From info at ithistory.org Mon Jun 1 12:53:22 2026 From: info at ithistory.org (IT History Society) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:53:22 -0400 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] =?utf-8?q?Free_panel_tomorrow_=28Tue=2C_June_2?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_1pm_ET=29=3A_=22Analog_=E2=80=94_The_Infinity_Betwee?= =?utf-8?q?n_0_and_1=22?= Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Greetings from the IT History Society, and apologies for the short notice. Tomorrow, *Tuesday, June 2, at 1:00 pm ET,* we're hosting a free public Zoom panel that may interest many on this list. *"Analog: The Infinity Between 0 and 1"* Before computing was digital, it was continuous. Between any two digital values lies an uncountable infinity. For most of computing's history, that continuous space was where computers actually lived: slide rules, mechanical integrators, differential analyzers that didn't count but flowed. Then digital won, and analog all but vanished from the mainstream ? only to resurface today in neuromorphic chips, AI accelerators, and edge devices doing things digital silicon struggles with. We've brought together four people who have spent careers in that world: - *George Dyson* ? historian, author of "Turing's Cathedral" and "Analogia" - *David Alan Grier* ? author of "When Computers Were Human"; former Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing - *Peggy Aldrich Kidwell* ? Smithsonian's National Museum of American History; an authority on slide rules and early calculating instruments - *Bernd Ulmann* ? anabrid / "The Analog Thing" ? who will demonstrate vintage analog computing hardware live, running real-time simulations and calculations during the session Open to all; free registration. 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Reflections On Computing History, the first, invites authors, particularly those who have already published work on computing history, to write on older and newer approaches?what the study has accomplished or on what they think it needs to do next?not solely with reference to Annals. The issue will be guest edited by David Hemmendinger. New Perspectives On Computing History, the second, invites authors who are new to the field or who come to it as "outsiders" to look ahead and focus on what computing history has not yet addressed and on how it may need to expand or change in the future. Mar Hicks is the guest editor for this issue. Interested authors should send 200 to 500 word abstracts to the relevant editor and those selected will be invited to submit 2000 to 4000 word essays through Author Portal later for (light-touch) peer review. For more details, including schedules and editor emails, please see the attached CFP documents. ?? 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URL: From jcortada at umn.edu Fri Jun 5 07:11:39 2026 From: jcortada at umn.edu (James Cortada) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 09:11:39 -0500 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] CFP: reflections and new perspectives on the history of computing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I also like the way Mar has conceived of the sequel special issue, as I am particularly interested in understanding what might be studied over the next decade or so. Jim On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 9:09?AM James Cortada wrote: > The two issues are guaranteed to be read by a wide audience from many > disciplines. So, well done Troy and David in thinking through how these > might be done. Jim > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 8:33?AM Troy Astarte via Members < > members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote: > >> ?Dear colleagues, >> >> In 2028, *IEEE Annals of the History of Computing* will publish its 50th >> volume. That is a time to reflect on the study of computing history: what >> it has achieved and what is yet to be done now and in the coming years. To >> mark the occasion, we will publish two special issues of essays on the >> historiography of computing. Reflections On Computing History, the first, >> invites authors, particularly those who have already published work on >> computing history, to write on older and newer approaches?what the study >> has accomplished or on what they think it needs to do next?not solely with >> reference to *Annals*. The issue will be guest edited by David >> Hemmendinger. New Perspectives On Computing History, the second, invites >> authors who are new to the field or who come to it as "outsiders" to look >> ahead and focus on what computing history has not yet addressed and on how >> it may need to expand or change in the future. Mar Hicks is the guest >> editor for this issue. >> >> Interested authors should send 200 to 500 word abstracts to the relevant >> editor and those selected will be invited to submit 2000 to 4000 word >> essays through Author Portal later for (light-touch) peer review. For more >> details, including schedules and editor emails, please see the attached CFP >> documents. >> >> >> Best, >> >> Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw) >> >> *I often dictate messages due to motor disability; please forgive any >> oddities resulting.* >> >> Editor-in-Chief / Prif Olygydd, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing >> >> Senior Lecturer, Computer Science and Head of Year 3 / Uwch Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg >> a Phennaeth Blwyddyn 3 >> Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion >> list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member >> posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list >> archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ >> and you can change your subscription options at >> http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org >> > > > -- > James W. Cortada > Senior Research Fellow > Charles Babbage Institute > University of Minnesota > jcortada at umn.edu > 608-274-6382 > -- James W. Cortada Senior Research Fellow Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota jcortada at umn.edu 608-274-6382 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jcortada at umn.edu Fri Jun 5 07:09:20 2026 From: jcortada at umn.edu (James Cortada) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 09:09:20 -0500 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] CFP: reflections and new perspectives on the history of computing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The