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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Konrad Zuse's 1936 patent - German text?
by Brian Randell 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

Hi Mark: I have a copy of the original 1936 Zuse patent application that I had translated into English for my Origins book. (It took some finding - some of my Zemanek documents had strayed into the middle of the Zuse documents, and so had obscured them! :-) It is a type-written document, on the letterhead of Zuse’s patent attorney Dr.-Ing. Bruno Wolf, Berlin Charlottenberg 5, Kantstrasse 85, dated 9.4.36 (i.e. 9 April 1936). It is some twenty or so pages in length. However I should warn you that some of the pages are barely legible (though could probably be deciphered by someone who knows German - which I don’t). I could scan this document for you if you wish. (I have about two inches thick of documents about Zuse’s work, including a number of patents and patent applications, some pre-war, immediately some post-war, together with several typescripts from him. My plan is that this material will be added to the archive of my files held in the Special Collections section of Newcastle University Library. This already holds all the extensive correspondence that I was involved in while compiling Origins.) Cheers Brian On 24 Jan 2017, at 10:58, Mark Priestley <m.priestley(a)gmail.com<mailto:m.priestley@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear list, Zuse's 1936 patent "Method for Automatic Execution of Calculations with the Aid of Computers" is reprinted in Brian Randell's "Origins of Digital Computers" collections. Does anyone know if/where I can get hold of the German original? Thanks in advance. Mark _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://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 -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Brian.Randell@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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IBM 610
by John Impagliazzo 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Hi All, Allegedly, some consider the IBM 610 Auto-Point computer (1959) the ‘first personal computer’. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/plugboard.html Is this true – even slightly true?? John John Impagliazzo, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Hofstra University IEEE Life Fellow ACM Distinguished Educator

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December 6th, 2017/7PM Pacific/CHM Live with Marie Hicks
by David C. Brock 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Dear All: At 7PM Pacific on December 6th, I will be interviewing Marie Hicks about her book “Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost its Edge in Computing” at the Computer History Museum for a CHM Live event. http://www.computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#programmed-inequality There will be a live stream of the event on Facebook.com/computerhistory If list members could circulate this event announcement in their communities, it would be helpful in making our scholar-focused events successful. Thanks for your time and consideration, David .............. David C. Brock Director Center for Software History [http://www.computerhistory.org/softwarehistory/] Computer History Museum [http://www.computerhistory.org/] Email: dbrock(a)computerhistory.org Twitter: @dcbrock Skype: dcbrock 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94943 (650) 810-1010 main (650) 810-1886 direct Follow Us: @CHM Blog [http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/computerhistory] Twitter [https://twitter.com/ComputerHistory] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/computerhistory/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerHistory] Make Software, Change the World! Now Open. [http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/makesoftware/]

