Universal Access to Technology: Central Role of Internet in Education, Our Reflections and Perspectives

This paper is a consolidated sharing of different types of experiences in using the Internet for specific purposes that include online teaching, meetings, conferences, webinars, developing interactive internet-based sessions and discussion panels, writing e-books or connecting the unconnected. It is written by a diverse group of members of three committees sponsoring this paper: IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Technical Committee on Stochastic Systems and Control (SSC), IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Technical Activity on Universal Access of Technology (UAT) and IEEE Systems Council Committee on DEI. The paper is presented in the form of the collection of sections ending with open discussion on reflections and perspectives. The contributors represent seven different cultures on four continents. This diverse group of co-authors reflects beautifully and powerfully a multidisciplinary character of control as a field that spans all STEM fields.