two issues are guaranteed to be read by a wide audience from many disciplines. So, well done Troy and David in thinking through how these might be done. Jim On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 8:33?AM Troy Astarte via Members < members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote: > ?Dear colleagues, > > In 2028, *IEEE Annals of the History of Computing* will publish its 50th > volume. That is a time to reflect on the study of computing history: what > it has achieved and what is yet to be done now and in the coming years. To > mark the occasion, we will publish two special issues of essays on the > historiography of computing. Reflections On Computing History, the first, > invites authors, particularly those who have already published work on > computing history, to write on older and newer approaches?what the study > has accomplished or on what they think it needs to do next?not solely with > reference to *Annals*. The issue will be guest edited by David > Hemmendinger. New Perspectives On Computing History, the second, invites > authors who are new to the field or who come to it as "outsiders" to look > ahead and focus on what computing history has not yet addressed and on how > it may need to expand or change in the future. Mar Hicks is the guest > editor for this issue. > > Interested authors should send 200 to 500 word abstracts to the relevant > editor and those selected will be invited to submit 2000 to 4000 word > essays through Author Portal later for (light-touch) peer review. For more > details, including schedules and editor emails, please see the attached CFP > documents. > > > Best, > > Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw) > > *I often dictate messages due to motor disability; please forgive any > oddities resulting.* > > Editor-in-Chief / Prif Olygydd, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing > > Senior Lecturer, Computer Science and Head of Year 3 / Uwch Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg > a Phennaeth Blwyddyn 3 > Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion > list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member > posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list > archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and > you can change your subscription options at > http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org > -- James W. 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We invite contributions on the history and philosophy of programming broadly understood, whether conceptual concerns or practical matters, field-specific examinations or cross-disciplinary comparisons, as well as, but not limited to, epistemic, aesthetic and ethical reflections. In the spirit of interdisciplinary inquiry into programming, this symposium asks broadly "what is critical about programming?". We start from appreciating a critical moment, a crisis, as that which requires clear assessment of a situation, and subsequent action. From the so-called "software crisis" in the 1960s to the programming of critical systems and automated decision-making about potential crises of today, we seek to assess how criticality is defined within such systems and in which ways it intersects with adjacent concepts such as risk, safety and harm. Moreover, programming can also be considered as a means of conducting critique both within the domain of computer science as well as outside of it. As such, the symposium considers a critical stance, or critique, as that which seeks to delimit one's own knowledge and abilities, considering these limits as rooted within the thinking subject as well as societal structures. Critically examining programming therefore involves tracing both how programming is limited in itself, and how it limits the abilities of the domains and users on which it operates, as well as how it broadens the possibilities of programming practices. We therefore invite abstracts of about 500 words (including references) on the history and philosophy of programming which should be sent to basel-2026 at hapoc.org by 2026-07-31. Please see the full open call for further details at https://hapoc.org/hapop-7/ *-------* Elisabetta Mori Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Associate Editor, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing Senior Research Fellow, The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, UK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From t.astarte at ieee.org Mon Jun 8 10:20:18 2026 From: t.astarte at ieee.org (Troy Astarte) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 18:20:18 +0100 Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Annals 48(2) now available Message-ID: <3CA369D0-2FBB-4BF4-A558-573428488059@ieee.org> Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the latest issue of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing is available to read online. It is a standard issue, with our usual mix of research articles and department contributions. Find it on IEEE Xplore or CSDL as you prefer. Table of Contents: Features Meet Some Girls: Encoding Heteronormativity Into the History of Computing by Sheila C. Murphy Discriminating Data: How LGBTQ+ Computer Scientists, Engineers, and High-Tech Professionals Used Data Collection and Computational Analysis to Advocate for Queer Labor Rights by Alex D. Ketchum Precision Matters: AI and the Triumph of Strategic Ambiguity by Alison Langmead , Christopher J. Phillips Databasing the Face: The Rise of Data-Centrism in Computerized Facial Expression Recognition by Heewon Kim Department: anecdotes Assembling and Training the Perceptron: A Personal Account by George Osborn Jensen , David E. Dunning Department: think pieces Is It Too Early to Talk ?Quantum Software?? by Hassan Soubra Department: people of computing Jean-Raymond Abrial: A Scientific Biography of a Formal Methods Pioneer by Jonathan P. Bowen , Henri Habrias Department: events and sightings Notes From the HaPoC 8 Conference by Gregor Zurowski , Henri St?phanou , Alexander Gschwendtner Best, Dr. Troy Kaighin Astarte (they/them / nhw) I often dictate messages due to motor disability; please forgive any oddities resulting. Editor-in-Chief / Prif Olygydd, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing Senior Lecturer, Computer Science and Head of Year 3 / Uwch Darlithydd, Cyfrifiadureg a Phennaeth Blwyddyn 3 Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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