<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Dear colleagues - </span></font><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">We’re very happy to announce a special SIGCIS meeting on March 18-19, 2017, hosted and sponsored by the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. </span></font><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">More information is below; for the full call for papers and registration information, please visit <a href="http://meetings.sigcis.org/" class="">http://meetings.sigcis.org/</a>. And please share widely!</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">The purpose of the meeting, <em class="">Command Lines: Software, Power, and Performance</em>,
is to draw together scholars from a variety of fields that study
software, including the history of computing, science and technology
studies, software studies, code studies, game studies, media studies,
web and internet history, and computer science and engineering. The
meeting hopes to explore the connections between the creation and use of
software and “power” in multiple senses, and the connection between
software and conceptions of technical and cultural “performance.”</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">We are delighted that the meeting will begin with two keynote speakers - Kavita Philip of University of California, Irvine, and Tom Mullaney of Stanford University.<br class=""> <br class="">The
SIGCIS organizing committee now seeks proposals for short papers (15-20
min.) to present new work at the conference. We welcome work that
hinges on, links to, or reacts against the themes of the meeting. We
also welcome submissions that may not connect specifically with the
themes but have bearing on the larger project of SIGCIS--the study of
computing and sociotechnical change. We especially encourage submissions
from graduate students and early career scholars.</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><strong class="">Deadlines and Submission Protocol</strong><br class=""><u class="">Proposals for papers are due by December 30th, 2016</u>. Decisions will be made by January 16th, 2017. Proposals should include:</span></font><ul class=""><li class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">a
one-page abstract (maximum 400 words) addressing the paper's topic,
approach, sources, and relationship to existing literatures</span></font></li><li class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">a one-page CV</span></font></li></ul><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Please email your proposal to SIGCIS organizing committee by midnight (Pacific time) on December 30th to Conference Assistant kera [dot] allen [at] gatech [dot] edu. </span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Financial Support</strong><br class="">SIGCIS
and the Museum will be able to provide partial financial support to
graduate students to present at the meeting. Please note in your
proposal if you would like to be considered for a travel award.<br class=""> <br class=""><strong class="">Location and Logistics</strong><br class="">The
meeting events will be held at CHM at 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard,
Mountain View, CA 94043. During the event, attendees will have access to
CHM’s most recent major exhibit on software and its implications, <em class="">Make Software: Change the World!</em><br class=""> <br class="">There
will be no official meeting hotel or transportation. The meeting has a
$40 registration fee, waived for graduate and undergraduate students as
well as independent scholars. Presenters and attendees may register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/command-lines-software-power-and-performance-tickets-28775183348" target="_blank" class="">here</a>. We encourage early registration, as attendance will be limited.</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">We hope to see you there!</span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Organizing Committee</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/author/dbrock/" class="">David C. Brock, Computer History Museum</a></span><br class=""><span style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://mariehicks.net/" class="">Marie Hicks, Illinois Institute of Technology</a></span><br class=""><span style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://www.lainenooney.com" class="">Laine Nooney, Georgia Institute of Technology</a></span><br class=""><span style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)" class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://arussell.org/" class="">Andrew Russell, SUNY Polytechnic Institute</a></span></span></font></div></body></html>