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Shiva Ayyadurai speaking at Harvard Coop, Wed 3/15, 7 pm
by David Walden 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

The Harvard Coop’s March author series list includes this: WED MAR 15 @ 7:00 pm Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai The Future of Email In 1978, as a precocious 14-year old, was accepted to a special program in computer science at New York University. Later, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey as a Research Fellow Ayyadurai developed the first electronic system to replicate the entire interoffice mail system which he named “email,” defining email we all use and experience today.

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Shiva Ayyadurai speaking at Harvard Coop, Wed 3/15, 7 pm
by Mary E. Hopper 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

So sorry, please forgive. A line of text I thought I typed was missing. I was suggesting a way to schedule an alternative version of his story at a nearby and well known bookstore at some point in the future. -Mary At 02:35 PM 3/8/2017, Mary E. Hopper wrote: >FYI > >Alex W. Meriwether (Owner/Host) >Harvard Book Store >1256 Massachusetts Avenue >Cambridge, MA 02138 > >Tel (617) 661-1515 >Email info(a)harvard.com >web harvard.com > >At 02:08 PM 3/8/2017, Joly MacFie wrote: >>"defining email we all use and experience today." >> >> >>âHmm. >> >>â >> >>On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Paul N. Edwards >><<mailto:pne@umich.edu>pne(a)umich.edu> wrote: >>The Coopâs description of what he claims to >>have invented is interestingly hedge-y not >>quite the full-on ââI invented emailâ claim. >>P >> >>>On Mar 8, 2017, at 13:51 , Subramanian, Ramesh >>>Prof. >>><<mailto:Ramesh.Subramanian@quinnipiac.edu> >>>Ramesh.Subramanian(a)quinnipiac.edu> wrote: >>>I am beginning to feel that alternative facts >>>have won this round. A bigger question: How to >>>convey prior discussions that have occurred >>>this mail list to Harvard Coop, so that they get both sides? >>> >>> >>>-Ramesh >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>Ramesh Subramanian, Ph.D. >>>Gabriel Ferrucci Professor of Computer Information Systems >>>Quinnipiac University >>>Hamden, CT 06518. >>>Phone: <tel:(203)%20582-5276>203-582-5276 >>>Email:<mailto:rameshs@quinnipiac.edu> rameshs(a)quinnipiac.edu >>>Web: >>><https://www.qu.edu/student-resources/directory/staff.23345.html>https://www.qu.edu/student-resources/directory/staff.23345.html >>> >>>& >>>Fellow, Yale Law School - Information Society Project >>>New Haven, CT 06511 >>>Email: <mailto:ramesh.subramanian@yale.edu>ramesh.subramanian(a)yale.edu >>>Web: >>><https://www.law.yale.edu/ramesh-subramanian>https://www.law.yale.edu/ramesh-subramanian >>> >>>________________________________ >>>From: Members >>><<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> >>>members-bounces(a)lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of >>>David Walden >>><<mailto:dave.walden.family@gmail.com> dave.walden.family(a)gmail.com> >>>Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 3:42 AM >>>To: members@sigcis org >>>Subject: QU Spamtrap [Score:4.2] >>>[SIGCIS-Members] Shiva Ayyadurai speaking at Harvard Coop, Wed 3/15, 7 pm >>> >>>The Harvard Coop's March author series list includes this: >>>WED MAR 15 @ 7:00 pm >>>Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai >>>The Future of Email >>>In 1978, as a precocious 14-year old, was >>>accepted to a special program in computer >>>science at New York University.Â Later, at >>>the University of Medicine and Dentistry, New >>>Jersey as a Research Fellow Ayyadurai >>>developed the first electronic system to >>>replicate the entire interoffice mail system >>>which he named "email," defining email we all use and experience today. >>>_______________________________________________ >>>This email is relayed from members at >>><http://sigcis.org>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/>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>http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org >>âââââââ >>Paul N. Edwards, Professor ofÂ >><http://www.si.umich.edu>InformationÂ andÂ >><http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/>History >>Distinguished Faculty in Sustainability,Â >><http://graham.umich.edu>Graham Sustainability Institute >>Director of Graduate Studies,Â >><http://lsa.umich.edu/sts>UM Science, Technology & Society Program >>Terse replies areÂ >><http://five.sentenc.es/>deliberate.Â <http://emailcharter.org>Here's why!Â >>Â >>University of MichiganÂ <http://www.si.umich.edu/>School of Information >>4437 North Quad >>105 S. State Street >>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 >><tel:(734)%20764-2617>(734) 764-2617 (office)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â >><tel:(206)%20337-1523>(206) 337-1523Â Â (fax)Â >><http://pne.people.si.umich.edu>pne.people.si.umich.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>This email is relayed from members at >><http://sigcis.org>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/>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>http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org >> >> >> >> >>-- >>--------------------------------------------------------------- >>Joly MacFieÂ 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>- >>_______________________________________________ >>This email is relayed from members at >>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 > >Mary E. Hopper, Ph.D. >http://mehopper.net >https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehopper/ >http://newcomputermuseum.org

