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searching for networks built on top of specific undersea cables
by Lori Emerson 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Dear all, I'm at a bit of an impasse in my research and I wonder if any of you might have tips or advice for me. What I'm trying to do is see whether I can restructure my book project so that it looks at the life of, say, one to three undersea cables and then looks at different networks that were built on top of these cables. Right now my focus is on Canada, just because that's where I've made the most progress in my research, and I've narrowed my search down to three cables: CANTAT-1, CANTAT-2, and TAT-6. My question for all of you is whether you have any tips about how I can find out other networks that existed on these lines? Is it a matter of delving into who owned the lines and then taking trips to their corporate archives? Or is there a more direct, less expensive solution? I gather Bell Canada has historical archives in Montreal, or at least they did several years ago, but I'm surprised to find there is no website or obvious contact information for Bell's archivist... My sincere thanks! Lori -- Lori Emerson Associate Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English and Intermedia Arts, Writing, and Performance University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com

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Gawker settlement re the history of email
by Marc Weber 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

John Vittal just sent a link to this article: http://lawnewz.com/celebrity/gawker-will-pay-hulk-hogan-over-31-million-in-… Apparently Gawker settled with Ayyadurai for $750K, with a stipulation that posts are deleted. Regards, Marc

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Strachey Lecture - The Once and Future Turing
by Brian Randell 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Hi: Here a video of Alan Hodges’ recent lecture at Oxford University on Alan Turing: https://www.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/strachey-lecture-once-and-future-turing Cheers Brian Randell -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/brianrandell.html