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CfP Computability in Europe (July 30 - August 3, 2018) and grants
by ldemol 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Dear all, please find below a first Call for Papers for Computability in Europe 2018, to be held from July 30 to August 3 in Kiel, Germany and which might be of interest to some people on this list. While the main audience of CiE conferences are, traditionally, logicians, mathematicians and computer scientists, the ambition of the conference is really to be as inclusive as possible and every year there are also some more historical talks. It is also for that reason that the commission for the History and Philosophy of Computing has been asked to coordinate a HaPoC special issue since a couple of years now. Because of that, the commission is happy to announce the possibility of some small grants (up to 250 USD) for participants to the conference who presents a paper that has a clear historical and/or philosophical dimension. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. More details can be found here: http://hapoc.org/node/249 with best wishes, Liesbeth Apologies for multiple postings. ========================= FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: ========================= CiE 2018: Sailing Routes in the World of Computation Kiel, Germany July 30 - August 3, 2018 http://cie2018.uni-kiel.de IMPORTANT DATES: ============================ Deadline for article registration (abstract submission): January 17, 2018 Deadline for article submission: February 1, 2018 Notification of acceptance: April 6, 2018 Final versions due: April 20, 2018 Deadline for informal presentations submission: April 20, 2018 (The notifications of acceptance for informal presentations will be sent a few days after submission.) Early registration before: May 30, 2018 CiE 2018 is the fourteenth 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), Ponta Delgada (2010), Sofia (2011), Cambridge (2012), Milan (2013), Budapest (2014), Bucharest (2015), Paris (2016), and Turku (2017). TUTORIAL SPEAKERS: ================== Pinar Heggernes (Bergen, Norway) Bakhadyr Khoussainov (Auckland, NZ) INVITED SPEAKERS: ================= Kousha Etessami (Edinburgh, UK) Johanna Franklin (Hempstead, US) Mai Gehrke (Paris, France) Alberto Marcone (Udine, Italy) Alexandra Silva (London, UK) Jeffrey O. Shallit (Waterloo, Canada) ORGANIZED BY: ============= Department of Computer Science, Kiel University For questions please contact the organisers at the e-mail address cie2018(a)email.uni-kiel.de SPECIAL SESSIONS: ================= Approximation and Optimisation — Organisers: Leah Epstein (Haifa), Klaus Jansen (Kiel) Bioinformatics and Bio-inspired Computing — Organisers: Andre Franke (Kiel), Victor Mitrana (Bucharest) Computing with Imperfect Information — Organisers: Tim McNicholl (Iowa), Mariya Soskova (Wisconsin-Madison) Continuous Computation — Organisers: Ulrich Berger (Swansea), Dieter Spreen (Siegen) History and Philosophy of Computing — Organisers: Liesbeth de Mol (Lille), Giuseppe Primiero (Middlesex) SAT-Solving — Organisers: Vijay Ganesh (Waterloo), Olaf Beyersdorff (Leeds) The speakers of the special sessions will be announced soon. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: =================== Contributed papers will be selected from submissions received by the PROGRAMME COMMITTEE consisting of: Eric Allender (Rutgers), Arnold Beckmann (Swansea), Marco Benini (Insubria), Olaf Beyersdorff (Leeds), Patricia Bouyer (Paris), Alessandra Carbone (Paris), Barbara Csima (Waterloo), Anuj Dawar (Cambridge), Henning Fernau (Trier), Ekaterina Fokina (Vienna), Peter Høyer (Calgary), Georgiana Ifrim (Dublin), Lila Kari (Waterloo), Elham Kashefi (Edinburgh), Karen Lange (Wellesley), Benedikt Löwe (Amsterdam), Barnaby Martin (Durham), Florin Manea (Kiel), Klaus Meer (Cottbus), Russell Miller (New York, co-chair), Angelo Montanari (Udine), Andrey Morozov (Novosibirsk), Anca Muscholl (Bordeaux), Dirk Nowotka (Kiel, co-chair), Arno Pauly (Bruxelles), Isabella Peters (Kiel), Giuseppe Primiero (Middlesex), Henning Schnoor (Kiel), Monika Seisenberger (Swansea), Shinnosuke Seki (Tokyo), Mariya Soskova (Wisconsin–Madison), Raymond Turner (Essex), Peter Van Emde Boas (Amsterdam), Heribert Vollmer (Hannover). The CiE conferences serve as an interdisciplinary forum for research in all aspects of computability, foundations of computer science, logic, and theoretical computer science, as well as the interplay of these areas with practical issues in computer science and with other disciplines such as biology, mathematics, philosophy, or physics. THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE cordially invites all researchers (European and non-European) to submit their papers in all areas related to the above for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie2018 . 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 building bridges between different parts of the research community are particularly welcome. The CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS will be published by LNCS, Springer Verlag. INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS: ======================= Continuing the tradition of past CiE conferences, in addition to the formal presentations based on the LNCS proceedings volume, CiE 2018 will host a track of informal presentations, that are prepared very shortly before the conference and inform the participants about current research and work in progress. The deadline for the submission of abstracts for informal presentations is May 1st, 2018. WOMEN IN COMPUTABILITY: ======================= We are very happy to announce that within the framework of the Women in Computability programme, sponsored by ACM-Women, we are able to offer four grants of up to 250 EUR for junior female researchers who want to participate in CiE 2018. Applications for this grant should be sent to Liesbeth De Mol, liesbeth.demol(a)univ-lille3.fr, before 15 May 2018 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 2018. Association CiE: http://www.computability.org.uk CiE Conference Series: http://www.computability.org.uk/index.php/cie-conference-series/

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SIGCIS member directory listings are intentionally public, thus harvestable
by Thomas Haigh 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

