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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Telly Tympas' book is out
by Alberts, Gerard 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Dear Dag, here is the secret about purchasing Springer books: the listed hard cover volumes are prohibitively expensive for us mortals. However, if the libray of your institution has the proper subscription to a bundle of Springer publications (as most university libraries will have), you will have access to the books electronically (in some cases chapter by chapter). And if your institute has that, you can also order a print-on-demand MyCopy softcover for only 25 in various currencies. Kind regards, Gerard ________________________________________ Van: Dag Spicer [dspicer(a)computerhistory.org] Verzonden: maandag 12 maart 2018 22:51 Aan: Alberts, Gerard Onderwerp: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Telly Tympas' book is out Thank you Gerard… sadly, another wholly unaffordable Springer book. It’s about $150 here. :_( Dag — Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum 1401 N Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94043 On Mar 12, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Alberts, Gerard <G.Alberts(a)uva.nl<mailto:G.Alberts@uva.nl>> wrote: Dear colleagues, Aristotle Tympas' long awaited book is out now: Calculation and Computation in the Pre-electronic Era The Mechanical and Electrical Ages http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781848827417 The book offers an introduction to the history of computing during the ‘first’ (of steam) and the ‘second’ (of electricity) industrial revolution. It brakes away from the idea that the history of computing before the second half of the 20th century was unimportant. In fact the Industrial Revolution was made possible and even sustained by a parallel revolution in computing technology. An examination and historiographical assessment of key developments helps to show how the era of modern electronic computing proceeded from a continual computing revolution that had arisen during the mechanical and the electrical ages. To quote David Mindells praise: "In this fascinating, original work, Tympas indispensably intertwines the histories of analog and digital computing, showing them to be inseparable from the evolution of social and economic conditions. " Please inspect the Springer page for our series: http://www.springer.com/series/8442 The previous two volumes in the series by Bill Aspray were not announced to the SIGCIS list. Allow me to just mention them here William Aspray, Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing; A Historical and Social Study Examines the highly neglected subject of race in the history of science and technology http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319248097 William Aspray, Participation in Computing; The National Science Foundation’s Expansionary Programs Examines the unexplored history of the NSF, an important player in US computer history http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319248301 Further volumes to come in 2018 PLUS we are about to launch a new series SpringerBriefs in History of Computing (http://www.springer.com/series/15184) Best wishes from Amsterdam in spring: only last week the ice on the canals allowed skating. Gerard Alberts _______________________________________________ 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

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Minitel Event next Thursday, Computer History Museum
by Marc Weber 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

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Fwd: News - Three Witches' Reunion
by Brian Randell 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Hi: From: Stephen Fleming <stephen.fleming(a)palam.co.uk<mailto:stephen.fleming@palam.co.uk>> Subject: News - Three Witches' Reunion Date: 7 March 2018 at 09:35:07 GMT NEWS RELEASE Three Witches’ reunion ‘Art is made to disturb, science reassures.’ George Braque 7 March 2018 Three Witches – one scientific and two artistic – have been brought together for a public display at The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park until the end of April 2018. Never before have the three Witches been seen together, and recently the art owners met the museum computer restorers for the first time to view the science and the art, each of the three artifacts created three decades apart and spanning 67 years. For full story and photos, please see: http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/three-witches-reunion ) Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk> PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/brianrandell.html

