Dr. Robert Boily
Challenges Facing Scientific Knowledge at the Dawn of the XXIst Century
Lecture publique: 18h00

Suivi Banquet at Le Caveau

Mars 2009

Notre invité du mois :
Lundi, le 30 Mars 2009
Université McGill
édifice Otto Maass Chemie
salle 10

Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji
Bonding with Bugs: Bioadhesion in Environmental and Biomedical Processes
Lecture publique: 18h00