[SIGCIS-Members] Fwd: IHPST NEWSLETTER: November 28, 2014

Paul Fishwick metaphorz at gmail.com
Tue Dec 2 17:50:10 PST 2014


On Dec 2, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Fishwick, Paul <pxf130430 at utdallas.edu> wrote:

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> On Dec 2, 2014, at 5:09 AM, Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty at mccarty.org.uk> wrote:
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>> Dear all (from the sidelines),
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>> I agree that the history and philosophy of computing belong in close proximity to each other, that both are rich and important fields -- and I'd like to see the usually far too utilitarian digital humanities (at the intersection of computing and the humanities) brought into the discussion. It's the intersecting that makes it valuable here. I particularly like Mike Mahoney's comment that the question "is computer science a science" is actually two questions: "what happens to computing if you call it a science?" and "what do you mean by 'science' if computing is one?”
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> This is one response to these two questions:
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> http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2601381.2601391
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> -p
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>> Yours,
>> WM
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> Paul Fishwick, PhD
> Chair, ACM SIGSIM
> Distinguished University Chair of Arts & Technology 
>    and Professor of Computer Science
> Director, Creative Automata Laboratory
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> Arts & Technology
> 800 West Campbell Road, AT10
> Richardson, TX 75080-3021
> Home: utdallas.edu/atec/fishwick
> Blog: creative-automata.com
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Paul Fishwick, PhD
Chair, ACM SIGSIM
Distinguished University Chair of Arts & Technology 
   and Professor of Computer Science
Director, Creative Automata Laboratory
The University of Texas at Dallas
Arts & Technology
800 West Campbell Road, AT10
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Home: utdallas.edu/atec/fishwick
Blog: creative-automata.com

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