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Shiva Ayyadurai speaking at Harvard Coop, Wed 3/15, 7 pm
by Mary E. Hopper 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

FYI Alex W. Meriwether (Owner/Host) Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel (617) 661-1515 Email info(a)harvard.com web harvard.com At 02:08 PM 3/8/2017, Joly MacFie wrote: >"defining email we all use and experience today." > > >âHmm. > >â > >On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Paul N. Edwards ><<mailto:pne@umich.edu>pne(a)umich.edu> wrote: >The Coopâs description of what he claims to >have invented is interestingly hedge-y not >quite the full-on ââI invented emailâ claim. > >P > >>On Mar 8, 2017, at 13:51 , Subramanian, Ramesh >>Prof. >><<mailto:Ramesh.Subramanian@quinnipiac.edu>Ramesh.Subramanian(a)quinnipiac.edu> >>wrote: >> >>I am beginning to feel that alternative facts >>have won this round. A bigger question: How to >>convey prior discussions that have occurred >>this mail list to Harvard Coop, so that they get both sides? >> >> >> >>-Ramesh >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Ramesh Subramanian, Ph.D. >>Gabriel Ferrucci Professor of Computer Information Systems >>Quinnipiac University >>Hamden, CT 06518. >>Phone: <tel:(203)%20582-5276>203-582-5276 >>Email:<mailto:rameshs@quinnipiac.edu>rameshs(a)quinnipiac.edu >>Web: >><https://www.qu.edu/student-resources/directory/staff.23345.html>https://www.qu.edu/student-resources/directory/staff.23345.html >>& >>Fellow, Yale Law School - Information Society Project >>New Haven, CT 06511 >>Email: <mailto:ramesh.subramanian@yale.edu>ramesh.subramanian(a)yale.edu >>Web: >><https://www.law.yale.edu/ramesh-subramanian>https://www.law.yale.edu/ramesh-subramanian >>________________________________ >>From: Members >><<mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org>members-bounces(a)lists.sigcis.org> >>on behalf of David Walden >><<mailto:dave.walden.family@gmail.com>dave.walden.family(a)gmail.com> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 3:42 AM >>To: members@sigcis org >>Subject: QU Spamtrap [Score:4.2] >>[SIGCIS-Members] Shiva Ayyadurai speaking at Harvard Coop, Wed 3/15, 7 pm >> >> >>The Harvard Coop's March author series list includes this: >> >>WED MAR 15 @ 7:00 pm >> >>Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai >> >>The Future of Email >> >>In 1978, as a precocious 14-year old, was >>accepted to a special program in computer >>science at New York University.Â Later, at the >>University of Medicine and Dentistry, New >>Jersey as a Research Fellow Ayyadurai developed >>the first electronic system to replicate the >>entire interoffice mail system which he named >>"email," defining email we all use and experience today. >>_______________________________________________ >>This email is relayed from members at >><http://sigcis.org>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/>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>http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org > >âââââââ >Paul N. Edwards, Professor ofÂ ><http://www.si.umich.edu>InformationÂ andÂ ><http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/>History >Distinguished Faculty in Sustainability,Â ><http://graham.umich.edu>Graham Sustainability Institute >Director of Graduate Studies,Â ><http://lsa.umich.edu/sts>UM Science, Technology & Society Program > >Terse replies areÂ ><http://five.sentenc.es/>deliberate.Â <http://emailcharter.org>Here's why!Â >Â >University of MichiganÂ <http://www.si.umich.edu/>School of Information >4437 North Quad >105 S. State Street >Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 ><tel:(734)%20764-2617>(734) 764-2617 (office)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ><tel:(206)%20337-1523>(206) 337-1523Â Â (fax)Â ><http://pne.people.si.umich.edu>pne.people.si.umich.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >This email is relayed from members at ><http://sigcis.org>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/>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>http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org > > > > >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------- >Joly MacFieÂ 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast >-------------------------------------------------------------- >- >_______________________________________________ >This email is relayed from members at >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 Mary E. Hopper, Ph.D. http://mehopper.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehopper/ http://digital-den.org http://newcomputermuseum.org

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Contributors to Cryptology
by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

