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Ida Rhodes Papers
by David C. Brock 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Does anyone know if the personal papers and correspondence of Ida Rhodes survive? Best wishes, David C. Brock

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Fred Brooks Lecture
by John Impagliazzo 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Hi All, Perhaps you may have missed this presentation. Below is a link to Fred Brooks' lecture from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum in 2015 August. http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/blog/video/lecture-tuesday-august-… His talk titled, "A Personal History of Computers" gives his perspective on computing history and evolution. This video could be fodder for a good discussion on the accuracy of his views. Enjoy! John John Impagliazzo, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Hofstra University IEEE Life Fellow ACM Distinguished Educator

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"On Simulation in Science" - Call for Applications - Summer School2016
by david 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, I thought the following event might be of interest to members of this list. David Nofre -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [hct-l] "On Simulation in Science" - Call for Applications - Summer School2016 Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:17:40 +0100 From: Oliver Hochadel <oliver.hochadel(a)imf.csic.es> To: lista historia de la ciencia <hct-l(a)llistes.uab.cat> > Dear colleagues, > > We would like you to please circulate our call for applications to our > summer school"On Simulation in Science", to be held on September 26th to > 30th 2016, in Lueneburg (close to Hamburg, Germany). > > We would like to receive applications from doctoral students from the > fields of Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Science and > Technology Studies, as well as Software Studies, and of course the > Natural Sciences. Applicants' work could involve case-based studies on > scientific, economic and social simulations, and studies in the history > of computational methods in science. > Please submit your CV along with a 500-word abstract of your > dissertation, and a 500-word explanation as to why you would like to > attend the summer school. > > The deadline for applications is February 29th, 2016. Please email > applications to mecssummerschool(a)leuphana.de > <mailto:mecssummerschool@leuphana.de> > > Please find further information on our homepage > http://www.leuphana.de/en/research-centers/mecs/lecturesworkshops/summer-sc… > > Kind Regards, > Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation > (MECS) Leuphana University Lüneburg > > > > Institute for Advanced Study on > Media Cultures of Computer Simulation > Leuphana Universität Lüneburg > Scharnhorstr. 1 > D-21335 LÃ¼neburg, Germany > > Telephone: 0049 (0)4131 2197819 > mecs(a)leuphana.de > http://mecs.leuphana.de > >

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Question about system theory and engineering
by Julie Cohn 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Is it safe to assume that there is a fairly good secondary literature on the influence of system theory on engineering advances in the last century? Would anyone be willing to point me to a good starting place? Thanks so much. -Julie Cohn ***************************** Julie Cohn, Ph.D. Research Historian Center for Public History University of Houston 315 McElhinney Hall Houston, TX 77204-3007 cohnconnor(a)comcast.net

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