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2nd CfP: Computability in Europe 2017, June 12-16, 2017, Turku, Finland
by lidemol 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Dear all, please find below the second call for papers for Computability in Europe 2017, to be held from June 12-16 2017 in Turku. The conference also welcomes very much historical contributions and so offers an opportunity to communicate historical insight to an interdisciplinary community of logicians, mathematicians and computer scientists. Please, note also that there are some grants for young female scholars in the framework of the "Women in Computability" programme, very best wishes, Liesbeth CALL FOR PAPERS: ================ CiE 2017: Unveiling Dynamics and Complexity Turku, Finland June 12-16, 2017 http://math.utu.fi/cie2017 IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Deadline for article submission: January 5, 2017 Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2017 Final versions due: March 13, 2017 Early registration before: May 8, 2017 CiE 2017 is the thirteenth conference organized by CiE (Computability in Europe), a European association of mathematicians, logicians, computer scientists, philosophers, physicists and others interested in new developments in computability and their underlying significance for the real world. Previous meetings have taken place in Amsterdam (2005), Swansea (2006), Siena (2007), Athens (2008), Heidelberg (2009), Ponte Dalgada (2010), Sofia (2011), Cambridge (2012), Milan (2013), Budapest (2014), Bucharest (2015) and Paris (2016). THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE cordially invites all researchers (European and non-European) to submit their papers in all areas related to computability for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2017. Papers must be submitted in PDF format, using the LNCS style (available at ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/llncs2e.zip) and should have a maximum of 10 pages, including references but excluding a possible appendix in which one can include proofs and other additional material. Papers that build bridges between different parts of the research community are particularly welcome. The CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS will be published by LNCS, Springer Verlag. ORGANIZED BY: ============= Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku Computer Science, Åbo Akademi University email: cie2017(a)utu.fi WOMEN IN COMPUTABILITY PROGRAM AND GRANTS: ========================================== We are happy to announce that the CiE Women in Computability program, coordinated by the Special Interest Group Women in Computability http://sat.mdx.ac.uk/cie-wp/index.php/cie-conference-series/cie-cs-women-in… offers four grants of up to 250 EUR for junior female researchers who want to participate in CiE 2017. Applications for this grant should be send to Liesbeth De Mol (liesbeth.demol(a)univ-lille3.fr) before 1 May 2017 and include a short cv (at most 2 pages) and contact information for an academic reference. Preference will be given to junior female researchers who are presenting a paper (including informal presentations) at CiE 2017. TUTORIAL SPEAKERS: ================== Denis R. Hirschfeldt (University of Chicago) Daniel M. Gusfield (University of California, Davis) INVITED SPEAKERS: ================= Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin) Karen Lange (Wellesley College) Ludovic Patey (Université Paris Diderot) Nicole Schweikardt (Humboldt-Universit ät zu Berlin) Alexander Shen (Université de Montpellier) Moshe Vardi (Rice University) SPECIAL SESSIONS: ================= Algorithmics for biology: ------------------------- Organized by Paola Bonizzoni (Milano, Italy) and Veli Mäkinen (Helsinki, Finland). Speakers: Tobias Marschall (Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik) Fabio Vandin (University of Padova) Gregory Kucherov (University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée) Gianluca Della Vedova (University of Milano-Bicocca) Combinatorics and algorithmics on words: ---------------------------------------- Organized by Tero Harju (Turku, Finland) and Dirk Nowotka (Kiel, Germany). Speakers: Stepan Holub (Charles University in Prague) Pascal Ochem (Université de Montpellier) Svetlana Puzynina (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics and École Normale Supérieure de Lyon) Narad Rampersad (University of Winnipeg) Computability in analysis, algebra, and geometry: ------------------------------------------------- Organized by Julia Knight (Notre Dame, USA) and Andrey Morozov (Novosibirsk, Russia). Speakers: Saugata Basu (Purdue University) Margarita Korovina (University of Aarhus) Alexander Melnikov (University of California, Berkeley) Russell Miller (Queens College, City University of New York) Cryptography and information theory: ------------------------------------ Organized by Delaram Kahrobaei (New York, USA) and Helger Lipmaa (Tartu, Estonia). Speakers: Jean-Charles Faugère (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Elham Kashefi (University of Edinburgh-Scotland, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Aggelos Kiayias (University of Edinburgh) Ivan Visconti (Università degli Studi di Salerno) Formal languages and automata theory: ------------------------------------- Organized by Juhani Karhumäki (Turku, Finland) and Alexander Okhotin (St. Petersburg, Russia). Speakers: TBA History and philosophy of computing: ------------------------------------ Organized by Liesbeth De Mol (Lille, France) and Giuseppe Primiero (London, United Kingdom). Speakers: TBA Contributed papers will be selected from submissions received by the PROGRAM COMMITTEE consisting of: Andrew Arana (Urbana-Champaign, US) Arnold Beckmann (Swansea, UK) Paola Bonizzoni (Milan, IT) Olivier Bournez (Palaiseau, FR) Vasco Brattka (Munich, DE) Cristian S. Calude (Auckland, NZ) Ann Copestake (Cambridge, UK) Liesbeth De Mol (Lille, FR) Helena Durnová (Brno, CZ) Ekaterina Fokina (Vienna, AT) Tero Harju (Turku, FI) Emmanuel Jeandel (Nancy, FR) Emil Jeřábek (Prague, CZ) Natašha Jonoska (Tampa, US) Jarkko Kari (Turku, FI, co-chair) Viv Kendon (Durham, UK) Takayuki Kihara (Berkley, US) Florin Manea (Kiel, DE) Klaus Meer (Cottbus, DE) Russell Miller (New York City, US) Bernard Moret (Lausanne, CH) Rolf Niedermeier (Berlin, DE) Dag Normann (Oslo, NO) Dirk Nowotka (Kiel, DE) Isabel Oitavem (Lisbon, PT) Ion Petre (Turku, FI, co-chair) Kai Salomaa (Kingston, CA) Reed Solomon (Storrs, US) Mariya Soskova (Sofia, BG) Susan Stepney (York, UK) Peter Van Emde Boas (Amsterdam, NL) Philip Welch (Bristol, UK) Damien Woods (Pasadena, US) Association CiE: http://computability.org.uk CiE Conference Series: http://illc.uva.nl/CiE CiE 2017 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CIE.Conference2017 CiE 2017 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/2017Cie CiE 2017 on Instagram: https://instagram.com/cie.2017