The mail is clearly not coming via the SIGCIS list. Indeed the sender is not even bothering to fake it – the sender identifies itself as >> SIGCIS <mekesb(a)kobatti.net <mailto:mekesb@kobatti.net> > so is not even bothering to fake the sigcis.org domain or the correct user name of “members.” Harvesting the names does not require a “back door” into the directory – the directory is a public web page. So presumably some spam engine harvesting names and emails has stumbled across it. (Sidenote: I know some people still try to avoid this by writing out the “at” in their address or adding spaces, but I suspect any self-respecting script creator would long ago have automated the harvesting of names in these formats). Thus the possibility of getting spammed is inherent in having a public member directory. We used to make efforts to keep the directory up to date and produce a print version of those attending SHOT to help members get to know each other without spending the whole lunch meeting on introductions. But that practice has lapsed, and in the age of mobile devices would be of questionable usefulness today. It’s probably been something like seven years since we made a serious effort to edit profiles and reach out to members whose entries were out of date. It might be time to either modernize the directory or take it down entirely. A few years ago some volunteers talked about developing a media availability list on the site, to help direct journalists to subject matter experts willing to give a quick turnaround with quotes. Replacing the current directory with an up to date and focused list of this kind might be a good idea, if anyone is willing to revive the project. Best wishes, Tom From: Members [mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Paul Edwards Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 1:32 PM To: members <members(a)sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] more SIGCIS spam Importance: High Hi all - I’ve received one spam email from this person via SIGCIS, and now s/he is following up with another. Anyone else being harassed by him/her — or possibly “it”? Given the other recent spam, it’s looking like there is some back door to the member directory. Best, Paul Begin forwarded message: From: "Alexa Austin" < <mailto:alexa.a@telemarketingtech.com> alexa.a(a)telemarketingtech.com> Subject: RE: SIGCIS Date: November 27, 2017 at 10:02:47 PST To: < <mailto:pne@umich.edu> pne(a)umich.edu> Hi, Any updates for me on below? Await for your reply. Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L i s t | A p p e n d | C a m p a i g n Append Test : Send us 25 to 50 contacts in an excel sheet from your in-house database with missing email address, telephone numbers, fax numbers or mailing addresses, we can append it for you at free of cost, this will help you check the quality of our services. From: Alexa Austin Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 2:39 PM Subject: SIGCIS Hi, I found that you are a member of “The Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society Directory”. We are the global database service provider. Would you be interested in acquiring potential clients list to market your products and services as per your required location? Would it be Ok if I send you a list of some sample contacts? If yes, please give me your requirement below, and I’ll send you the list for a review. Target Industry? ___________ Target Job titles? ___________ Target locations? ___________ Alternatively please forward this email to the right person in case you are not in charge. Looking forward to see a good client relationship. Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L I S T | A P P E N D | C A M P A I G N If you wish not to hear from us again, reply “STOP” in subject line. ————————————————— Paul N. Edwards William J. Perry Fellow in International Security <http://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/> Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University Professor of <http://www.si.umich.edu> Information and <http://lsa.umich.edu/history/> History University of Michigan Contact: m: <mailto:pedwards@stanford.edu> pedwards(a)stanford.edu w: <http://pne.people.si.umich.edu> pne.people.si.umich.edu

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more SIGCIS spam
by Paul Edwards 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi all - I’ve received one spam email from this person via SIGCIS, and now s/he is following up with another. Anyone else being harassed by him/her — or possibly “it”? Given the other recent spam, it’s looking like there is some back door to the member directory. Best, Paul > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Alexa Austin" <alexa.a(a)telemarketingtech.com> > Subject: RE: SIGCIS > Date: November 27, 2017 at 10:02:47 PST > To: <pne(a)umich.edu> > > Hi, > > Any updates for me on below? > > Await for your reply. > > Thanks & Regards, > Alexa Austin > L i s t | A p p e n d | C a m p a i g n > > Append Test : Send us 25 to 50 contacts in an excel sheet from your in-house database with missing email address, telephone numbers, fax numbers or mailing addresses, we can append it for you at free of cost, this will help you check the quality of our services. > > > From: Alexa Austin > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 2:39 PM > Subject: SIGCIS > > Hi, > > I found that you are a member of “The Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society Directory”. We are the global database service provider. Would you be interested in acquiring potential clients list to market your products and services as per your required location? Would it be Ok if I send you a list of some sample contacts? If yes, please give me your requirement below, and I’ll send you the list for a review. > > Target Industry? ___________ > Target Job titles? ___________ > Target locations? ___________ > > Alternatively please forward this email to the right person in case you are not in charge. > > Looking forward to see a good client relationship. > > Thanks & Regards, > Alexa Austin > L I S T | A P P E N D | C A M P A I G N > > If you wish not to hear from us again, reply “STOP” in subject line. ————————————————— Paul N. Edwards William J. Perry Fellow in International Security Center for International Security and Cooperation <http://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/> Stanford University Professor of Information <http://www.si.umich.edu/> and History <http://lsa.umich.edu/history/> University of Michigan Contact: m: pedwards(a)stanford.edu <mailto:pedwards@stanford.edu> w: pne.people.si.umich.edu <http://pne.people.si.umich.edu/>

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Fwd: INC0538238 - Official Notice - You Received an Email Containing Malware
by Jonathan Coopersmith 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