These links might be of interest to some in the list Best Bernardo Bangor University (Wales) Contributions of African Americans to Cryptology https://medium.com/mit-media-lab-digital-currency-initiative/celebrating-th… The Jews of Blechley Park http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-handful-of-jewish-codebreakers-helped-wi…

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FemTechNet at Allied Media Conference
by Irish, Sharon Lee 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Please circulate…Thanks, Sharon Irish FemTechNet at Allied Media Conference FemTechNet will be organizing a network gathering<https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc2017/femtechnet-network-gathering> at the Allied Media Conference this year, it will take place on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit on Thursday, June 15, 2017. You can register specifically for this network gathering at this google form<https://goo.gl/forms/ka0hf7yzjbYGanct1>. If you will require help with funding registration, we request that you register by Tuesday, March 21. Filling out this form does not register you for the Allied Media Conference; it only applies to and registers you for the FemTechNet Network Gathering. In order to attend the network gathering, you also have to officially register for the Allied Media Conference. Registration fees are paid on a sliding scale, but the early bird price of $60 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/allied-media-conference-2017-tickets-301020660…> expires on Saturday, April 1. If you will be attending the FemTechNet network gathering, we ask you consider proposing a session<https://www.alliedmedia.org/news/2017/01/20/propose-session-amc2017> for the conference as well. Proposals for sessions are due Sunday, March 12. While you can always propose a session for the general track, here are some tracks you may consider applying to: Securing Our Spaces Track<https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc2017/securing-our-spaces-track> “Digital and physical security in our communities” Radical Libraries, Archives, and Museums Track <https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc2017/rad-libraries-archives-museums-track> “Strengthening our knowledge, culture, and collective memory” <https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc2017/design-justice-track> Design Justice Track<https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc2017/design-justice-track> Making design more just General Track<https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc2017/general-track> March 12 at 10:59 CT - Proposal Deadline for tracks<https://www.alliedmedia.org/amc/tracks-practice-spaces-network-gatherings> To recap, here are important dates: March 12 Deadline to propose a session to the Allied Media Conference March 21 Internal FemTechNet deadline to register for the conference and network gathering to gain assistance in registration fees April 1 Early bird AMC conference registration of $60 expires June 15 Day of the FemTechNet Network Gathering at AMC