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FW: CFP/Techniques of the Corporation
by Thomas Haigh 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Sounds like something that should have significant input from the SIGCIS community. History of technology and history of IT don’t explicitly make their list of “diverse fields” relevant to the intersection of STS and the history of the corporation, but maybe some of you can come up with proposals that make the relevance clear. Tom CALL FOR PAPERS “Techniques of the Corporation” 4-6 May 2017, University of Toronto Technoscience Research Unit Conference organization Justin Douglas Bretton Fosbrook Kira Lussier Michelle Murphy How do corporations know themselves and their world? Over the last 150 years, corporations, like universities and laboratories, have generated an abundance of knowledge-making techniques in the form of psychological tests, efficiency technologies, scenario planning, and logistical systems. As dominant forms of the last century, corporations are assembled with instruments, infrastructures, and interventions that arrange and rearrange the dynamics of capitalism. These techniques of the corporation have filtered into our daily lives, influencing everyday understandings of self, inequality, environment, and society. Techniques of the Corporation will assemble an interdisciplinary network of established and emerging scholars whose work contributes to the critical study of the techniques, epistemologies, and imaginaries of the 20th-century corporation. This conference aims to foster a timely conversation between Science and Technology Studies (STS) approaches and the recent histories of capitalism. We treat the corporation in the same way that historians of science and STS scholars have approached science, colonialism, and militarism as generative sites for knowledge production, value-making, and technopolitics. The conference takes as its starting place North American corporations with the understanding that corporations are multinational forms with complex transnational histories. Building from the recent history of capitalism, we attend to the entangled genealogies of corporations with slavery, exploitation, environmental destruction, colonialism, and inequality. Hosted by the Technoscience Research Unit at the University of Toronto, this event will be an intimate multi-day conversation between established and emerging scholars in the fields of STS, history of science, and the history of capitalism. Techniques of the Corporation will be headlined by keynote speaker Joseph Dumit, and features invited talks by Dan Bouk, Elspeth Brown, Deborah Cowen, Orit Halpern, Louis Hyman, Michelle Murphy, Martha Poon, and Elise Thorburn. The conference will be an immersive experience in the Greater Toronto Area with meals and cocktails provided. We invite emerging and established scholars in diverse fields (including business history; labour history; anthropology; geography; economic sociology; media studies; critical race studies; architecture studies; feminist and sexuality studies; environmental studies; and cultural studies) to explore the techniques, epistemologies, and imaginaries of corporations. Our overall goal is to crystallize a new field, culminating in a field-defining publication. We welcome work on corporate practices that exceed calculative logics, such as work on social relations, affective and psychological states, and speculative futurities. In addition to traditional papers, the conference encourages creative methods to query corporate forms, including art installations, videos, interactive multimedia projects, and role-playing games. Applications for travel assistance will be arranged after acceptance. Corporate practices, include, but are not limited to: management sharing economy data management marketing risk management corporate culture planning corporate responsibility consulting infrastructure sustainability research and development logistics corporate design intellectual property gaming precarity affective labor racial surveillance architecture transnational capital Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words and a CV to the conference organizers at <mailto:corporatetechniques@gmail.com> corporatetechniques(a)gmail.com by 13 January 2017. -- Bretton Fosbrook • Doctoral Candidate Science & Technology Studies Faculty of Sciences YORK UNIVERSITY Bethune College • 4700 Keele Street Toronto ON • Canada M3J 1P3 T 416.736.2100 <mailto:bfosbro@yorku.ca> bfosbro(a)yorku.ca • <http://www.yorku.ca/> www.yorku.ca <https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aYnJldHRvbi5mb3Nicm9va0BnbWFpbC5jb2…> ᐧ <https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aYnJldHRvbi5mb3Nicm9va0BnbWFpbC5jb2…> ᐧ <https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aYnJldHRvbi5mb3Nicm9va0BnbWFpbC5jb2…> ᐧ