I received it too according to our IT people. Jonathan Coopersmith Professor Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.845.7151 979.862.4314 (fax) Latest article: https://theconversation.com/what-fax-machines-can-teach-us-about-electric-c… *FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine* (Johns Hopkins University Press) is the co-recipient of the 2016 Business History Conference Hagley Prize for best book in business history. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Help Desk Central <tamu_helpdesk(a)tamu.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:01 AM Subject: INC0538238 - Official Notice - You Received an Email Containing Malware To: j-coopersmith(a)tamu.edu *Subject: *Official Notice - You Received an Email Containing Malware ------------------------------ *Description: * Texas A&M University email is protected by several security systems. While most malicious messages are blocked, some messages containing threats may still get through. Our security analytics show you have received a potentially malicious message. Details to help you identify and delete this message are listed below: Sender: SIGCIS <mekesb(a)kobatti.net> Recipient: j-coopersmith(a)tamu.edu Subject: Your Copy Delivery Time: 2017-11-27T15:43:27.000Z (UTC time) Type of Threat: application/pdf sigcis.pdf Please delete this threatening email. If you have already opened this email, or clicked on any link or attachment, please contact your local IT staff or Help Desk Central at 979.845.8300. This notice is being sent as a courtesy only; if we do not hear back from you, this incident will be automatically closed in seven days. -- Texas A&M University Division of Information Technology IT Security Operations security(a)tamu.edu ------------------------------ *Help Desk Central* | Texas A&M University CSC Room CS00 | College Station, TX 77843-3363 ph: 979.845.8300 <9798458300> | http://hdc.tamu.edu/ Ref:MSG4624308

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Warning: phishing email claiming to be from SIGCIS
by Paul McJones 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

This morning I received a phishing email with the headers as shown below. The payload was a PDF file claiming to be from DocuSign, a legitimate “e-signature” company. Needless to say, I did NOT click on the link. I thought I’d send out this “heads up” in case others on this list receive a similar email (note: there is no evidence that the message came to me through the SIGCIS list; I have no idea why the spammer chose to masquerade as SIGCIS). Paul McJones > Begin forwarded message: > > From: SIGCIS <mekesb(a)kobatti.net> > Subject: Your Copy > Date: November 27, 2017 at 7:44:21 AM PST > > Please find the attached.

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Born in a Van: Happy 40th Birthday to the Internet!
by Marc Weber 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

Hi Everyone, Please enjoy a new @CHM post, “Born in a Van: Happy 40th Birthday to the Internet!” by Marc Weber, curatorial director of our Internet History Program, on our blog<http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/?p=10653> and on Medium<https://medium.com/chmcore/born-in-a-van-happy-40th-birthday-to-the-interne…>. The post also features an original CHM film<https://youtu.be/H8dn9tTPsAA> production by Jon Plutte and Weber. · Over the shortening fall days of 1977, an unmarked silver step van filled with futuristic equipment, engineers, and sometimes fully uniformed generals quietly cruised the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area/Peninsula. Only an oddly shaped antenna gave a hint of its purpose. On November 22, 1977 this van demonstrated/The van was about/getting ready to demonstrate the first full transmission with what would become the internet standard we use today [[, for nearly everything, from dating hailing a ride to rides to medical information. Read " Born in a Van: Happy 40th Birthday to the Internet " on @CHM<http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/?p=10653> or Medium<https://medium.com/chmcore/born-in-a-van-happy-40th-birthday-to-the-interne…>. Please enjoy and be sure to share! All the best, Jenny<http://technovationchallenge.org/> .................................... Jennifer De La Cruz Director of Brand & Marketing Communications Computer History Museum<http://www.computerhistory.org/> 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 650.810.1034 direct 650.810.1010 main jdelacruz(a)computerhistory.org<mailto:jdelacruz@computerhistory.org> Follow Us: CHM Blog<http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/> I Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/computerhistory> I Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/computerhistory> I YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/computerhistory> Make Software: Change the World!<http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/makesoftware/> now open Marc Weber<http://www.computerhistory.org/staff/Marc,Weber/> Curatorial Director, Internet History Program<http://computerhistory.org/nethistory> Computer History Museum 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA USA 94043 +1 415 282 6868 marc(a)webhistory.org<mailto:marc@webhistory.org> Cofounder Web History Project and Center, webhistory.org<http://webhistory.org> Make Software: Change the World!<http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/makesoftware/> Open Now

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new exhibit at MoMa in New York
by Ceruzzi, Paul 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to view this exhibit on "Thinking Machines" at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City. I highly recommend it to SIGCIS members. Here is the link: <https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3863?locale=en>. Paul Ceruzzi ceruzzip(a)si.edu 202-633-2414

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