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Dear all,<br>
<br>
The 2015 call for submissions for our Computer History Museum book
prize is online at <a href="http://sigcis.org/chmprize" class="">http://sigcis.org/chmprize</a>
and pasted below. <br>
<br>
Please spread the word. Also remember that there is a three year
window. This window this year is for books with first publication in
English in 2012, 2013, or 2014. <br>
<br>
We are particularly glad that Joy Rankin has agreed to join the jury
this year. Please address any questions to this year’s chair, Joseph
November.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
David Nofre<br>
<br>
*****<br>
<h2>Computer History Museum Prize</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Computer History Museum Prize is
awarded to the author of an outstanding book in the history of
computing broadly conceived, published during the prior three
years. The prize of $1,000 is awarded by SIGCIS, the Special
Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society. SIGCIS is
part of the Society for the History of Technology. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In 2012 the prize was endowed in
perpetuity through a generous bequest from the estate of Paul
Baran, a legendary computer innovator and entrepreneur best known
for his work to develop and promote the packet switching approach
on which modern networks are built. Baran was a longtime supporter
of work on the history of information technology and named the
prize to celebrate the contributions of the Computer History
Museum to that field. <br>
</p>
<p><u><strong>2015 Call for Submissions</strong></u></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Books published in 2012-2014 are
eligible for the 2015 award. Books in translation are eligible for
three years following the date of their publication in English.
Publishers, authors, and other interested members of the computer
history community are invited to nominate books. Send one copy of
the nominated title to each of the committee members listed below.
To be considered, book submissions must be postmarked by May 15,
2015. For more information, please contact Prof. Joseph November,
the 2015 prize committee chair, at <a
href="mailto:november@sc.edu">november@sc.edu</a>. Current
information about the prize, including the most recent call and a
list of previous winners, may always be found at <a
href="http://www.sigcis.org/chmprize">http://www.sigcis.org/chmprize</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u><strong>2015 Prize Committee
Members</strong></u></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;">David Nofre<br>
Kleyn Proffijtlaan 47<br>
Oegstgeest 2343DB<br>
The Netherlands<br>
</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Joseph A. November (2015 Chair)<br>
Associate Professor and McCausland Fellow<br>
Department of History<br>
University of South Carolina<br>
817 Henderson Street<br>
Gambrell Hall, Room 245<br>
Columbia, SC 29208<br>
USA<br>
</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Joy Rankin<br>
27 Wheeler St. #323<br>
Cambridge, MA 02138<br>
USA</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p><u><strong>Previous Winners</strong></u></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://sigcis.org/node/89">2009: Christophe Lécuyer</a>,<em>
Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech,
1930-1970</em> (MIT Press, 2006)</li>
<li><a href="http://sigcis.org/node/133">2010: Atsushi Akera</a>,<em>
Calculating a Natural World: Scientists, Engineers, and
Computers During the Rise of U.S. Cold War Research</em> (MIT
Press, 2007)</li>
<li><a href="http://sigcis.org/node/320">2011: Paul N. Edwards</a>, <em>A
Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics
of Global Warming</em> (MIT Press, 2010)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sigcis.org/node/365">2012: Eden Medina</a>,<em>
Cybernetic Revolutionaries:Technology and Politics in
Allende's Chile </em>(MIT Press, 2011)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sigcis.org/node/383">2013: Joseph A.
Novembe</a>r<em>, Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the
United States</em> (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sigcis.org/node/388">2014: Janet Abbate</a>,
<em>Recoding Gender: Women’s Changing Participation in Computing
</em>(MIT Press, 2012)</li>
</ul>
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