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Call for papers: Colors in Technology – Technology of Colors
by david nofre 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Dear SIGCISers, The following conference might be of interest to some of you doing research on graphics and visual displays. Best, David Nofre -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Call for papers: Colors in Technology – Technology of Colors Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 13:02:02 +0100 From: Steinle <friedrich.steinle(a)TU-BERLIN.DE> Reply-To: Steinle <friedrich.steinle(a)TU-BERLIN.DE> To: MERSENNE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Colors in Technology – Technology of Colors *Call for Papers** *The 40th History of Technology Conference will be held at the Klostergut Paradies in Schlatt near Schaffhausen, Switzerland on 17 and 18 November 2017. The Conference has served as an out-standing platform for the exchange of ideas between research, teaching and industry since 1978. The speakers and the invited guests come from universities, libraries, collections and museums or contribute their business and industrial experience. The conferences are renowned for the breadth and topicality of the papers presented. You can find information on previous conferences at: www.eisenbibliothek.ch. This international and interdisciplinary event is organized by the Iron Library (Eisenbibliothek), Foundation of Georg Fischer Ltd. Responsibility for the content of the conference is in the hands of a scientific advisory board consisting of Dr. Gisela Hürlimann (ETH Zurich), Prof. Reinhold Reith (University of Salzburg) and Prof. Friedrich Steinle (TU Berlin), and it is they who decide on the selection of the speakers. We kindly invite interested persons involved in research, teaching and practice to apply to present a paper. Conference topic in 2017: Colors in Technology – Technology of Colors Throughout history, human cultures have used color to decorate their artifacts – amphorae and motor cars, textiles and smartphones – and technological processes have always been involved in obtaining and producing these colors, whether they are dyestuffs, pigments or paints. The 2017 Conference on the History of Technology will focus on Colors in Technology and Technology (or Technologies) of Colors, both in a European perspective and from a global-historical viewpoint. The subject raises a host of different questions and aspects. How were such 'colors' manufactured? By whom and for whom? And how was trade organized? What is the social status associated with specific colors (dyes, pigments, and paints), with the painter's or dyer's trade and with other related trades? What are the gender-specific roles? Dyeing textiles and leather has long played an important role in society. Indigo and madder, to take but one example, have undergone societal and economic ups and downs depending on the particular constellation of requirements, resources, processes and markets. In early modern times, for instance, indigo production in India, along with the commercial network that grew up around it, spelt the end for the flourishing woad trade in Europe, but in turn it largely collapsed under the onslaught of the chemical synthesis of indigo in the 19th century. Is this pattern repeated elsewhere? How and when were hazards to health and the environment detected, and what was the impact on the manufacture and use of dyestuffs? The early modern age began to standardize colors, starting with 17th and 18th century color charts to the binding norms, say, of the RAL color chart – what was the background to this standardization in terms of natural history, trade and fashion? How were color standards designed and developed and how did they gain acceptance given the well-known difficulties of quantifying color? When did people start coloring – painting and dyeing – technical artifacts? Which individuals – if any – were involved in the decision to do so? What viewpoints are important here, in terms of the societal situation and cultural emblems on the one hand and technical or economic possibilities and scientific results on the other? Where and how was color expertise developed? These and similar questions apply to colors used in architecture and on vehicles, colors used in signaling and on uniforms and clothing, and colors applied to machinery and objects of everyday use. How did the economic, social, and scientific dynamics develop that underlie the now ubiquitous use of colors to distinguish goods and trademarks with their distinctively gender-specific component? Lastly, how have colors been used – and how are they used today – in painting, in other figurative arts, and in the media, starting with medieval manuscript production to color printing, photography and film right up to modern-day display technologies? The reconstruction and restoration of historical coloring is becoming increasingly important, be it in works of art, in architecture or on technical objects. In what circumstances are such issues of interest? What practices and techniques, what historiographical and natural science research findings are in-volved, and how do the results affect science and society in turn? Proposals for papers on these and other color-related subjects are welcome. Format: The papers may be read in English or in German. Papers in German will be translated simultaneously into English at the Conference. The papers should not be more than 20 minutes in length. Papers that have been prepared to scientific standards may be selected for publication in the specialized journal Ferrum, which is published annually by the Iron Library. Interested applicants are kindly invited to submit a synopsis of their paper – no longer than two A4 pages (4'000 characters) – in English or German, along with an up-to-date resume, by 30 April 2017 to the Head of the Iron Library, lic. phil. Franziska Eggimann (franziska.eggimann(a)georgfischer.com) Organizational matters: The Iron Library, Foundation of Georg Fischer Ltd, will assume speakers' travel expenses and the cost of room and board during the Conference. We expect that speakers will attend the entire Conference. We request you to submit your synopsis by 30 April 2017. The selection of the speakers will be completed by the end of May 2017. Date: 17–18 November 2017 Venue: Klostergut Paradies, Schlatt, Switzerland Organizer: Iron Library, Foundation of Georg Fischer Ltd Deadline: 30 April 2017 Contact person Franziska Eggimann Head Iron Library and Corporate Archivist Georg Fischer Ltd franziska.eggimann(a)georgfischer.com www.eisenbibliothek.ch -- Prof. Dr. Friedrich Steinle Wissenschaftsgeschichte Inst. f. Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte Technische Universitaet Berlin, Sekr. H 23 Strasse des 17.Juni 135 10623 Berlin/ Germany Tel. (+49/ 0)-30-314-24016/-73815/-24841 Fax (+49/ 0)-30-314-25962

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figures hidden in a new book on Dutch pioneers
by Alberts, Gerard 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Dear SIGCIS, my new book, co-authored with Bas van Vlijmen, is in Dutch: Computerpioniers. Het begin van het computertijdperk in Nederland. An issue which easily crosses the language barrier, however, is portraying Dutch "hidden figures". The local women computers called themselves "Van Wijngaarden's girls" as they had been recruited and taught to become expert computers by Aad van Wijngaarden, head of the Mathematical Center's computing department from 1947. The nickname sounds just as ill-placed in Dutch as in English, politically incorrect if you want, but was explained to me when I heard it first-hand in the 1980s, i.e. 30 years after date, as an expression of mutual pride. We are offering the first copy of the book to the lady who was in the newspaper with the ARRA computer 1952 and who is again on the cover of our book. An other key figure is Willem van der Poel, known for his microprogramming and "simple" computers like the ZEBRA. Here is the announcement in English http://www.basvanvlijmen.com/Invitation-Computerpioniers-March6-1.pdf and in Dutch http://www.basvanvlijmen.com/uitnodiging-boekpresentatie-Computerpioniers.p… The book covers the 1950s in The Netherlands. It follows the style of culturally contextualised histories of computers, automation and their users. For example, we make an issue of what it implies that these early actors were considered "pioneers". On the other hand we follow the example of Haigh, Priestley and Rope in sorting out how such early automatic calculators were handled and -in as far as that word is appropriate- programmed. Kind regards, Gerard Alberts

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