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Faculty job at Virginia Tech: Critical study of information, design, and innovation
by Janet Abbate 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Begin forwarded message: > From: Matthew Wisnioski <mwisnios(a)vt.edu> > Date: October 28, 2016 2:13:37 PM EDT > To: sts Discussion List <sts-g(a)vt.edu> > Subject: [sts-g] We're hiring! Please spread the word > Reply-To: mwisnios(a)vt.edu > > VIRGINIA TECH, Blacksburg, VA. Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology in Society, in the critical study of Information, Design, and Innovation. Research specialties may include, for example, ethnography of digital cultures, social informatics, the politics of innovation, or participatory design. Duties include the equivalent of four courses per year in the department’s undergraduate programs, graduate degree program, and Ph.D. and M.S. advising across our campuses in Blacksburg and the National Capital Region; and service responsibilities. The successful candidate also will participate in the University’s Strategic Growth Area in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which integrates research, experiential programs, and teaching to provide a critical understanding and framework for innovation and entrepreneurship across the university. Accordingly, one course per year will be in a new Innovation Pathways Minor. Salary commensurate with experience. Candidates can find information about our department at: www.sts.vt.edu. > Required qualifications include the following: The successful candidate must have a demonstrable background and research agenda in Science and Technology Studies or a related field, and is expected to achieve a national research profile. The doctorate must be received by the appointment date of August 10, 2017. For Associate Professor, national scholarly recognition is required. > Preferred Qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates with interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary experience, expertise in ethnographic methods, and practice teaching undergraduate students from a wide range of backgrounds. > Applications will be reviewed beginning December 1, 2016, and will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications must be submitted electronically at jobs.vt.edu, posting TR0160144. Attach a letter of interest, a C.V., a 2-page research statement, a writing sample, a 3-page demonstration of teaching effectiveness (for example, a teaching philosophy, a brief syllabus, course descriptions, and/or course evaluations), and a list of three references. Letters of recommendation will be requested for candidates who advance in the process. Address queries to the search committee chair, Matthew Wisnioski at: mwisnios(a)vt.edu. > Virginia Tech recognizes the critical importance of diverse teams of scholars. It seeks to diversify its faculty along multiple dimensions, including those that have been historically marginalized and excluded given the institutional history and legacy of the university. Virginia Tech is a public land‐grant university, committed to teaching and learning, research, and outreach to the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. Building on its motto of Ut Prosim (that I may serve), Virginia Tech is dedicated to InclusiveVT—serving in the spirit of community, diversity, and excellence. We seek candidates who adopt and practice the Principles of Community, which are fundamental to our on‐going efforts to increase access and inclusion and to create a community that nurtures learning and growth for all of its members. Virginia Tech actively seeks a broad spectrum of candidates to join our community in preparing leaders for the world. > Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status; or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees, or applicants; or any other basis protected by law. For inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies, contact the Office of Equity and Access at 540-231-2010 or Virginia Tech, North End Center, Suite 2300 (0318), 300 Turner St. NW, Blacksburg, VA 24061. > > > -- > Matthew Wisnioski > Associate Professor, Science and Technology in Society > Senior Fellow, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology > Virginia Tech > 331 Lane Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 > mattwisnioski.com

