November 2022 - Members - lists.sigcis.org

Linda Hall Library - Apply Now for 2023-24 Fellowships!
by Benjamin Gross 09 Nov '22

09 Nov '22

Dear SIGCIS Friends, The Linda Hall Library<https://www.lindahall.org/> is now accepting applications for its 2023-24 fellowship program. These fellowships provide graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent scholars in the history of science and related humanities fields with financial support to explore the Library’s outstanding science and engineering collections. Fellows also participate in a dynamic intellectual community alongside in-house experts and scholars from other Kansas City cultural and educational institutions. The Linda Hall Library holds nearly half a million monographs and more than 43,000 journal titles documenting the history of science and technology from the 15th century to the present. Its collections are exceptionally strong in the engineering disciplines, chemistry, and physics. In addition, the Library boasts extensive resources related to natural history, astronomy, earth science, environmental studies, aeronautics, life science, infrastructure studies, mathematics, and the history of the book. The Library will once again be offering residential fellowships to support on-site research in Kansas City, as well as virtual fellowships for scholars working remotely using resources from the Library’s digital collections. In either case, applicants may request up to four months of funding at a rate of $3,000 per month for doctoral students and $4,200 per month for postdoctoral researchers. The Library is also offering several fellowships intended for specific groups of researchers, including: * The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Postdoctoral Fellowship, which provides nine months of residential funding ($5,000 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar whose research explores the intersection of science and the humanities * The History of Science and Medicine Fellowship, offered in partnership with the Clendening History of Medicine Library<https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/academics/departments/history-and-p…> at the University of Kansas Medical Center, which provides one month of residential funding ($3,000 per month) to a doctoral student whose research examines the intersecting histories of science and medicine * The Pearson Fellowship in Aerospace History, which provides up to two months of residential funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar studying any aspect of aerospace history * The Presidential Fellowship in Bibliography, which provides up to four months of residential funding ($4,200 per month) to a postdoctoral scholar whose research focuses on the study of books and manuscripts as physical artifacts * The Ukraine Fellowship, offered in partnership with the UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative<https://www.twinningukraine.com/>, which provides up to two months of virtual funding ($5,000 per month) to a Ukrainian doctoral student or postdoctoral scholar whose research would benefit from the Library’s holdings. The Linda Hall Library is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive research environment and encourages members of any groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in academia to apply for fellowship support. Please share this announcement with graduate students, colleagues, or anyone else who might be interested in the Linda Hall Library’s fellowship program. All application materials are due no later than January 20, 2023. For further information, visit the Fellowships<https://www.lindahall.org/research/linda-hall-library-fellowships> page on our website or e-mail fellowships(a)lindahall.org<mailto:fellowships@lindahall.org>. Thank you! -Ben Gross Benjamin Gross, PhD Vice President for Research and Scholarship Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology 5109 Cherry Street Kansas City, Missouri 64110 816.926.8718 grossb(a)lindahall.org<mailto:grossb@lindahall.org> www.lindahall.org<http://www.lindahall.org/>

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Deadline for CBI Tomash Fellowship--January 16, 2023
by Jeffrey Yost 07 Nov '22

07 Nov '22

*CBI Tomash Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Computing/Software* ABD students in History, STS, Sociology, Media Studies, Comm, or any qualitative social science, humanities, arts field doing a dissertation that is principally historical in analysis are eligible to apply. Information on the fellowship is available at the link below. The fellowship carries a $14,000 stipend and there is no residency requirement (we do hope that fellows visit for at least a week and ask that fellow give a virtual lecture based on their research during their term). We have no restrictions on holding other fellowships concurrently. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. The deadline for the Tomash Fellowship competition for the 2023-2024 Academic Year is January 16, 2023 The Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information, and Culture is an interdisciplinary research center and leading archive repository for computing and software study Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Technology | CHARLES BABBAGE INSTITUTE <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/adelle-and-erwin-tomash-fellowship-history-informat…> Best, Jeff *Please connect at:* *Mastodon <https://mastodon.social/@JustCodeCulture> Twitter <https://twitter.com/justcodeculture> ** Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-yost-b714566>* *Jeffrey Yost, Ph.D. * Director, Charles Babbage Institute <http://www.cse.umn.edu/cbi>; Research Professor, HSTM 222 21st Avenue South, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN 55455 *Studies in Computing and Culture book series, Johns Hopkins U. Press * Co-Editor *PI, NSF-funded CBI project "Mining a Useable Past: Perspectives, Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy."* *Blockchain & Society Blog and Site* <https://www.blockchainandsociety.com> (Founder/Leader) *Interfaces: Essays and Reviews in Computing and Culture <https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces> *Co-Editor (w/ Amanda Wick) *Committee Member, National Academy of Engineering Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society* *Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (MIT Press) <https://amzn.to/3gqe4R6>*

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Ireland’s Forgotten Computer Pioneer
by Brian Randell 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

Hi: The Irish Times has just published an article by Karlin Lillington on the recent ceremony in Dublin at which a Historic Blue Plaque honouring Percy Ludgate. The article is online at: https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2022/11/03/karlin-lillington-irelands… Brian Coghlan's much more detailed account of the event is at: https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/literature/TCD-SCSS-V.20221015… (Warning - the lengthy videos of the event that are currently available suffer from performance problems, and wind noises affect their soundtracks badly.) Cheers Brian Randell — School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brianrandell.html

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Anyone know where to find programs for ACM national meetings?
by Janet Abbate 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

This seems like it should be obvious, but I can’t find them. The ACM Digital Library has the individual papers, but not the actual programs. In particular I’m wondering if people gave speeches at these meetings that were not captured in the DL because they are not research papers. (Other than the ACM President’s speech, which gets reprinted in CACM.) I have a reference for such a speech at the 1961 meeting, and I’d like to be able to verify that this speech actually occurred. thanks, Janet Dr. Janet Abbate Professor, Science, Technology and Society Virginia Tech Co-director, VT National Capital Region STS program liberalarts.vt.edu/sts www.facebook.com/VirginiaTechSTS https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/stsconnect/

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SHOT SIGCIS Lunch and SIGCIS Conference Registration Notice
by Laine Nooney 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Dear SIGCERs attending SHOT, This email is just a light check in to see if any among you might have registered for SHOT, but not the SIGCIS Lunch (Friday) or SIGCIS Conference (Sunday), on the assumption that you might do on-site registration. If so, please get in touch with me, as SHOT organizers would greatly benefit from knowing our final catering numbers sooner rather than later (which helps avoid unnecessary charges and fees!). We have a system where we can get you registered for these events even if you'd already registered for SHOT online. Many thanks! Laine Nooney <http://www.lainenooney.com/> Assistant Professor | MCC <http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/> @ NYU <http://www.nyu.edu/> | they/she -Need to make an appt? Click, don't email: https://bit.ly/2GIHuK0 -Probably typed by voice recognition, so please cherish typos

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Podcast: Ashley Sweetman, “Cyber and the City: Securing London’s Banks in the Computer Age” (Springer, 2022)
by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Colleagues You might be interested in the discussion around Ashley Sweetman´s monograph for New Books Network here: https://overcast.fm/+s3Ev4D7t8 or acquiring the book itself here https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-City-Securing-Computer-Computing/dp/3031079329 If you would like to help and amplify the tweet, please click here https://twitter.com/BatizLazo/status/1587440813851787264 Best wishes Bernardo Anahuac & Northumbria Get BlueMail <https://bluemail.me> for Desktop

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