International Council for Science : Committee on Data for Science and Technology

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C O D A T A

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Past, Present and Future of Research in the Information Society
13-15 November 2005, Corinthia Khamsa Hotel, Tunis

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CODATA Sessions:
Access to Scientific Data and Information: Benefits to Society

Harlan Onsrud - Biography

Dr. Harlan J. Onsrud is Professor in the Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering at the University of Maine . He is president of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), past-president of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), and past Chair of the U.S. National Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) of the National Research Council. He recently chaired a U.S. National Research Council Study on the Licensing of Spatial Data and Services and currently serves on another NRC study committee exploring Confidentiality Issues Arising from the Integration of Remotely Sensed Data with Social Science Data. Professor Onsrud’s research focuses on the analysis of legal, ethical, and institutional issues affecting the creation and use of digital databases and the assessment of the social impacts of spatial technologies. He is a licensed engineer, land surveyor and attorney.