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Annals of the History of Computing -- Call for EIC
by Dag Spicer 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Dear SIGCIS Friends, The IEEE Computer Society is seeking applicants for the position of editor in chief of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing magazine, serving a three-year term. The current EIC Nathan Ensmenger, has done a wonderful job in his two terms (thanks Nathan!!) but with term limits in effect it’s now time to choose a new EIC. Prospective candidates are asked to provide (as PDF files), by 15 March 2018, a complete curriculum vitae, a brief plan for the publication's future, and a letter of support from their institution or employer. Brief letters or expressions of support from peers, community leaders, and organizations in the magazine's coverage area would be a definite asset. For more information on this new magazine and its scope, please visit www.computer.org/annals<http://www.computer.org/annals>. For more information and to submit application materials, please contact Bonnie Wylie at b.wylie(a)computer.org<mailto:b.wylie@computer.org>. Candidates for any IEEE editor in chief position should possess a good understanding of industry, academic, and government aspects of the specific publication's field. Candidates must demonstrate community leadership in the publication's coverage area as well as the managerial skills necessary to process manuscripts through the editorial cycle in a timely fashion. The candidate must be able to meet hard publication deadlines and dedicate the necessary time to meet the operational and strategic demands of the publication. An editor in chief must be able to attract respected experts to his or her editorial and advisory boards and be able to promote the publication to both new audiences and within established communities. Major responsibilities include: * actively soliciting high-quality manuscripts from potential authors and, with support from publication staff, helping these authors get their manuscripts published; * identifying and appointing editorial board members, with the concurrence of the Steering Committee; * selecting competent manuscript reviewers, with the help of editorial board members, and managing timely reviews of manuscripts; * directing editorial board members to seek special-issue proposals and manuscripts in specific areas; * providing a clear, broad focus through promotion of personal vision and guidance where appropriate; and * resolving conflicts or problems as necessary. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing covers the breadth of computer history through scholarly articles by leading computer scientists and historians, as well as firsthand accounts by computing pioneers. Annals is the authoritative archival journal for the history of computing. Applicants should be able to show involvement in the computer history community, and must have clear employer support. About IEEE Computer Society IEEE Computer Society<http://www.computer.org/> is the world’s leading membership organization for professionals in all aspects of modern computing – from cloud to big data, security to mobile, robotics to software defined systems, wearables to IoT. A true community for technology leaders, Computer Society provides resources to keep its members current in technology and moving forward in their professions – publications<http://www.computer.org/web/publications>, a renowned digital library<http://www.computer.org/web/csdl/>, a vast program of conferences<http://www.computer.org/web/conferences/>, technical committees<http://www.computer.org/web/tandc>, and much more. The Computer Society also serves the profession at large through establishment of standards, professional qualifications and certifications<http://www.computer.org/web/education/>, training and education programs<http://www.computer.org/web/corporate-programs/t2p2/>, events on leading-edge technologies<http://www.computer.org/web/rock-stars/>, conference publishing<http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/>, and a wealth of other services and programs focused on advancing the science and art of computing. More information on IEEE Computer Society can be found at www.computer.org<http://www.computer.org/>. Please feel free to pass this notice on to people who might be interested and thank you for supporting the Annals! Sincerely, Dag — Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Chair, EIC Search Committee, Annals of the History of Computing 1401 N Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94043

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fyi - gender and digital labor
by Jonathan Coopersmith 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 13:13:12 -0800 From: "Sarah T. Roberts" <sarah.roberts(a)ucla.edu> To: CITAMS(a)list.citams.org Subject: [CITAMS] New special issue: Gender and Digital Labor, First Monday Message-ID: <61BB06A1-8211-4B97-91A6-225C179D7866(a)ucla.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Of likely interest to the readership of this list, a special issue of First Monday on gender and digital labor, edited by Carolyn Eldering and Roopika Risam, with Radhika Gajjala. A table of contents is included below, but the entire issue can be accessed at: http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/590/showToc Table of Contents Introduction: A gathering of feminist perspectives on digital labor Carolyn Elerding, Roopika Risam Laundering women's history: A feminist critique of the social factory Kylie Jarrett Home inspection: Mina Rees and the national computing infrastructure Elizabeth Losh Digital detritus: 'Error' and the logic of opacity in social media content moderation Sarah T. Roberts Data is airborne; Data is inborn: The labor of the body in technoecologies M?l Hogan Diversity work and digital carework in higher education Roopika Risam The digital labor of queering feminist Web TV Carolyn Elerding --- S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com .com Jonathan Coopersmith Professor Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.739.4708 (cell) 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.