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Update: Two faculty jobs at the University of Virginia
by Kevin Driscoll 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hello SIGCIS, This is a short note to let you know about two job openings in the Dept. of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. Key dates: - November 8 is the date for priority consideration to the open topic position - December 9 is the date for priority consideration to the position specializing in media and the African American experience The two positions will remain open until filled. To be considered for both positions, candidates must submit two applications. Kevin Driscoll Assistant Professor Dept. of Media Studies University of Virginia -- African American and/or African Diaspora Experience, Assistant or Associate Professor http://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=80103 The Department of Media Studies (http://www.mediastudies.virginia.edu) at the University of Virginia seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor. We welcome applicants specializing in media and the African American experience or media and African and/or African Diaspora studies, with a preference given to those in the first area. The appointment begins with the fall term of 2017, with an anticipated start date of July 25, 2017. The successful candidate at the assistant professor level must have a Ph.D or be ABD with expected completion by May; show evidence of research promise in the field of media studies; and demonstrate a commitment to innovative and effective teaching. Associate professor candidates must have an outstanding publication record of innovative research in media studies and proven teaching excellence. In either case, the successful candidate must hold a Ph.D at the time of appointment. This position is part of a larger University of Virginia hiring initiative in the Global South that seeks to foster inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary teaching and research. The candidate hired will be appointed for the first two years as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow with the Institute of Humanities and Global Cultures, an appointment that will provide one course release per year. To apply, candidates must submit a Candidate Profile through Jobs@UVA ( https://jobs.virginia.edu) search for posting number 0619561, and electronically attach the following: a cover letter of interest that describes research agenda and teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references. Also, separately by e-mail, please arrange for three (3) confidential letters of recommendation that speak to research excellence be sent to: Professor Aniko Bodroghkozy, Search Committee Chair at this address: mediastudiessearch(a)gmail.com For priority consideration, please submit all application materials and letters of reference by December 9, 2016. The position remains open until filled. Questions regarding the application process may be sent to the Search Committee Chair: ab4vs(a)virginia.edu. The University will perform background checks on all new faculty hires prior to making a final offer of employment. The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. -- Open Topic Media Studies, Assistant or Association Professor http://jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=80106 The Department of Media Studies (http://www.mediastudies.virginia.edu) at the University of Virginia seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor with an appointment to begin July 25, 2017. The successful candidate at the assistant professor level must have a Ph.D or be ABD with expected completion by May; show evidence of research promise in the field of media studies; and demonstrate a commitment to innovative and effective teaching. Associate professor candidates must have an outstanding publication record of innovative research in media studies and proven teaching excellence. In either case, the successful candidate must hold a Ph.D at the time of appointment. The research specializations for this position are open. Candidates should be well versed in theories and methods that would complement current departmental strengths in gender, global media, technology, and policy. To apply, candidates must submit a Candidate Profile through Jobs@UVA ( https://jobs.virginia.edu) search on posting number 0619564, and electronically attach the following: a cover letter of interest that describes research agenda and teaching experience, and a curriculum vitae. Three (3) confidential letters of recommendation that speak to research excellence will be requested of candidates continuing on to the second round. For priority consideration, please submit all application materials by November 8, 2016. The position will remain open until filled. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, Chair of Search Committee, uvamdst(a)gmail.com/. The University of Virginia is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusiveness. Women, Minorities, Veterans and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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IBM history in Europe
by Petri Paju 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hello all, This article from past summer should be of interest to people interested in early computer business, especially IBM, and its relations to and with Europe and European integration. In it we write a lot about electric typewriters but the system and thinking were arguably of direct relevance to punched card business and soon computer manufacture: Paju, Petri and Haigh, Thomas. "IBM Rebuilds Europe: The Curious Case of the Transnational Typewriter." Enterprise & Society, vol. 17, issue 2 (June 2016), pp. 265-300. As Tom put it on his pages: This article blends perspectives from business history, European history, and the history of technology to explore IBM's development of a unique typewriter manufacturing system that overcame post-War trade restrictions to force cooperation between recent enemies. This laid the groundwork for its subsequent domination of the European computer industry and anticipated political efforts to build a common European market. There's a preprint online at: http://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/Writing/IBMRebuildsEuropePREPRINT.pdf Final one at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/enterprise-and-society/article/ibm-… Best, Petri Petri Paju PhD, Researcher in the project Towards a Roadmap for Digital History in Finland History of Industrialization & Innovation Group, Aalto University, and Department of Cultural History, University of Turku http://utu.academia.edu/PetriPaju

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New CBI Newsletter (Fall 2016, Vol. 38:2)
by Charles Babbage Institute 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

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Strachey 100 conference
by Troy Astarte (PGR) 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Dear all, A final reminder for the conference below. This November marks 100 years since the birth of Christopher Strachey. We are holding a symposium to celebrate his life and research in Oxford on Saturday 19th November. There will also be an exhibition of material from the Strachey archive on Friday 18th November, followed by a banquet dinner at Hertford College on the evening of Friday 18th November. For more information and to register for attendance, please go to http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/strachey100/. ------------------------------- Christopher Strachey (1916–1975) was a pioneering computer scientist and the founder of the Programming Research Group, now part of the Department of Computer Science at Oxford University. Although Strachey was keenly interested in the practical aspects of computing, it is in the theoretical side that he most indelibly left his mark, notably by creating with Dana Scott the denotational (or as he called it, ‘mathematical’) approach to defining the semantics of programming languages. Strachey also spent time writing complex programs and puzzles for various computers, such as a draughts playing program for the Pilot ACE in 1951. He developed some fundamental concepts of machine-independent operating systems, including an early suggestion for time-sharing, and was a prime mover in the influential CPL programming language. Strachey came from a notable family of intellectuals and artists, perhaps most famous for Christopher’s uncle Lytton, a writer and member of the Bloomsbury group. We will be marking the occasion of 100 years since Christopher Strachey's birth on Saturday 19th November 2016, three days after his birthday, with a symposium of invited speakers. The morning will look back at Strachey’s life and works from a historical and technical perspective, and the afternoon will concern the future of Strachey-inspired theoretical computer science at Oxford University. There will also be a display of related archival material on Friday 18th November for anyone interested, and a banquet dinner at Hertford College on the evening of Friday 18th November. Hope to see many of you there. Best, Troy Astarte

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