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Book announcement: Archaeologies of Touch: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing
by david parisi 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hello SIGCIS'ers, I'm very excited to announce the publication of my book *Archaeologies of Touch: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing*. The book will hopefully be of interest to members of this list, as it provides a macrohistorical framework for the emergence of Computer Haptics, moving forward from electrical experiments in the 1700s to psychophysics in the 1800s, and then engaging with the design of tactile communication systems in the middle decades of the twentieth century. The final two chapters address the more recent history of haptics, tracing the development of Computer Haptics as a dedicated & formalized field of study from the 1970s on. Catalog description & ordering info below. ARCHAEOLOGIES OF TOUCH: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing *A material history of haptic technology that raises new questions about the relationship between touch and media* University of Minnesota Press | 472 pages | February 2018 ISBN 978-1-5179-0059-5 | paper | $28.00 ISBN 978-1-5179-0058-8 | cloth | $112.00 David Parisi offers the first full history of new computing technologies known as haptic interfaces—which use electricity, vibration, and force feedback to stimulate the sense of touch—showing how the efforts of scientists and engineers over the past 300 years have gradually remade and redefined our sense of touch. *Archaeologies of Touch* offers a timely and provocative engagement with the long history of touch technology that helps us confront and question the power relations underpinning the project of giving touch its own set of technical media. For more information, please visit the book's webpage: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/archaeologies-of-touch <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upress…>, or feel free to contact me (use code MN82600 for 30% off). Thanks very much for you time and attention, David David Parisi, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Emerging Media Department of Communication College of Charleston E-mail: parisid(a)cofc.edu Bio: http://communication.cofc.edu/about/faculty-staff-listing/parisi-david.php Book: *Archaeologies of Touch: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing* <http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/archaeologies-of-touch> (University of Minnesota, 2018) Journal: issue: Haptic Media Studies <http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/19/10>, *New Media & Society* (2017) Twitter: @Dave_Parisi <https://twitter.com/Dave_Parisi>

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March is (Unofficially) Tech History Book Month
by Brian Berg 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

As Chair of the IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.siliconvalleyhistory.com>, I am pleased to inform you of 3 upcoming events involving technology history books - all happening in Silicon Valley. I organized the first of these three - if it is sold out, get on the waiting list and inform me of how you heard about this and I will allow you in. 1. Tue, March 13, 7-9pn: *Decoding Silicon Valley: The Insider’s Guide <https://californiaconsultants.org/event/decoding-silicon-valley-the-insider…>* based on the book of the same name: a presentation by co-authors *Michelle E. Messina <https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemessina/>* and *Jonathan C. Baer <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonbaersiliconvalley>*. Venue: SEMI, Milpitas, California UA. Free, with pre-registration. There will be a book-signing, with books available for purchase. 2. Thu, March 15, noon-1:30pm: *Minitel: The Web before the Web <http://www.computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#minitel-web-before-web>*, with authors Kevin Driscoll and Julien Mailland in conversation with Internet History Program Curatorial Director Marc Weber, followed by a book signing of Minitel: Welcome to the Internet <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/minitel>. Venue: Computer History Museum, Mtn. View, California US. Free, with pre-registration, and books will be sold there by Books Inc. 3. Wed, March 28, 7:30pm: the Saratoga Historical Foundation is hosting a lecture by author Tim Stanley about the new book *The Peopling of Silicon Valley - 1940 to the Present Day: An Oral History <https://www.amazon.com/Peopling-Silicon-Valley-1940-Present/dp/0984239154>*. Venue: Saratoga Foothill Club, 20399 Park Place, Saratoga, California US. Free to Foundation members, and $5 for the general public. The book will be available for purchase. This book puts a human face on the Valley. It does not pretend to be a history of the entire Valley during this period or of the technology industries for which the place is now famous. This is a personal history of a cross section of the people who have settled here and of the place they call home with just enough of the technology story to make it interesting. The book encompasses the five major migrations to the Valley since World War II: (1) the GIs, (2) Lockheed, (3) the chip makers, (4) the minicomputer folks, and (5) the software and web developers. Each is, if not the dominant group, at least a group representative of a particular period that lasted fifteen years or more. Each wave of people brought with it both increased economic prosperity and social change. This is their story, told as much as possible in their own words. Tim Stanley is also the author of *The Last of the Prune Pickers: A Pre-Silicon Valley Story <https://www.amazon.com/Last-Prune-Pickers-Pre-Silicon-Valley/dp/098423912X>*, a popular local history. 350 pages, 70 photographs. _________________________ Brian A. Berg / bberg(a)StanfordAlumni.org Berg Software Design 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite F, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Voice: 408.741.5010 <(408)%20741-5010> / Cell: 408.568.2505 <(408)%20568-2505> Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents visit the Storage Cornucopia: www.bswd.com FMS Technical Chair: www.FlashMemorySummit.com IEEE Milestone <http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones> Coordinator for Region 6 <http://www.ieee-region6.org/> IEEE SCV Section <http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/> Past Chair / IEEE-CNSV <http://www.CaliforniaConsultants.org> Board Director IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.SiliconValleyHistory.com/> Chair

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The Turing-Welchman Bombe at Bletchley Park
by Brian Randell 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hi: I hope that it is acceptable use of this mailing list for me to use it to draw attention to the Crowdfunding project "To keep the Turing-Welchman Bombe working reconstruction on the Bletchley Park Estate” - http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/new-display?” "The National Museum of Computing needs £50,000 to keep the Bombe on the Bletchley Park Estate. The Bombe is a working reconstruction of the Turing-Welchman machine that helped break enemy Enigma messages in the Second World War. The reconstruction will be located near to the world-famous working rebuild of Colossus, the 1944 computer that sped up the breaking of Lorenz messages of the German High Command. Together, the original machines changed the course of history. They are credited with shortening the war by up to two years and saved countless lives. They also paved the way for our digital world. Sitting close together in Block H, hailed as one of England’s top 100 ‘irreplaceable places’, they will bring to life the incredible wartime code-breaking story and pay homage to the amazing achievements of the Bletchley Park code-breakers." I have no involvement with this project myself - other than as one of the over 200 people who have already supported it. Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk> PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/brianrandell.html

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Information & Culture
by Forrest, Kathleen 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Information & Culture: A Journal of History is actively soliciting articles for publication. The journal publishes high-quality, peer reviewed articles on the history of information. The social and cultural context of information and information technology, viewed from an historical perspective, is at the heart of the journal's interests. Typical papers might focus, for example, on the histories of information institutions, agencies, domains, or businesses; the history of information work and workers; the history of information in everyday life; the history of information and communication practices; the history of information artifacts (ranging from books to computers, information infrastructures and networks); the history of the organization and classification of information; the history of concepts and theories in the information domain; and intellectual and theoretical approaches for writing information history. The intention is to juxtapose papers on a wide variety of topics related to the history of information so as to stimulate connections between the research of library historians, information science historians, historians of computing, labor historians, gender historians, economic historians, business historians, political and diplomatic historians, cultural studies scholars, critical theorists, and science and technology scholars. Instructions for contributors are available at http://www.infoculturejournal.org/submissions Interested authors should contact the editor: Ciaran B. Trace School of Information University of Texas – Austin Email: cbtrace(a)austin.utexas.edu<mailto:cbtrace@austin.utexas.edu>

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Postdoc in AI, Policy, and Practice @ Cornell
by Karen Levy 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Artificial Intelligence, Policy, and Practice (AIPP) is a new initiative at Cornell University, led by faculty in Computing and Information Science and spanning the Ithaca and New York City campuses. The initiative brings together researchers pursuing fundamental technical advances in AI with scholars considering its ethical, legal, and social implications. We seek a Postdoctoral Researcher who will help us explore how an integrated interdisciplinary approach to these issues can generate unique insights and provide an effective foundation for future innovation, policy, and advocacy. The initiative will focus on a number of key challenges in the near-term future of AI. We will investigate how AI might improve the quality of decision-making, while also posing new challenges to fairness, equality, autonomy, dignity, and privacy, among other core values. We will consider how AI risks exacerbating information and power asymmetries, while also providing a way to measure, model, and mitigate these dynamics. Our goal is to establish the appropriate role for AI in addressing pressing issues, while ensuring that it does so with due consideration of social context and ethical norms. The Postdoctoral Researcher will have the opportunity to help launch and shape this new initiative, conduct research, run seminars, stage events, and foster a truly interdisciplinary community. S/he will collaborate with one or more of the faculty supervisors associated with the initiative: Solon Barocas, Jon Kleinberg, Karen Levy, and Helen Nissenbaum. Applications are welcome from recent Ph.D. graduates with a range of disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., computer and information science, data science, the social sciences, public policy, philosophy, media studies, science and technology studies, or related fields). Law graduates or ABDs with strong backgrounds or work experience in related fields are also eligible to apply. An interest in and ability to do translational, cross-disciplinary work between fields is crucial. This is a one-year position with the possibility of a second year depending on performance and funding. The Postdoctoral Researcher may be located in Ithaca or New York City, depending on the location of the primary supervising faculty, but will have ample opportunity to spend time on both campuses. Applications should be submitted to: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/10902 and should include a CV, up to two publications (or writing samples), the names and contact information of three references, and a cover letter summarizing the candidate's relevant background, accomplishments, and fit with the position. A transcript of graduate work (unofficial is acceptable) may also be requested. For substantive questions related to the initiative or position, please contact sbarocas(a)cornell.edu. The position is available for a Fall 2018 start (or sooner, given the candidate’s availability). We will begin to review applications on March 5th. Diversity and inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. -- Karen Levy Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science, Cornell University Associated Faculty, Cornell Law School http://www.karen-levy.net

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